hard hat

• Capacete rígido de proteção usado principalmente em canteiros de obras, instalações industriais ou outros ambientes perigosos para proteger a cabeça contra objetos que caem, detritos ou impactos.

A rigid protective helmet worn primarily on construction sites, industrial workplaces, or other hazardous environments to shield the head from falling objects, debris, or impacts.

1. Protective helmetA2formal

   A rigid helmet worn on construction sites, factories, and other hazardous areas to protect the head from injury.

   Capacete de proteção

   • All workers must wear a hard hat on the construction site.
   • He put on his hard hat before entering the tunnel.
   • The safety inspector checked that everyone had a hard hat.

2. Construction worker (slang)B2informalamerican

   A slang term for a construction worker or someone who works in a manual labor job requiring a hard hat.

   Trabalhador da construção (gíria)

   • The hard hats were having lunch near the crane.
   • My uncle is a hard hat who works on skyscrapers.
   • The hard hats started their shift at dawn.