Usages of a madeira
Quando me levanto, bato na madeira para afastar o azar.
When I get up, I knock on wood to ward off bad luck.
O que é que derramaste na madeira?
What did you spill on the wood?
Ontem é que eu furei a madeira com o berbequim.
It was yesterday that I drilled the wood with the drill.
O jovem carpinteiro quer deixar de cortar a madeira com a serra.
The young carpenter wants to stop cutting the wood with the saw.
Tu tens de lixar a madeira com a lixa na oficina.
You have to sand the wood with the sandpaper in the workshop.
Há três anos que o mestre prefere este verniz para a madeira.
For three years, the master has preferred this varnish for the wood.
Os insetos destroem a madeira do telhado.
The insects destroy the wood of the roof.
Ele estava a colar a madeira, mas um degrau está por acabar.
He was gluing the wood, but a step is yet to be finished.
Nós mesmos esculpimos esta estatueta de madeira.
We ourselves sculpted this wooden statuette.
Por causa da espessura da madeira, a peça é trabalhosa de cortar.
Because of the thickness of the wood, the piece is laborious to cut.
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