English-Portuguese translations for sand

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areiaHá 20 anos no Dubai só havia areia! Dubai was full of sand 20 years ago! Estão a enterrar a cabeça na areia. You are burying your heads in the sand. Com efeito, uma casa edificada sobre areia não possui alicerces sólidos. After all, a house built on sand has no solid foundations.

praiaNo meu país, estamos a esforçar-nos para aumentar o número e a dimensão das praias de areia. In my country we are endeavouring to increase the size and quantity of sand beaches. A descarga de areia nas praias existentes ou a criação de novas praias de areia sem que sejam realizados os trabalhos necessários a nível da infra-estrutura é simplesmente um desperdício de recursos. Dumping sand on existing beaches or creating new sandy beaches without undertaking the necessary infrastructural works is just a waste of resources.

Rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt |grain sizes chart">w:Particle size |grain sizes chart), forming beaches and deserts and also used in construction
A beach or other expanse of sand
Personal courage
A particle from 62.5 microns to 2 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale
A single grain of sand
A moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one's life (referring to the sand in an hourglass
Of a light beige colour, like that of typical sand
To abrade the surface of with sand or sandpaper in order to smooth or clean it
To blot ink using sand
A sandpiper

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