heart

1. noun

1) (the organ which pumps blood through the body: How fast does a person's heart beat?; (also adjective) heart disease; a heart specialist.) coração

2) (the central part: I live in the heart of the city; in the heart of the forest; the heart of a lettuce; Let's get straight to the heart of the matter/problem.) âmago

3) (the part of the body where one's feelings, especially of love, conscience etc are imagined to arise: She has a kind heart; You know in your heart that you ought to go; She has no heart (= She is not kind).) coração

4) (courage and enthusiasm: The soldiers were beginning to lose heart.) coragem

5) (a symbol supposed to represent the shape of the heart; a white dress with little pink hearts on it; heart-shaped.)

6) (one of the playing-cards of the suit hearts, which have red symbols of this shape on them.) copas

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- -hearted

- hearten - heartless - heartlessly - heartlessness - hearts - hearty - heartily - heartiness - heartache - heart attack - heartbeat - heartbreak - heartbroken - heartburn - heart failure - heartfelt - heart-to-heart 2. noun

(an open and sincere talk, usually in private: After our heart-to-heart I felt more cheerful.) conversa franca

- heart-warming

- at heart - break someone's heart - by heart - from the bottom of one's heart - have a change of heart - have a heart! - have at heart - heart and soul - lose heart - not have the heart to - set one's heart on / have one's heart set on - take heart - take to heart - to one's heart's content - with all one's heart