vermin

• Substantivo que designa pequenos animais ou insetos considerados pragas, como baratas, ratos e piolhos; também usado em sentido figurado para descrever uma pessoa desprezível, irritante ou repugnante.

A noun referring to small animals or insects that are considered pests, such as cockroaches or rats, or used figuratively to describe an irritating or obnoxious person.

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1. Pest animals or insectsB2formal

   Small wild animals or insects that are harmful, destructive, or carry disease, often found in human environments.

   Pragas

   • The old barn was infested with vermin like rats and cockroaches.
   • Farmers often struggle to protect their crops from vermin.
   • The city launched a campaign to control the vermin population in the sewers.

2. Contemptible personC1informal

   A person who is considered irritating, obnoxious, or despicable.

   Escória

   • That man is a vermin; he cheated everyone he worked with.
   • She called the dishonest politician a vermin.
   • Only a vermin would treat another person so cruelly.

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