nariz de cera
Portuguese, noun
nariz de cera is spelled N-A-R-I-Z-D-E-C-E-R-A (11 letters). Nariz de cera is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “A collection of clichés or platitudes” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, nariz-de-cera is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of nariz de cera; still used…”.
What does nariz de cera mean in English?
noun
- 1
informalmasculineA collection of clichés or platitudes.
- 2
informalmasculineEmphatic preamble.
- 3
Brazilmasculineobsoletelede
noun
- 1
masculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of nariz de cera; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of nariz de cera
- narizes-de-cera plural
- nariz-de-cera alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).