| Traduções principais/Principal Translations |
| block | n | US (distance: streets crossed) distância em esquinas, EUA | quarteirão, bloco sm |
| The post office is three blocks in that direction. |
| Os correios ficam a três quarteirões (or: blocos) nessa direção. |
| block, city block | n | US (street section) seção de rua, EUA | quarteirão, bloco sm |
| The grocer's shop is on the same block as the chemist's. |
| A mercearia fica no mesmo quarteirão (or: bloco) que a farmácia. |
| block | vtr | (obstruct) | impedir vt |
| The police blocked him from walking down the street. |
| A polícia impediu-o de descer a rua. |
| block | vtr | (sports: hinder) | bloquear vt |
| The basketball player blocked the shot. |
| O jogador de basquete bloqueou o lance. |
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| Formas compostas |
| apartment block | n | (building containing flats, apartments) | bloco de apartamentos loc sm |
| Twelve families live in my apartment block. |
| auction block | n | (auctioneer's platform) | plataforma de leilão loc sf |
| The house ended up on the auction block. |
| be a stumbling block | | | ser um bloqueio |
| block diagram | n | (connected blocks illustrating a system) | diagrama de bloco loc sm |
| block grant | n | US (government funding without condition) concedida pelo Estado | doação, subvenção sf |
| Many communities use federal block grants to improve services. |
| block in | vtr | (art: fill in major masses) arte | colorir vt |
| First I do a rough sketch on the canvas, then I block in the major colors. |
| block off | vtr | (make inaccessible, blockade ) | bloquear, obstruir vt |
| They blocked off the main road so that the President's motorcade could drive through securely. |
| block out | | luz, barulho | bloquear |
| | | evitar pensar em algo |
| block party | n | US (neighbourhood celebration) | festa no bairro loc sf |
| All neighbors joined in a great block party to celebrate Halloween. |
| block print | n | (art: print made by woodcut) arte | xilografia sf |
| block up | vtr | (clog, obstruct) bloquear | colocar obstáculo |
| The phlegm blocked up my throat so I couldn't breath without coughing. |
| block up | vi | (become clogged, obstructed) | tornar um obstáculo |
| Our shower drain got blocked up with my long hair. |
| building block | n | literal (child's toy block) brinquedo | blocos de montar loc sm |
| Lincoln logs are toy wooden building blocks that can be used over and over. |
| building block | n | literal (block used in construction) de construção | bloco sm |
| We raised the rain barrel by putting it on four concrete building blocks. |
| building block | n | figurative (fundamental element) elemento fundamental | pilar sm |
| Amino acids are the building blocks of proteins. |
| chip off the old block | n | informal (sb who behaves like his or her parent) informal | tal pai, tal filho |
| He'll be a womanizer just like his father; he's a chip off the old block. |
| chopping block | n | (wooden block used in decapitation) para decapitação | cepo sm |
| Visitors to the Tower of London can still see the executioner's axe and the chopping block used to behead two of Henry VIII's unfortunate wives. |
| chopping block | n | (cookery: board for chopping food) cozinha: para cortar carne | cepo, tábua |
| cinder block | n | US (building block, breeze block) usado em construção | bloco de concreto loc sm |
| Cinder block construction is the norm in tropical areas where termites and storms cause major problems for wood construction. |
| cinder block | n | (confection, candy: honeycomb) bombom | favo de mel |
| My grandmother called it "sponge toffee" my father called it "honeycomb" and we call it cinder block. |
| city block | | | quarteirão |
| concrete block | n | (brick made of concrete) usado em construção | bloco de concreto loc sm |
| Concrete blocks are strong but susceptible to forceful vibration. |
| heart block | n | (cardiac disorder) Med: | bloqueio cardíaco loc sm |
| mental block | | | barreira mental |
| nerve block | n | (type of local anaesthetic) tipo de anestésico local | bloqueio neural loc sm |
| After the nerve block was administered I couldn't feel anything below my waste. |
| office block | n | (multi-storey office building) prédio de escritórios | prédio comercial loc sm |
| My company is on the 4th floor of an office block. |
| road block | | | barricada |
| | | bloqueio de estrada |
| | | blitz |
| stumbling block | | | obstáculo |
| | | pedra no caminho |
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