Rat

Portuguese Meaning

rato

grau

proporção

variação

número proporcional

quantidade proporcional

caçar ratos

furar uma greve

trair os companheiros

ser vira-casaca

próprio de rato

semelhante a rato

maltrapilho

impertinente

English Meaning

  1. Any of various long-tailed rodents resembling mice but larger, especially one of the genus Rattus.
  2. Any of various animals similar to one of these long-tailed rodents.
  3. Slang A despicable person, especially one who betrays or informs upon associates.
  4. Slang A scab laborer.
  5. A pad of material, typically hair, worn as part of a woman's coiffure to puff out her own hair.
  6. To hunt for or catch rats, especially with the aid of dogs.
  7. Slang To betray one's associates by giving information: ratted on his best friend to the police.
  8. Slang To work as a scab laborer.
  9. To puff out (the hair) with or as if with a pad of material.