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cog in Portuguese

cog in Portuguese is dente — cog means a tooth on a gear wheel, or the wheel itself.

cog in Portuguese

dente
noun
A tooth on a gear.

What does "cog" mean?

  1. noun A tooth on a gear wheel, or the wheel itself.
    "One of the cogs had worn down and the machine kept jamming."
  2. noun An unimportant, replaceable part of a much bigger system, especially used of a person.
    "He felt like just another cog in the corporate machine."
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cog in a sentence

  • One of the cogs had worn down and the machine kept jamming.
  • He felt like just another cog in the corporate machine.
  • No single soldier saw the whole plan — each was a cog in the operation.

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What is "cog" in Portuguese?

"cog" in Portuguese is dente. cog means: A tooth on a gear wheel, or the wheel itself.

How do you use "cog" in a sentence?

Example: "One of the cogs had worn down and the machine kept jamming." In Portuguese, "cog" is dente.

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