| Formas compostas |
| altar boy | n | (boy who serves at altar) | coroinha sm |
| The altar boys led the procession into the cathedral, followed by the priests and finally the bishop. |
| altar boy | n | (mocking description of a well-behaved young man) | coroinha sm |
| bad boy | n | (naughty male child) menino levado | rebelde sm |
| My little Jimmy is being such a bad boy lately, I just don't know what to do. |
| bad boy | n | figurative (rebel) | rebelde sm |
| I am always attracted to the bad boy of the group. |
| ball boy | n | (tennis: boy who recovers balls out of bounds) tênis | apanhador de bolas loc sm |
| | futebol | gandula smf |
| The ball boys dart out from the sidelines to take stray balls off the tennis court. |
| ball boy | n | US (baseball: boy who recovers foul balls) beisebol | apanhador de bolas loc sm |
| bell boy, bellhop | n | (hotel employee who carries luggage, does errands) de hotel | carregador, mensageiro sm |
| Mary refused to tip the bellhop because he broke her suitcase. |
| boy scout | n | (member of boys' organization) | escoteiro sm |
| Both of my brothers were boy scouts. |
| boy scout | n | US figurative informal (sb who is too anxious to conform) fig., | escoteiro sm |
| He always had this squeaky-clean boy scout image. |
| college boy | n | US (male student at a college) | universitário sm |
| Let's walk across campus and try to find a cute college boy. |
| college boy | n | US (young college-educated man) | universitário formado loc sm |
| The college boy thinks he'll be running the company in six months. |
| delivery boy | n | (boy who delivers newspapers) | entregador de jornais |
| delivery boy | n | (young man who delivers goods) | motoboy, entregador sm |
| The pizza I ordered was brought to my house by a delivery boy. |
| errand boy | n | (boy who carries messages, go-between) menino de recados | mensageiro sm |
| | antigo | moleque de recados loc sm |
| Don't ask me to pass your messages: I'm not your errand boy. |
| I had the title of Assistant to the President, but the truth is, I was just an errand boy. |
| little boy | n | (young male child) | menino, garoto sm |
| | | menininho sm |
| I've known you ever since you were a little boy! |
| mama's boy | | | filhinho da mamãe |
| oh boy | | | putz |
| | | não diga! |
| shoe-shine boy | | | garoto engraxate |
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