What does tromba in Portuguese mean?

What is the meaning of the word tromba in Portuguese? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use tromba in Portuguese.

The word tromba in Portuguese means trunk, pout, probóscide, tromba, sugador, fuça, fuças, tromba, dilúvio, tromba d'água. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word tromba

trunk

substantivo feminino (nariz do elefante, comprido) (elephant)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

pout

substantivo feminino (figurado (expressão zangada)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

probóscide

noun (nose part of some animals) (nariz de alguns animais)

(substantivo feminino: Substantivo exclusivamente feminino. Ex. "atriz", "menina", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "batata frita", "garrafa d'água", etc.)
The elephant's malformed proboscis made feeding difficult.

tromba

noun (elephant's long nose) (elefante)

(substantivo feminino: Substantivo exclusivamente feminino. Ex. "atriz", "menina", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "batata frita", "garrafa d'água", etc.)
O elefante levou a maçã até a boca usando sua tromba.
The elephant lifted the apple to its mouth, using its trunk.

sugador

noun (animal: suction part) (BRA)

(substantivo masculino: Substantivo exclusivamente masculino. Ex. "ator", "menino", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "carrinho de mão", "guarda-chuva", etc.)
A abelha usa seu sugador para extrair nectarinas da flor.
The bee uses its sucker to extract nectar from the flower.

fuça, fuças, tromba

noun (pejorative, slang (face) (gíria, pejorativo)

(substantivo feminino: Substantivo exclusivamente feminino. Ex. "atriz", "menina", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "batata frita", "garrafa d'água", etc.)
Karen broke up with her boyfriend and cropped him out of her pictures so she wouldn't have to look at his ugly mug.

dilúvio

noun (sudden flood of water) (inundação repentina e violenta)

(substantivo masculino: Substantivo exclusivamente masculino. Ex. "ator", "menino", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "carrinho de mão", "guarda-chuva", etc.)
After three hours of solid rain there were reports of flash floods from all over the county.

tromba d'água

noun (funnel-shaped cloud over water)

(substantivo feminino: Substantivo exclusivamente feminino. Ex. "atriz", "menina", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "batata frita", "garrafa d'água", etc.)

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