No. 1,247 in Portuguese
resíduos
Waste or residues.
In a sentence
Os resíduos industriais devem ser corretamente descartados.
Industrial waste must be properly disposed of.
Here, 'resíduos' refers to industrial waste, emphasizing the material leftover from industrial processes.
A redução de resíduos orgânicos é importante para o meio ambiente.
Reducing organic waste is important for the environment.
In this sentence, 'resíduos' pertains to organic waste, highlighting biodegradable leftovers.
Além de resíduos físicos, precisamos lidar com os resíduos tóxicos de informações irrelevantes.
Besides physical waste, we need to deal with the toxic waste of irrelevant information.
'Resíduos' here is used metaphorically to describe unnecessary or redundant elements of information.
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