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whiten in Portuguese

whiten in Portuguese is branquear, embranquecer — whiten means (To cause) to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch.

whiten in Portuguese

branquear
verb
(ergative) (To cause) to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch.
embranquecer
verb
(ergative) (To cause) to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch.

What does "whiten" mean?

  1. verb (To cause) to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch.
  2. verb To increase the security of an iterated block cipher by steps that combine the data with portions of the key.
  3. verb To normalize data so that the covariance matrix becomes the identity matrix; i.e., to remove correlations so each variable has unit variance.
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What is "whiten" in Portuguese?

"whiten" in Portuguese is branquear, embranquecer. whiten means: (To cause) to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch.

Are there other ways to say "whiten" in Portuguese?

Yes — Portuguese has 2 translations listed for "whiten": branquear, embranquecer.

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