- puff
- 1. noun
1) (a small blast of air, wind etc; a gust: A puff of wind moved the branches.) sopro2) (any of various kinds of soft, round, light or hollow objects: a powder puff; (also adjective) puff sleeves.) tufo2. verb1) (to blow in small blasts: Stop puffing cigarette smoke into my face!; He puffed at his pipe.) soprar2) (to breathe quickly, after running etc: He was puffing as he climbed the stairs.) arquejar•- puffed- puffy
- puff pastry
- puff out
- puff up* * *{{puff}}[p∧f] n 1 sopro, bafo, baforada. 2 lufada, golpe de vento. 3 Cook bomba: doce feito de massa cozida, recheado com creme e glaçado na parte superior, ecler. 4 pompom: borla para pó-de-arroz. 5 protuberância, inchação, tumor. 6 pufe, fofo. 7 Bot bufa-de-lobo. 8 elogio exagerado. 9 anúncio berrante. 10 sl homossexual, bicha. 11 Braz coll tragada, fumada. • vt+vi 1 soprar, bufar. 2 ofegar, arquejar, arfar. 3 pitar, dar baforadas. I puffed at my pipe / eu pitei o meu cachimbo. 4 inchar, inflar, enfunar. he is puffed up with pride / ele está inchado de orgulho. 5 resfolegar (locomotiva). the train puffed out of the station / o trem partiu resfolegando. 6 elogiar de modo exagerado. 7 prover de pufes. 8 anelar (cabelos). 9 apagar com sopros. 10 expelir, soltar. 11 envaidecer, ensoberbar. 12 apregoar, trombetear. he puffs and blows ele está completamente esbaforido. out of puff esbaforido, ofegante. power puff pompom. to puff over empoar.
English-Portuguese dictionary. 2013.