Grain, pimple in Portuguese 🇧🇷

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Tips to remember the word:
• Notice that “grão” sounds a bit like “grain” in English; link the idea of a tiny seed with the similar-sounding word.
• Remember its Latin root, granum, which is related to words like “granary” in English.

Explanations:
• “Grãos” is the plural of “grão” and refers primarily to small, hard seeds of cereals, legumes, or other plants.
• The word is used both in a literal sense (as in grains of rice or corn) and metaphorically to indicate something very small.

Other words with a similar meaning:
• Sementes (seeds)
• Cereais (cereals) – when referring to edible grains

Alternate meanings and slang:
• In standard usage, “grão” mainly means “grain” in the literal sense. There isn’t a widely used slang meaning for “grão” in Portuguese.
• In some contexts, one might use it metaphorically to emphasize a very small amount of something (e.g., “um grão de dúvida,” equivalent to “a grain of doubt”).

Examples of sentences:
1. Sentence: “A fazenda produz toneladas de grãos todos os anos.”
Translation: “The farm produces tons of grains every year.”
2. Sentence: “Cada grão de areia na praia conta uma história.”
Translation: “Every grain of sand on the beach tells a story.”
3. Sentence: “Adicione um grão de sal à receita para realçar o sabor.”
Translation: “Add a pinch (grain) of salt to the recipe to enhance the flavor.”

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