Strain in Portuguese

Definition

Definition in EnglishTo pour a liquid through something with small holes to take out the solid bits.

Definition in PortuguesePassar um líquido por uma peneira ou um pano para tirar os pedacinhos.

Example sentences

• Você coou o suco de goiaba? Meu copo veio cheio de semente.🔊

  Did you strain the guava juice? My glass is full of seeds.

• Ninguém achava a peneira, aí eu coei o suco de maracujá no escorredor de macarrão, o que não adiantou nada.🔊

  Nobody could find the sieve, so I strained the passion fruit juice through the pasta colander, which did absolutely nothing.

• Minha tia coou o caldo das groselhas num pano de prato velho, e o pano ficou rosa pra sempre.🔊

  My aunt strained the redcurrants through an old dish towel, and it's been pink ever since.

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