trowel

• Pequena ferramenta manual com cabo e lâmina metálica plana, usada para pegar, aplicar ou espalhar argamassa, cimento ou materiais semelhantes. Também se refere à ferramenta de jardinagem usada para cavar ou transplantar.

A small hand tool with a handle and a flat metal blade, used for scooping, spreading, or applying plaster, cement, or similar materials.

1. Hand tool for spreadingB1formal

   A small hand tool with a handle and a flat, pointed metal blade, used for applying, spreading, or shaping plaster, cement, or mortar.

   Colher de pedreiro

   • The bricklayer used a trowel to spread the mortar evenly.
   • She smoothed the plaster on the wall with a trowel.
   • He cleaned the trowel after finishing the cement work.

2. Gardening toolA2formal

   A small hand tool with a curved, scoop-shaped blade, used for digging, planting, or weeding in a garden.

   Colher de jardim

   • She used a trowel to plant the flowers in the garden bed.
   • He dug a small hole with a trowel for the seedling.
   • The gardener's trowel is essential for transplanting herbs.

• Verbo que significa aplicar, espalhar ou alisar uma substância (como argamassa, gesso ou cimento) com o auxílio de uma colher de pedreiro. Também pode indicar o uso dessa ferramenta para esse fim.

A verb meaning to apply, spread, or smooth a substance (such as plaster, mortar, or cement) using a trowel tool.

1. Apply or spread with a trowelB2formal

   To use a trowel to apply, spread, or smooth a substance such as plaster, cement, or soil.

   Aplicar com colher de pedreiro

   • He troweled the plaster smoothly onto the wall.
   • She troweled the cement into the gaps between the bricks.
   • The gardener troweled the soil around the new plants.

   Sinônimosapplyplastersmoothspread