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queimar as pontes

Portuguese, verb

queimar as pontes is spelled Q-U-E-I-M-A-R-A-S-P-O-N-T-E-S (15 letters). Queimar as pontes is a Portuguese verb meaning “to burn one's bridges (to destroy connections or opportunities)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does queimar as pontes mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to burn one's bridges (to destroy connections or opportunities)

  2. 2

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see queimar, as, pontes.

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

Forms of queimar as pontes

  • queimo as pontes first-person present singular
  • queimei as pontes first-person preterite singular
  • queimado as pontes participle past

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

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