What does ardósia in Portuguese mean?

What is the meaning of the word ardósia in Portuguese? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use ardósia in Portuguese.

The word ardósia in Portuguese means slate, slate roof, ardósia, ardósia, cobrir com ardósia, de ardósia, telha de ardósia, telhadura de ardósia. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word ardósia

slate

substantivo feminino (tipo de rocha)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

slate roof

substantivo feminino (telha feita de tal material)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

ardósia

noun (type of flat rock)

(substantivo feminino: Substantivo exclusivamente feminino. Ex. "atriz", "menina", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "batata frita", "garrafa d'água", etc.)
A ardósia é um tipo de rocha que pode ser dividida em camadas.
Slate is a type of rock that can be split into layers.

ardósia

noun (rock for roofing)

(substantivo feminino: Substantivo exclusivamente feminino. Ex. "atriz", "menina", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "batata frita", "garrafa d'água", etc.)
Nossa casa tem telhado de ardósia.
Our house has a roof covering of slates.

cobrir com ardósia

transitive verb (cover with slates)

(expressão verbal: Expressão usada como verbo. Ex. "se dar bem com"; "ter medo de". Também para elementos compostos mais longos, como expressões idiomáticas e ditados que começam com um verbo.)
Mike decidiu cobrir o telhado com ardósia ao invés de usar telhas.
Mike decided to slate the roof, rather than using tiles.

de ardósia

adjective (dark gray in color) (cor)

(locução adjetiva: Duas palavras juntas com função adjetiva. Normalmente, preposição+substantivo; preposição+advérbio.Ex. (estrada) de ferro = férrea; (dor) no abdômen = abdominal, etc.)
Rupert wore a slate suit with a green tie.

telha de ardósia

noun (thin layers of rock for roofing)

The workers hurried to lay the slating before it rained.

telhadura de ardósia

noun (act of roofing with slate)

The roofing company does a professional job of slating.

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