No. 964 in Portuguese
covid
"Covid" in Portuguese refers to COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.
In a sentence
Eu peguei covid e precisei ficar em casa por duas semanas.
I caught COVID and needed to stay at home for two weeks.
Here, 'covid' is used as a noun and refers to the disease caused by the coronavirus.
A pandemia de covid mudou muitos aspectos da nossa vida diária.
The COVID pandemic changed many aspects of our daily life.
In this context, 'covid' is used as an identifier for the pandemic caused by the spread of the virus.
Vacinas contra a covid estão disponíveis em todo o mundo.
Vaccines against COVID are available worldwide.
Here, 'covid' is used to indicate the target of vaccines, representing the disease in the medical context.
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