plantão — meaning in English

English meaning

• call verb To contact someone by phone, or to cry out or shout to get attention.
• duty noun Something a person is morally or legally obligated to do.

Senses

plantão is used for these senses in English:

• duty (engineering) The efficiency of an engine in work done per unit of fuel; particularly, the number of pounds of water which a steam pumping engine can raise one foot by burning one bushel or hundredweight of coal.

call — full definition

1. verb To contact someone by phone, or to cry out or shout to get attention.
2. verb To give someone or something a name; to refer to something in a particular way.
3. verb To pay a brief visit, or to stop at a place, especially a ship stopping at a port.
4. verb To predict or officially declare an outcome.
5. noun An act of speaking to someone on the phone.

duty — full definition

1. noun Something a person is morally or legally obligated to do.
2. noun A tax charged on goods, especially imports.
3. noun The period during which someone is actively working or on call.

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