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caixa de Pandora

Portuguese, noun

caixa de Pandora is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “Pandora's box (a source of unforeseen trouble)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does caixa de Pandora mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininePandora's box (a source of unforeseen trouble)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

phrase: 1. segundo a mitologia grega, caixa que continha todos os males; Pandora a abriu e todos os males escaparam e começaram a afligir os homens

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of caixa de Pandora

  • caixas de Pandora plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).