passar a ferro — meaning in English
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English meaning
- iron noun A common, silvery-grey metal that rusts and is attracted to magnets; the main ingredient of steel.
Senses
passar a ferro is used for these senses in English:
- iron (transitive) To pass an iron over (clothing or some other item made of cloth) in order to remove creases.
iron — full definition
- noun A common, silvery-grey metal that rusts and is attracted to magnets; the main ingredient of steel.
- noun A small electrical appliance with a hot, flat base, used to smooth wrinkles out of clothes.
- verb To smooth clothing or fabric using a heated iron.
- adj Extremely strong, tough, or unyielding, used figuratively.