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cake

[/keɪk/]
nounmasculinepl: cakes
bolo
1. A sweet baked dessert made from flour, eggs, sugar, and other ingredients
She baked a chocolate cake for the birthday party.
Ela fez um bolo de chocolate para a festa de aniversário.
2. A flat, compact mass of a substance
A cake of soap sits on the bathroom sink.
Um bolo de sabão fica na pia do banheiro.
3. Money or profit (slang)
He's making serious cake with his new business.
Ele está ganhando muito dinheiro com seu novo negócio.
NYC Slang
cake (money); also 'piece of cake' meaning something easy
Synonyms
dessertpastryconfection

Regional Variations

General Brazilian
bolo
Standard term for cake
São Paulo
bolo
Same as general Brazilian Portuguese
Rio de Janeiro
bolo
Same as general Brazilian Portuguese
Portugal
bolo
Standard term; sometimes 'pastel' for certain types

Related Idioms & Phrases

piece of cake - something very easy to do
have your cake and eat it too - want to enjoy two desirable but mutually exclusive alternatives
cake and eat it - achieve two incompatible goals
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