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fazer corpo mole

Portuguese, verb/faˈze(ʁ) ˈkoʁ.pu ˈmɔ.li/

fazer corpo mole is a Portuguese verb meaning “to drag one's feet, to mess about, to slack off” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does fazer corpo mole mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    Brazilto drag one's feet, to mess about, to slack off

    Meu filho sempre faz corpo mole para ir ao dentista.

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

phrase: 1. realizar uma atividade com pouca vontade e lentidão

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 fazer corpo mole

  • faço corpo mole first-person present singular
  • fiz corpo mole first-person preterite singular
  • feito corpo mole participle past
  • fazeres corpo mole infinitive second-person singular
  • fazermos corpo mole first-person infinitive plural
  • fazerdes corpo mole infinitive plural second-person
  • fazerem corpo mole infinitive plural third-person
  • fazendo corpo mole gerund
  • feitos corpo mole masculine participle past
  • feita corpo mole feminine participle past
  • feitas corpo mole feminine participle past
  • fazes corpo mole indicative present second-person
  • faz corpo mole indicative present singular
  • fazemos corpo mole first-person indicative plural
  • fazeis corpo mole indicative plural present
  • fazem corpo mole indicative plural present
  • fazia corpo mole first-person imperfect indicative
  • fazias corpo mole imperfect indicative second-person

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

How do you pronounce fazer corpo mole?

  • Brazil /faˈze(ʁ) ˈkoʁ.pu ˈmɔ.li/
  • Brazil [faˈze(h) ˈkoh.pu ˈmɔ.li]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.