bootlace

[US]/'buːtleɪs/
[UK]/'butles/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. um cordão ou tira de couro para prender uma bota
Word Forms
Pluralbootlaces

Phrases & Collocations

tie your bootlace

amarre o cadarço

loose bootlace

cadarço solto

broken bootlace

cadarço quebrado

Real-world Examples

In fact, although it was such a small shop it sold nearly everything—except a few things that you want in a hurry—like bootlaces, hair-pins and mutton chops.

De fato, embora fosse uma loja tão pequena, vendia quase tudo — exceto algumas coisas que você quer às pressas — como cadarços, grampos de cabelo e bife de porco.

Source: Peter Rabbit and His Friends (Part 2)

What was the truth about these houses, for example, dim and festive now with their red windows in the dusk, but raw and red and squalid, with their sweets and their bootlaces, at nine o'clock in the morning?

Qual era a verdade sobre essas casas, por exemplo, fracas e festivas agora com suas janelas vermelhas no crepúsculo, mas cruas, vermelhas e imundas, com seus doces e seus cadarços, às nove da manhã?

Source: A room of one's own.

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