| wacky {adj} (zany) SEE: zany
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::
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| Wadden Sea {prop} (Wadden Sea)
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:: Mar Frísio
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| wade {v} (to walk through water or something that impedes progress)
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:: vadear
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| wade {n} (act of wading)
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:: vadeação {f}, vadeamento {m}
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| Wade-Giles {prop} (transcription system for Mandarin)
|
:: Wade-Giles {m}
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| wadi {n} (a valley, gully, or stream-bed in northern Africa and southwest Asia that remains dry except during the rainy season)
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:: uádi {m}
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| Wadjet {prop} (The patron goddess and namesake of the Ancient Egyptian city of Per-Wadjet.)
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:: Uadjet
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| wafer {n} (biscuit)
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:: wafer {m}
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| wafer {n} (religious token)
|
:: hóstia {f}
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| wafer {n} (lump of sealing substance)
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:: obreia {f}
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| wafer {n} (electronics)
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:: wafer {m}
|
| Waffen-SS {prop} (combat arm of the Schutzstaffel)
|
:: Waffen-SS {f}
|
| waffle {n} (flat pastry)
|
:: waffle {m}
|
| waffle {n} (speech or writing that is vague)
|
:: palrança {f}, palração {f}
|
| waffle {v} (to speak or write at length without any clear point or aim)
|
:: palrar
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| waffle {v} (vacillate) SEE: vacillate
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::
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| waft {v} (to be moved on a buoyant medium)
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:: flutuar
|
| wag {v} (to swing from side to side)
|
:: vaguear, deambular, baloiçar
|
| wag {v} (to not go to school)
|
:: vaguear
|
| wage {n} (money paid to a worker)
|
:: salário {m}, ordenado {m}, remuneração {f}
|
| wage {v} (to conduct or carry out)
|
:: conduzir, travar (uma guerra)
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| wager {n} (a stake; a pledge)
|
:: aposta
|
| wager {n} (the subject of a bet)
|
:: aposta {f}
|
| wager {v} (put up as collateral)
|
:: apostar
|
| waggle {v} (move with short, quick motions; wobble)
|
:: agitar, sacudir
|
| waggon {n} (wagon) SEE: wagon
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::
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| Wagnerian {adj} (of, or characteristic of Richard Wagner, or his music)
|
:: wagneriano
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| wagon {n} (four-wheeled cart for hauling loads, see also: cart)
|
:: carro {m}, carroça {f}, vagão {m}
|
| wagtail {n} (various small passerine birds)
|
:: alvéola {f}, alvéloa, lavandisca {f}, lavandeira {f}
|
| Wahhabism {prop} (branch of Sunni Islam)
|
:: wahabismo {m}, Wahabismo {m}, wahhabismo, Wahhabismo {m}
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| Wahhabite {n} (follower of Wahhabism)
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:: wahhabita {m} {f}, Wahhabita {m} {f}, Wahhabi {m} {f}, wahhabista {m} {f}, Wahhabista {m} {f}, wahabita {m} {f}, Wahabita {m} {f}
|
| waifu {n} (a fictional character that one is attracted to)
|
:: waifu {f}
|
| wail {n} (loud cry or shriek)
|
:: gemido
|
| waist {n} (part of the body between the pelvis and the stomach)
|
:: cintura {f}
|
| waistband {n} (band of fabric encircling the waist)
|
:: cós {m}
|
| waistcoat {n} (a sleeveless, collarless garment)
|
:: colete {m}
|
| wait {v} (delay until some event)
|
:: esperar, aguardar
|
| wait {v} (to serve customers)
|
:: servir
|
| wait {n} (a delay)
|
:: espera {f}
|
| wait {v} (transitive: delay until) SEE: await
|
::
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| waiter {n} (a server in a restaurant or similar)
|
:: empregado {m} [Portugal], garçom {m} [Brazil]
|
| wait for {v} (await) SEE: await
|
::
|
| waiting list {n} (ordered list of people waiting to obtain a good or service)
|
:: lista de espera {f}
|
| waiting room {n} (room)
|
:: sala de espera {f}
|
| waitlist {n} (waiting list) SEE: waiting list
|
::
|
| waitress {n} (female waiter)
|
:: empregada {f} [Portugal], garçonete {f} [Brazil]
|
| waiver {n} (the act of waiving)
|
:: abdicação {f}, desistência {f}, renúncia {f}
|
| wake {v} (to stop sleeping)
|
:: acordar
|
| wake {v} (to make somebody stop sleeping)
|
:: acordar
|
| wake {n} (period after death)
|
:: velório {m}
|
| wake {n} (path left behind a ship on the surface of the water)
|
:: esteira {f}, sulco {m}
|
| wakeful {adj} (awake rather than sleeping)
|
:: vígil
|
| wakeful {adj} (restless)
|
:: desperto {m}
|
| wakeful {adj} (watchful)
|
:: vigilante
|
| wakefulness {n} (state of being wakeful)
|
:: vigília {f}
|
| wake up {v} (to (become) awake)
|
:: acordar, despertar
|
| wake up {v} (to awaken (someone else))
|
:: acordar, despertar
|
| wake up {v} (to become more aware of a real-life situation.)
|
:: despertar
|
| wake up and smell the coffee {v} (stop deluding oneself)
|
:: encarar a realidade, acordar para a vida
|
| wake up on the wrong side of bed {v} (to be irritable) SEE: get up on the wrong side of the bed
|
::
|
| Waldemar {prop} (male given name)
|
:: Valdemar {m}, Valdemiro
|
| waldmeister {n} (herb) SEE: sweet woodruff
|
::
|
| Wales {prop} (a constituent nation of the UK)
|
:: País de Gales {m}
|
| walk {v} (to move on the feet)
|
:: andar, caminhar
|
| walk {v} (to travel a distance by walking)
|
:: andar, caminhar
|
| walk {v} (to take for a walk)
|
:: passear
|
| walk {n} (trip made by walking)
|
:: caminhada
|
| walk {n} (distance walked)
|
:: caminhada {f}
|
| walk {n} (manner of walking)
|
:: andar {m}, andadura {f}
|
| walk {n} (maintained place on which to walk)
|
:: caminho {m}
|
| walk a tightrope {v} (to undertake a precarious course)
|
:: andar na corda bamba
|
| walker {n} (person who walks)
|
:: andarilho
|
| walkie-talkie {n} (portable radio)
|
:: walkie-talkie {m}
|
| walking {adj} (incarnate as a human)
|
:: humano, ambulante
|
| walking cane {n} (walking stick) SEE: walking stick
|
::
|
| walking frame {n} (framework device, see also: baby walker)
|
:: andador {m}
|
| walking stick {n} (cane)
|
:: bengala {f}
|
| walking stick {n} (insect) SEE: stick insect
|
::
|
| walkman {n} (any personal cassette player)
|
:: walkman {m}
|
| walk-on {n} (actor with a small part)
|
:: figurante {m} {f}
|
| walk on eggshells {v} (to act carefully to avoid upsetting someone)
|
:: pisar em ovos
|
| walk on eggshells {v} (to handle sensitive matters delicately)
|
:: pisar em ovos
|
| walkout {n} (stoppage of work) SEE: strike
|
::
|
| walk the dog {v} (take a dog for a walk)
|
:: levar o cachorro para passear, passear com o cachorro
|
| walk the talk {v} (to act in accordance with one's words)
|
:: prometer e cumprir
|
| walkthrough {n} ((video games) playthrough detailing the steps involved in winning the game)
|
:: detonado {m}, tutorial {m}
|
| wall {n} (defensive rampart)
|
:: muro {m}, muralha {f}
|
| wall {n} (structure built for defense surrounding an area)
|
:: muralha {f}, muro {m}, valo {m}, baluarte {m}
|
| wall {n} (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building)
|
:: parede {f}
|
| wall {n} (impediment to free movement)
|
:: barreira {f}
|
| wall {n} (anatomy, zoology, botany: divisive or containing structure)
|
:: parede {f}
|
| wall {v} (to enclose by surrounding with walls)
|
:: murar, amurar, amuralhar
|
| wallaby {n} (Any of several species of Marsupial)
|
:: wallaby {m}
|
| Wallace Line {prop} (line that separates the ecozones of Asia and Wallacea)
|
:: linha de Wallace {f}
|
| Wallachia {prop} (region in Romania)
|
:: Valáquia {f}
|
| Wallachian {n} (person from Wallachia or of Wallachian descent)
|
:: valáquio {m}
|
| Wallachian {adj} (related to Wallachia)
|
:: valáquio
|
| wall barley {n}
|
:: balhico
|
| wall clock {n} (clock mounted on a wall)
|
:: relógio de parede {m}
|
| walled garden {n} (garden enclosed by walls)
|
:: jardim murado
|
| walled garden {n} (closed platform)
|
:: jardim murado {m}
|
| wallet {n} (case for keeping money)
|
:: carteira {f}
|
| wallflower {n} (any of several short-lived herbs or shrubs of the Erysimum)
|
:: goivo {m}, goiveira {f}
|
| Wallis and Futuna {prop} (an overseas territory of France in Oceania)
|
:: Wallis e Futuna
|
| Wallonia {prop} (a region)
|
:: Valônia {f} [Brazil], Valónia {f} [Portugal]
|
| Walloon {prop} (Romance language)
|
:: valão {m}
|
| Walloon {n} (an inhabitant of Wallonia)
|
:: valão {m}
|
| Walloon {adj} (referring to the French-speaking people of southern Belgium)
|
:: valão
|
| Walloon {adj} (referring to the Romance language)
|
:: valão
|
| wallow {v} (to roll oneself about, as in mire; to tumble and roll about; to move lazily or heavily in any medium; to flounder; as, swine wallow in the mire)
|
:: chafurdar
|
| wallpaper {n} (decorative paper for walls)
|
:: papel de parede {m}
|
| wallpaper {n} (computing: image used to cover a desktop)
|
:: papel de parede [Brazil], imagem de fundo {f}, fundo do ambiente de trabalho {m}, padrão de fundo {m}, plano de fundo {m} [Brazil], imagem da mesa {f} [Brazil] [MacOS], fundo de ecrã {m} [MacOS],
|
| wallpaper {v} (to cover with wallpaper)
|
:: empapelar
|
| wall plug {n}
|
:: bucha {f}
|
| walls have ears {proverb} (be careful about what you say)
|
:: as paredes têm ouvidos
|
| wall socket {n} (electricity power point)
|
:: tomada {f}
|
| walnut {n} (tree)
|
:: nogueira {f}
|
| walnut {n} (nut)
|
:: noz {f}
|
| walnut {n} (wood)
|
:: nogueira {f}
|
| Walpurgis night {n} (Walpurgis Night)
|
:: Walpurgisnacht {m} {f}, noite de Walpurgis {f}, noite de santa Valburga {f}
|
| walrus {n} (large Arctic marine mammal)
|
:: morsa {f}
|
| Walter {prop} (male given name)
|
:: Guálter {m}, Gualtério {m}, Valter {m}, Walter {m}
|
| waltz {n} (a ballroom dance)
|
:: valsa {f}
|
| waltz {n} (piece of music)
|
:: valsa {f}
|
| waltz {v} (dance)
|
:: valsar
|
| wan {adj} (pale, sickly-looking)
|
:: cadavérico
|
| WAN {n} ((abbreviation) wide area network)
|
:: WAN {f}
|
| wand {n} (hand-held narrow rod)
|
:: varinha {f}
|
| wander {v} (to move without purpose or destination)
|
:: vagar, perambular
|
| wander {n} (act or instance of wandering)
|
:: vagueação {f}, perambulação {f}
|
| wanderer {n} (one who wanders)
|
:: vagante {m} {f}, vagabundo {m}, vagabunda {f}, nômade {m}
|
| wandering {adj} (which wanders)
|
:: errante, vagante
|
| Wandering Jew {prop} (the Jewish shoemaker from the Christian legend)
|
:: Judeu Errante {m}
|
| wanderlust {n} (a strong impulse or longing to travel)
|
:: wanderlust {f}
|
| wane {v} (the Moon becoming less visible)
|
:: minguar
|
| wangle {v} (falsify) SEE: falsify
|
::
|
| waning {adj} (of the lunar phase)
|
:: minguante {f}
|
| waning moon {n} (moon as it progresses from full moon to a new moon)
|
:: lua minguante {f}
|
| wank {v} (intransitive: to masturbate)
|
:: bater punheta, tocar punheta, masturbar-se
|
| wank {v} (transitive: to masturbate)
|
:: masturbar
|
| wank {n} (act of masturbation)
|
:: masturbação {f}, punheta {f}
|
| wank {n} (rubbish, nonsense)
|
:: besteira {f}
|
| Wankel engine {n} (type of engine)
|
:: motor rotativo {m}
|
| wanker {n} (person who wanks)
|
:: punheteiro {m}
|
| wanker {n} (idiot)
|
:: idiota
|
| want {v} (desire)
|
:: querer, desejar
|
| want {n} (desire, wish, longing)
|
:: afã {m}, vontade {f}
|
| want {n} (lack (of))
|
:: falta {f}
|
| want {n} (poverty)
|
:: pobreza {f}
|
| want {v} (lack) SEE: lack
|
::
|
| wanted {adj} (subject to immediate detainment)
|
:: procurado {m}
|
| wanton {adj} (lewd, immoral; sexually open/free)
|
:: devasso, impúdico
|
| wanton {n} (overly playful person)
|
:: fanfarrão {m}, fanfarrona {f}
|
| wapiti {n} (the American elk)
|
:: uapiti {m}, wapiti {m}
|
| waqf {n} (inalienable endowment for charity)
|
:: wakf {m} {f}
|
| war {n} (conflict involving organized use of arms)
|
:: guerra {f}
|
| war {n} (rhetorical: campaign against something)
|
:: guerra {f}
|
| war {n} (card game)
|
:: guerra {f}
|
| war {v} (to engage in conflict)
|
:: guerrear
|
| warbler {n} (bird of the Sylviidae family)
|
:: toutinegra {f}, felosa {f}
|
| war bonnet {n} (ceremonial headdress)
|
:: cocar {m}
|
| war crime {n} (offense for violations of the law of war)
|
:: crime de guerra {m}
|
| ward {n} (action of a watchman)
|
:: guarda {f}
|
| ward {n} (person under guardianship)
|
:: tutelado {m}
|
| ward {n} (administrative subdivision of cities)
|
:: freguesia {f}
|
| ward {n} (Mormonism: subdivision of church)
|
:: ala {f}
|
| ward {n} (part of a hospital where patients reside)
|
:: enfermaria {f}
|
| ward {n} (minor looked after by a guardian)
|
:: tutelado {m}
|
| ward {n} (on a lock or key)
|
:: guarda {f}
|
| ward {v} (To keep in safety; to watch; to guard)
|
:: guardar
|
| ward {v} (To defend; to protect)
|
:: guardar, proteger
|
| ward {v} (To fend off; to repel; to turn aside)
|
:: proteger, defender
|
| warden {n} (a chief administrative officer of a prison)
|
:: diretor (de presídio) {m}
|
| warden {n} (an official charged with supervisory duties)
|
:: supervisor {m}
|
| warder {n} (guard)
|
:: guarda
|
| wardrobe {n} (lavatory) SEE: toilet
|
::
|
| wardrobe {n} (outhouse) SEE: outhouse
|
::
|
| wardrobe {n} (movable furniture for storing clothes)
|
:: guarda-roupa, armário {m}, guarda-roupas {m}
|
| wardrobe {n} (costume department)
|
:: guarda-roupa {m}, figurino {m}
|
| wardrobe {n} (collection of clothing)
|
:: guarda-roupa {m}, vestiário {m}, vestuário {m}
|
| wardrobe malfunction {n} ((euphemism) an accidental instance of indecent exposure)
|
:: disfunção de guarda-roupa {f}
|
| warehouse {n} (A place for storing large amounts of products)
|
:: armazém {m}
|
| warehouse {v} (store)
|
:: armazenar
|
| warfare {n}
|
:: guerra {f}
|
| warhead {n} (part of a missile, projectile, torpedo, rocket, or other munition)
|
:: ogiva {f}
|
| Warholian {adj} (of or pertaining to Andy Warhol)
|
:: warholiano
|
| warlike {adj} (belligerent)
|
:: beligerante
|
| warlike {adj} (bellicose)
|
:: belicoso {m}
|
| warlock {n} (male magic-user)
|
:: bruxo {m}, feiticeiro {m}, mago {m}
|
| warlord {n} (high military officer in a warlike nation)
|
:: senhor da guerra {m}
|
| warlord {n} (local ruler or bandit leader where the government is weak)
|
:: caudilho {m}, senhor da guerra {m}
|
| warm {adj} (having a temperature slightly higher than usual)
|
:: morno
|
| warm {adj} (being something that causes warmth)
|
:: morno
|
| warm {adj} (caring, of relation to another person)
|
:: caloroso, cordial
|
| warm {v} (to make or keep warm)
|
:: aquecer, esquentar
|
| warm-blooded {adj} (maintaining constant body temperature) SEE: endothermic
|
::
|
| war memorial {n} (commemorial monument)
|
:: monumento aos mortos {m}
|
| warm front {n} (the trailing edge of a mass of cold air)
|
:: frente quente {f}
|
| warmonger {n} (one who advocates war)
|
:: belicista {m} {f}
|
| warm someone's heart {v} (warm the cockles of someone's heart) SEE: warm the cockles of someone's heart
|
::
|
| warmth {n} (moderate heat; sensation of being warm)
|
:: calor {m}
|
| warm the cockles of someone's heart {v} (to provide happiness to someone)
|
:: aquecer o coração
|
| warm up {v} (to become warmer)
|
:: aquecer
|
| warm up {v} (to reheat food)
|
:: reaquecer
|
| warm up {v} (to reach a normal operating temperature)
|
:: aquecer
|
| warm up {v} (to make an audience enthusiastic)
|
:: aquecer, animar, entusiasmar
|
| warn {v} (to make someone aware of impending danger)
|
:: avisar, alertar, advertir
|
| warn {v} (to notify someone of something)
|
:: avisar
|
| warning {n} (instance of warning someone)
|
:: aviso {m}
|
| warning {n} (something spoken or written that is intended to warn)
|
:: aviso {m}
|
| War of 1812 {prop} (military conflict)
|
:: guerra de 1812 {f}
|
| warp {n} (state of being bent out of shape)
|
:: empenamento {m}
|
| warp {n} (distortion or twist)
|
:: empeno {m}
|
| warp {n} (threads running lengthwise)
|
:: urdidura {f}, urdimento {m}, urdume {m}
|
| warp {v} (to twist or turn something out of shape)
|
:: empenar
|
| warped {adj} (distorted by warping)
|
:: empenado, deformado
|
| warplane {n} (aircraft for combat)
|
:: avião militar {m}, avião de combate {m}
|
| warrant {v} (to guarantee)
|
:: garantir
|
| warrant {v} (to justify) SEE: justify
|
::
|
| warrant {v} (to authorize) SEE: authorize
|
::
|
| warranty {n} (legal: an agreement which states that the goods or property in question will be in exactly the same state as promised)
|
:: garantia {f}
|
| warren {n} (the system of burrows where rabbits live)
|
:: covil {m}, madrigueira {f}
|
| warrior {n} (person actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare)
|
:: guerreiro {m}, guerreira {f}
|
| Warsaw {prop} (capital city of Poland)
|
:: Varsóvia {f}
|
| Warsaw Uprising {prop} (millitary operation)
|
:: Revolta de Varsóvia {f}
|
| warship {n} (ship built or armed for naval combat)
|
:: navio de guerra {m}
|
| wart {n} (type of growth occurring on the skin)
|
:: verruga {f}
|
| warthog {n} (a species of wild pig)
|
:: facochero {m}, javali-africano {m}, facoquero {m}
|
| wartime {n} (period of a war)
|
:: tempo de guerra {m}
|
| war-torn {adj} (extensively damaged as the result of war)
|
:: destruído/arrasado pela guerra
|
| wary {adj} (cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous)
|
:: cauteloso, cuidadoso, de pé atrás
|
| wary {adj} (characterized by caution; guarded; careful)
|
:: cauteloso, cuidadoso
|
| wasabi {n} (green Japanese condiment)
|
:: wasabi
|
| wash {v} (to clean with water)
|
:: lavar
|
| wash {v} (to clean oneself)
|
:: lavar-se
|
| washable {adj} (capable of being washed without being damaged)
|
:: lavável
|
| washbasin {n} (basin used for washing, sink)
|
:: lavabo
|
| washcloth {n} (cloth used to wash)
|
:: flanela {f}
|
| washer {n} (something that washes)
|
:: lavador {m}
|
| washer {n} (person who washes for a living)
|
:: lavadeiro {m}
|
| washer {n} (flat disk)
|
:: arruela {f}
|
| washerwoman {n} (woman who washes other people's laundry)
|
:: lavadeira
|
| washhouse {n} (a building used as a laundry)
|
:: lavadouro {m}, lavadoiro {m}, tanque {m}
|
| washing {n} (action of the verb "to wash")
|
:: lavação {f}, lavagem {f}, lavamento {m}, lavadura {f}
|
| washing machine {n} (machine that washes clothes)
|
:: máquina de lavar roupa {f}, máquina de lavar {f}
|
| washing powder {n} (powder for washing clothes)
|
:: sabão em pó
|
| Washington {prop} (name)
|
:: Washington {m}
|
| Washington, D.C. {prop} (federal capital of the United States of America)
|
:: Washington D.C. {f}
|
| wash one's hands of {v} (absolve oneself of responsibility)
|
:: redimir-se de, lavar as mãos
|
| washroom {n} (toilet) SEE: toilet
|
::
|
| wash up {v} (clean utensils, dishes, etc.) SEE: do the dishes
|
::
|
| wasp {n} (insect)
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:: vespa
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| waste {n} (useless by-products, garbage)
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:: lixo {m}, refugo {m}, dejeto {m}
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| waste {n} (excrement or urine)
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:: fezes {f-p}, excremento {m}
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| waste {n} (waste land, desolate region)
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:: deserto {m}, ermo {m}
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| waste {n} (action of wasting, ineffective use)
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:: desperdício {m}
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| waste {n} (gradual loss or decay)
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:: degradação {f}, degeneração {f}
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| waste {v} (to destroy)
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:: destruir, devastar
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| waste {v} (to squander)
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:: desperdiçar
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| waste {v} (slang: to kill)
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:: matar
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| waste {v} (to weaken)
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:: definhar
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| waste away {v} (lose energy)
|
:: definhar
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| wastebasket {n} (garbage can) SEE: garbage can
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::
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| waste breath {v} (to speak futilely)
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:: gastar saliva
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| wasted {adj} (not profitably used)
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:: desperdiçado
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| wasted {adj} (ravaged or deteriorated)
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:: devastado
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| wasted {adj} (emaciated and haggard)
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:: mirrado
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| wasted {adj} (very drunk or stoned)
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:: chumbado, chapado
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| wasted {adj} (with low weight-for-height)
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:: tísico
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| wasteful {adj} (inclined to waste)
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:: desperdiçador
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| wasteland {n} (region with no remaining resources; desert)
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:: deserto {m}
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| waste of time {n} (meaningless or fruitless activity)
|
:: perda de tempo {f}
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| waste time {v} (allow time to elapse in an unproductive manner)
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:: perder tempo
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| wastewater {n} (water containing waste products)
|
:: esgoto {m}
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| wat {n} (Buddhist temple)
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:: wat {m}
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| watch {n} (portable or wearable timepiece)
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:: relógio {m}, relógio de pulso {m} [wristwatch], relógio de bolso {m} [pocketwatch]
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| watch {n} (particular time period)
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:: vigia {f}, guarda {f}
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| watch {n} (person or group of people who guard)
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:: guarda {m} {f}
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| watch {v} (to look at for a period of time)
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:: ver, assistir
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| watch {v} (to observe)
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:: assistir, observar
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| watch {v} (to attend or guard)
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:: vigiar
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| watch {v} (to be wary)
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:: tomar/ter cuidado
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| watch cap {n} (knitted cap) SEE: beanie
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::
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| watchdog {n} (person)
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:: vigilância {f}
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| watchdog {n} (dog) SEE: guard dog
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::
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| watcher {n} (guard) SEE: guard
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::
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| watchful {adj} (observant, vigilant and aware)
|
:: vigilante, alerta, atento
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| watchlist {n} (list for special attention)
|
:: lista de observação {f}
|
| watchmaker {n} (person who repairs (and originally made) watches)
|
:: relojoeiro {m}, relojoeira {f}
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| watchman {n} (guard)
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:: vigia {m} {f}
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| watch one's mouth {v} (watch one's mouth)
|
:: prestar atenção ao que diz
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| watch out {v} (to use caution)
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:: ter cuidado, tomar cuidado
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| watch out {interj} (proceed with caution)
|
:: cuidado!
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| watch over {v} (to guard and protect)
|
:: cuidar
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| watchtower {n} (observation tower)
|
:: torre de observação {f}
|
| water {n} (amniotic fluid) SEE: amniotic fluid
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::
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| water {n} (mineral water) SEE: mineral water
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::
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| water {v} (to pour water into the soil surrounding (plants))
|
:: regar, aguar
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| water {v} (to provide (animals) with water)
|
:: dar água a
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| water {v} (colloquial: to urinate)
|
:: mijar
|
| water {v} (to fill with or secrete water)
|
:: encher de água
|
| water {n} (clear liquid H₂O)
|
:: água {f}
|
| water {n} (one of the basic elements)
|
:: água {f}
|
| water {n} (body of water, or specific part of it)
|
:: águas {f-p}
|
| water {n} (urine)
|
:: água {f}
|
| water {n} (serving of water)
|
:: água {f}
|
| water {n} (medical: fluids in the body, especially when causing swelling)
|
:: água {f}
|
| water aerobics {n} (a form of aerobics done while in water)
|
:: hidroginástica {f}
|
| water bear {n} (A member of the phylum Tardigrada)
|
:: tardígrado, urso d'água
|
| waterboarding {n} (torture technique)
|
:: afogamento simulado {m}
|
| waterbody {n} (significant accumulation of water) SEE: body of water
|
::
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| water buffalo {n} (large ungulate)
|
:: búfalo-asiático
|
| water cannon {n} (device shooting water)
|
:: canhão d'água {m}, canhão de água {m}
|
| water carrier {n} (Aquarius) SEE: Aquarius
|
::
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| water clock {n} (device for measuring time)
|
:: clepsidra
|
| water closet {n} (room with a toilet) SEE: toilet
|
::
|
| water closet {n} (toilet) SEE: toilet
|
::
|
| watercolor {n} (a painting technique) SEE: watercolour
|
::
|
| watercolor {n} (an artwork) SEE: watercolour
|
::
|
| watercolor {n} (any paint used in this method) SEE: watercolour
|
::
|
| watercolor {adj} (pertaining to the methods or products of watercolor) SEE: watercolour
|
::
|
| watercolorist {n} (a painter who paints watercolors) SEE: watercolourist
|
::
|
| watercolour {n} (pigment)
|
:: aquarela {f}
|
| watercolour {n} (painting)
|
:: aquarela {f}
|
| watercolour {n} (genre)
|
:: aquarela {f}
|
| watercolourist {n} (artist who paints watercolours)
|
:: aquarelista {m} {f}
|
| water cooler {n} (dispenser of cooled drinking water)
|
:: bebedouro (refrigerado) {m}
|
| watercourse {n} (channel through which water flows)
|
:: igarapé {m}, curso de água {m}, curso d'água {m}, curso {m}
|
| watercress {n} (Nasturtium officinale)
|
:: agrião {m}
|
| watercress {n} (Nasturtium microphyllum)
|
:: agrião {m}
|
| water cycle {n} (the natural cycle of water through evaporation, condensation and precipitation)
|
:: ciclo da água {m}, ciclo hidrológico {m}
|
| water diviner {n} (water diviner) SEE: dowser
|
::
|
| water dog {n} (water dog)
|
:: cão de água {m}, cão d'água {m}
|
| waterfall {n} (flow of water over the edge of a cliff)
|
:: cachoeira {f}, queda-d'água {f}, cascata {f}, salto {m}, catarata
|
| waterfall {n} (waterfall-like outpouring)
|
:: cascata {f}
|
| waterfowl {n} (birds that spend most of their non-flying time on water)
|
:: ave aquática {f}
|
| Watergate {prop} (scandal)
|
:: Watergate {m}
|
| water gun {n} (toy gun used to shoot water) SEE: squirt gun
|
::
|
| water heater {n} (appliance for heating water)
|
:: aquecedor de água {m}
|
| water hyacinth {n} (aquatic flowering plant of the genus Eichhornia)
|
:: aguapé {m}
|
| wateriness {n} (the state of being watery)
|
:: aquosidade {f}
|
| watering can {n} (utensil for watering plants)
|
:: regador {m}
|
| watering pot {n} (watering can) SEE: watering can
|
::
|
| waterish {adj} (watery) SEE: watery
|
::
|
| water-lettuce {n} (tropical duckweed)
|
:: alface-d'água {f}, flor-d'água {f}
|
| water lily {n} (Any members of Nymphaeaceae)
|
:: nenúfar {m}, ninfeia {f}
|
| watermark {n} (translucent design impressed on paper)
|
:: marca d’água {f}, marca de água {f}
|
| watermelon {n} (plant)
|
:: melancia {f}, melancieira {f}
|
| watermelon {n} (fruit)
|
:: melancia {f}
|
| water meter {n} (device for measuring water usage volume)
|
:: registro/relógio d'água {m}
|
| watermill {n} (mill powered by water)
|
:: moinho de água {m}, moinho d’água {m}, roda d’água {f}
|
| water park {n} (aquapark) SEE: aquapark
|
::
|
| water pipe {n} (water conduit)
|
:: bica {f}
|
| water pistol {n} (toy gun used to shoot water) SEE: squirt gun
|
::
|
| water plantain {n} (Alisma)
|
:: alisma {f}, tanchagem d'água {f}
|
| water pollution {n} (water pollution)
|
:: poluição da água {f}
|
| water polo {n} (a water sport)
|
:: pólo aquático
|
| waterproof {adj} (unaffected by water)
|
:: à prova d’água
|
| waterproof {adj} (made or covered with material that doesn't let water in)
|
:: impermeável
|
| water purifier {n} (a device that purifies water)
|
:: purificador de água {m}
|
| watershed {n} (boundary between adjacent catchment basins)
|
:: divisor de águas {m}
|
| watershed {n} (critical point marking a change in course or development)
|
:: divisor de água {m}
|
| watershed {n} (drainage basin) SEE: drainage basin
|
::
|
| water ski {n} (ski used for water skiing)
|
:: esqui aquático
|
| water skiing {n} (water sport)
|
:: esqui aquático {m}
|
| water slide {n} (a recreational slide with water flowing down it)
|
:: tobogã, toboágua {m}
|
| water snake {n}
|
:: áspide {f}
|
| watersport {n} (sport)
|
:: esporte aquático {m}
|
| waterspout {n} (tornado that occurs over a body of water)
|
:: tromba-d'água {f}
|
| water strider {n} (any of a number of predatory insects in the family Gerridae)
|
:: alfaiate {m}
|
| water table {n} (level underground)
|
:: lençol freático
|
| water tank {n} (large container used to store water)
|
:: caixa d'água {f}
|
| watertight {adj} (tightly made)
|
:: impermeável
|
| water tower {n} (tank of water)
|
:: caixa d'água {f}, castelo d'água {m}, torre d'água {f}
|
| water under the bridge {n} (something in the past that cannot be controlled but must be accepted)
|
:: águas passadas {f-p}, águas passadas não movem moinhos
|
| water vapor {n} (water in a gaseous state)
|
:: vapor d'água {m}
|
| waterway {n} (navigable body of water)
|
:: hidrovia {f}
|
| watery {adj} (wet, soggy or soaked with water)
|
:: aquoso
|
| watery {adj} (tearful) SEE: tearful
|
::
|
| watt {n} (derived unit of power)
|
:: watt {m}
|
| wattmeter {n} (device for measuring electric power)
|
:: wattímetro {m}
|
| waulk {v} (full) SEE: full
|
::
|
| wave {v} (to move back and forth repeatedly)
|
:: ondular
|
| wave {v} (to wave one’s hand)
|
:: acenar
|
| wave {v} (to have an undulating or wavy form)
|
:: ondular
|
| wave {v} (to produce waves to the hair)
|
:: ondear
|
| wave {v} (to cause to move back and forth repeatedly)
|
:: agitar, ondear
|
| wave {v} (to signal with a waving movement)
|
:: acenar
|
| wave {n} (moving disturbance, undulation)
|
:: onda {f}, vaga {f}
|
| wave {n} (moving disturbance in a field)
|
:: onda {f}, ondulação {f}
|
| wave {n} (shape which alternatingly curves in opposite directions)
|
:: onda {f}, ondulação {f}
|
| wave {n} (sudden unusually large amount of something)
|
:: onda {f}, enxame {m}, leva {f}
|
| wave {n} (sideways movement of the hand)
|
:: aceno {m}
|
| wave {n} (A group activity in a crowd imitating a wave going through water)
|
:: ola {f}
|
| wavefunction {n} (notion in quantum mechanics)
|
:: função de onda {f}
|
| wavelength {n} (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
|
:: comprimento de onda {m}
|
| waver {v} (to be indecisive between choices; to feel or show doubt or indecision; to vacillate)
|
:: vacilar
|
| wax {n} (oily, water-resistant substance)
|
:: cera {f}
|
| wax {n} (preparation containing wax, used as a polish)
|
:: cera {f}
|
| wax {adj} (made of wax)
|
:: céreo, ceroso
|
| wax {v} (apply wax to)
|
:: encerar
|
| wax {v} (remove hair from)
|
:: depilar
|
| wax {v} (phase of a planet)
|
:: crescer
|
| wax {v} (to assume specified characteristic)
|
:: virar, ficar, tornar-se
|
| wax {v} (literary: grow)
|
:: crescer
|
| wax {v} (of the moon: appear larger each night)
|
:: crescer
|
| wax {n} (beeswax) SEE: beeswax
|
::
|
| wax {n} (earwax) SEE: earwax
|
::
|
| waxbill {n} (bird)
|
:: bico-de-lacre {m}
|
| waxing {n} (the action of the verb to wax)
|
:: enceramento {m}
|
| waxing {n} (cosmetic procedure)
|
:: depilação com cera {f}
|
| waxing moon {n} (The moon as it progresses from a new moon to a full moon)
|
:: lua crescente {f}
|
| waxlike {adj} (waxy) SEE: waxy
|
::
|
| waxwing {n} (songbird of genus Bombycilla)
|
:: tagarela {m}
|
| waxy {adj} (Resembling wax in texture or appearance)
|
:: céreo, ceroso
|
| waxy flexibility {n} (decreased response to stimuli and immobile posture in catatonic schizophrenia)
|
:: flexibilidade cérea
|
| way {adv} (very) SEE: very
|
::
|
| way {adv} (far) SEE: far
|
::
|
| way {n} (road, direction, path)
|
:: caminho {m}, via {f}
|
| way {n} (means to enter or leave)
|
:: caminho {m}, meio {m}
|
| way {n} (roughly-defined geographical area)
|
:: caminho {m}
|
| way {n} (method or manner)
|
:: jeito {m}, maneira {f}, modo {m}
|
| way {n} (state or condition)
|
:: jeito {m}
|
| way {n} (possibility)
|
:: jeito {m}
|
| way {n} (determined course)
|
:: caminho {m}
|
| way {n} (degree, amount, sense)
|
:: jeito {m}
|
| way {adv} (much) SEE: much
|
::
|
| waybill {n} (document that lists the final destination (and other details) of each part of a cargo)
|
:: carta de porte {f}, guia de transporte {f}
|
| wayfarer {n} (traveller)
|
:: viajante
|
| way of life {n} (style of living)
|
:: estilo de vida {m}
|
| Way of St. James {prop} (Any of the pilgrimage routes to the shrine of the apostle St. James the Great)
|
:: Caminho de Santiago {m}
|
| Way of the Cross {n} (series of images)
|
:: via crúcis {m}
|
| way out {n} (exit) SEE: exit
|
::
|
| way to go {interj} (expression of congrats, encouragement or approval)
|
:: boa!
|
| way too {adv}
|
:: muito
|
| wayward {adj} (given to wilful, perverse deviation from the expected norm; tending to stray)
|
:: desobediente
|
| we {pron} (the speakers, or the speaker(s) and other person(s) not being addressed (exclusive we: he or she or they and I))
|
:: nós, a gente [informal]
|
| we {pron} (the speaker(s) and the listener(s) (inclusive we: you and I))
|
:: nós
|
| weak {adj} (lacking in force or ability)
|
:: fraco, débil, frouxo
|
| weak {adj} (dilute, lacking in taste or potency)
|
:: fraco
|
| weak {adj} (grammar: regular in inflection)
|
:: fraco
|
| weaken {v} (to make weaker)
|
:: enfraquecer
|
| weaken {v} (to become weaker)
|
:: enfraquecer
|
| weaker sex {n} (women regarded collectively)
|
:: sexo frágil {m}
|
| weakling {adj} (weak, either physically, morally or mentally)
|
:: fracote
|
| weakling {n} (person of weak or even sickly physical constitution)
|
:: fracote {m} {f}
|
| weakling {n} (person of weak character)
|
:: fracote {m} {f}
|
| weakly {adv} (with little strength or force)
|
:: debilmente
|
| weakness {n} (condition of being weak)
|
:: fraqueza {f}
|
| weakness {n} (fault)
|
:: ponto fraco {m}, fraqueza {f}
|
| weakness {n} (special fondness)
|
:: queda {f}, fraco {m}
|
| weak nuclear interaction {n} (fundamental interaction)
|
:: interação nuclear fraca {f}
|
| wealth {n} (riches; valuable material possessions)
|
:: riqueza {f}
|
| wealth {n} (great amount; an abundance or plenty, usually of money)
|
:: abundância {f}
|
| wealth {n} (power, of the kind associated with a great deal of money)
|
:: poder {m}
|
| wealthy {adj} (rich)
|
:: rico
|
| wealthy {adj} (abundant)
|
:: farto
|
| wean {v} (to cease giving milk)
|
:: desmamar
|
| weaning {n} (process of a child or animal ceasing to be dependent on the mother for nourishment)
|
:: ablactação {f}, desmama {f}, desmame
|
| weapon {n} (instrument of attack or defense in combat)
|
:: arma {f}
|
| weapon of mass destruction {n} (weapon causing large-scale death or destruction)
|
:: arma de destruição em massa {f}
|
| weaponry {n} (weapons collectively)
|
:: armas {p}, armamento
|
| wear {v} (to have on (clothes))
|
:: vestir, trajar, usar
|
| wear {v} (to erode due to use)
|
:: gastar, desgastar
|
| wear {v} (to exhaust physically)
|
:: desgastar
|
| wear {n} (clothing)
|
:: vestimenta {f}
|
| wear {n} (damage)
|
:: desgaste {m}
|
| wear and tear {n} (damage or depreciation)
|
:: desgaste
|
| wear down {v} (to cause physical or mental fatigue)
|
:: gastar
|
| wearily {adv} (in a weary manner)
|
:: cansadamente
|
| wear out {v} (to cause to become damaged, useless, or ineffective through continued use)
|
:: desgastar
|
| wear out {v} (to deteriorate or become unusable or ineffective due to continued use, exposure, or strain)
|
:: desgastar, desgastar-se
|
| wear rose-colored glasses {v} (to be excessively optimistic)
|
:: só ver o lado bom (das coisas)
|
| wear the pants {v} (wear the trousers) SEE: wear the trousers
|
::
|
| wear the trousers {v} (to be the dominant partner)
|
:: mandar na casa
|
| wear thin {v} (to lessen or weaken over time, as from overuse)
|
:: gastar, desgastar
|
| weary {adj} (tired, fatigued)
|
:: cansado
|
| weary {adj} (expressive of fatigue)
|
:: cansado
|
| weasel {n} (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
|
:: doninha {f}
|
| weasel {n} (any mammal of the genus Mustela)
|
:: doninha {f}
|
| weather {n} (state of the atmosphere)
|
:: tempo {m}, clima {m}
|
| weather {n} (unpleasant or destructive atmospheric conditions)
|
:: mau tempo {m}
|
| weather {n} (situation) SEE: situation
|
::
|
| weather balloon {n} (meteorological balloon)
|
:: balão meteorológico {m}
|
| weathercock {n} (weather vane)
|
:: cata-vento {m}
|
| weather forecast {n} (prediction of future weather)
|
:: previsão do tempo {f}
|
| weathering {n} (breaking down of rocks)
|
:: intemperismo {m}
|
| weather map {n} (map showing the analysis of meteorological quantities)
|
:: mapa meteorológico {m}
|
| weather vane {n} (a device showing the direction of the wind)
|
:: cata-vento {m}, ventoinha {f}, catavento {m}
|
| weave {v} (to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another)
|
:: tecer
|
| weave {v} (to spin a cocoon or a web)
|
:: tecer
|
| weave {n} (a type or way of weaving)
|
:: costura {f}
|
| weave {n} (human or artificial hair worn)
|
:: aplique {m}
|
| weave {v} (to make (a path or way) by winding in and out or from side to side)
|
:: costurar
|
| weaver {n} (one who weaves)
|
:: tecelão {m}, tecelã {f}
|
| web {n} (any interconnected set of persons, places, or things)
|
:: rede {f}na
|
| web {n} (the World Wide Web (also spelled Web))
|
:: net {f}, rede {f}, web {f}
|
| web {n} (a fold of tissue connecting the toes of certain birds)
|
:: palmura {f}
|
| web {n} (spiderweb) SEE: spiderweb
|
::
|
| web browser {n} (a computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web)
|
:: navegador {m}, navegador web {m}, browser {m}, navegador de Internet {m}
|
| webcam {n} (video camera viewed over a network)
|
:: [Portugal] câmara web {f}, [Brazil] webcam {f}
|
| web colors {n} (complete palette of colors that are displayed on the web and on the computer)
|
:: cores Web {f-p}
|
| web conference {n} (meeting, presentation or communication conducted via the World Wide Web)
|
:: webconferência {f}
|
| web developer {n} (person who develops applications)
|
:: desenvolvedor web {m}
|
| web development {n} (work)
|
:: desenvolvimento web {m}
|
| weber {n} (derived unit of magnetic flux)
|
:: [pl: webers] weber {m}
|
| Weberian {adj} (of or relating to German sociologist and political economist Max Weber)
|
:: weberiano
|
| Weberian {adj} (of or relating to German anatomist and biologist Ernst Heinrich Weber)
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:: weberiano
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| web hosting {n} (service)
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:: [Brazil] alojamento web, [Brazil] alojamento de saite, [Portugal] alojamento de sítio, alojamento de site
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| webinar {n} (interactive seminar conducted via Internet)
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:: webinário {m}
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| weblog {n} (blog) SEE: blog
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::
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| web page {n} (a single page in a website)
|
:: página {f}
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| web server {n} (software)
|
:: servidor {m}
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| web server {n} (computer)
|
:: servidor {m}
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| website {n} (a collection of pages on the World Wide Web)
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:: sítio {m}, site {m}, website {m}, web site {m}, sítio web {m}, [Brazil] saite {m}, sítio na Internet {m},
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| wed {v} (to join in matrimony)
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:: casar
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| wed {v} (transitive: to take as one's spouse)
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:: casar com
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| wed {v} (intransitive: to take a spouse)
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:: casar
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| Wed {n} (abbreviation of Wednesday)
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:: qua {f}
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| wedding {n} (marriage ceremony)
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:: casamento {m}, boda {f}, casório {m} [informal]
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| wedding cake {n} (cake used as part of a wedding ceremony)
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:: bolo de casamento {m}
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| wedding dress {n} (the clothing worn by a bride during a wedding ceremony)
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:: vestido de casamento {m}
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| wedding gown {n} (wedding dress) SEE: wedding dress
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::
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| wedding ring {n} (a ring symbolizing marriage)
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:: aliança {f}
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| wedge {n} (simple machine)
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:: cunha {f}
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| wedge {n} (piece of food etc.)
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:: fatia {f}
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| wedge {v} (to force into a narrow gap)
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:: socar, atochar, enfiar
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| wedge {n} (typography: háček) SEE: háček
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::
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| wedgie {n} (prank in which a person's underpants are pulled up sharply)
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:: cueção {m}, cuecão {m}
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| Wednesday {n} (day of the week)
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:: quarta-feira {f}
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| wee {adj} (small, little)
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:: pequeno, miúdo
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| wee {n}
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:: xixi {m}
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| wee {v}
|
:: fazer xixi
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| weed {n} (cigar) SEE: cigar
|
::
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| weed {n} (the weed) SEE: tobacco
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::
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| weed {n} (unwanted plant)
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:: erva daninha, mato
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| weed {n} (slang: marijuana)
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:: maconha {f} [slang]
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| weed {v} (to remove weeds from)
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:: capinar
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| weed {n} (duckweed) SEE: duckweed
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::
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| weedhead {n} (a person who smokes cannabis regularly)
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:: maconheiro {m}
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| weedy {adj} (small and weak)
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:: mirrado
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| week {n} (period of seven days)
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:: semana {f}
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| weekday {n} (weekday)
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:: dia de semana {m}
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| weekend {n} (break in the working week)
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:: final de semana, fim de semana
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| weeklong {adj} (lasting for one week)
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:: de uma semana
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| weekly {adv} (once every week)
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:: semanalmente
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| weekly {adv} (every week)
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:: semanalmente
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| weekly {adj} (of or relating to a week)
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:: semanal
|
| weekly {adj} (happening once a week or every week)
|
:: semanal
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| weekly {n} (publication that is published once a week)
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:: semanário {m}, hebdomadário {m}
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| weep {v} (to cry, shed tears)
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:: chorar, lacrimejar
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| weeping willow {n} (Salix babylonica)
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:: chorão {m}, salgueiro-chorão {m}
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| weevil {n} (beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea)
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:: gorgulho {m}
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| wee-wee {n}
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:: xixi {m}; pipi {m}, piupiu {m} [male], pepeca {f}, perereca {f} [female]
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| wee-wee {v}
|
:: fazer xixi
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| weft {n} (horizontal threads)
|
:: trama {f}
|
| weigh {v} (to determine the weight of an object)
|
:: pesar
|
| weigh {v} (to weigh out)
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:: pesar
|
| weigh {v} (to determine the intrinsic value or merit of an object)
|
:: avaliar
|
| weigh {v} (to have a certain weight)
|
:: pesar
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| weigh {v} (nautical: to raise an anchor)
|
:: desancorar, levantar âncora
|
| weighing {adj} (weighing)
|
:: pesagem
|
| weight {n} (physics: mass) SEE: mass
|
::
|
| weight {n} (force due to gravity)
|
:: peso
|
| weight {n} (object to make something heavier)
|
:: peso
|
| weight {n} (standardized measuring weight)
|
:: peso {m}
|
| weight {n} (importance or influence)
|
:: peso {m}
|
| weight {n} (weight for training muscles)
|
:: peso {m}, haltere {m}
|
| weight {n} (statistics: multiplier)
|
:: peso {m}
|
| weight {v} (in mathematics)
|
:: ponderar
|
| weight gain {n} (increase in weight)
|
:: ganho de peso {m}
|
| weightlifter {n} (person who competes for maximum weight lifted)
|
:: levantador de peso {m}, levantador de pesos {m},
|
| weightlifting {n} (form of exercise)
|
:: levantamento de peso {m}
|
| weightlifting {n} (sport in which competitors lift heavy weights)
|
:: levantamento de peso {m}
|
| weight loss {n} (reduction of body mass)
|
:: perda de peso {f}
|
| Weimar Republic {prop} (Germany between 1919 and 1933)
|
:: República de Weimar {f}
|
| weir {n} (adjustable dam)
|
:: comporta {f}
|
| weir {n} (fence to catch fish)
|
:: caniçado {m}
|
| weird {adj} (having an unusually strange character or behaviour)
|
:: estranho
|
| weird {adj} (deviating from the normal; bizarre)
|
:: estranho, bizarro
|
| weirdo {n} (strange person)
|
:: esquisito {m}
|
| welcome {adj} (whose arrival is a cause of joy)
|
:: bem-vindo
|
| welcome {interj} (greeting given upon someone's arrival)
|
:: bem-vindo! {m}, bem-vinda! {f}, bem-vindos! {p}, bem-vindas! {f-p}
|
| welcome {n} (act of greeting someone's arrival)
|
:: recepção
|
| welcome {n} (utterance of such a greeting)
|
:: boas-vindas {f-p}
|
| welcome {v} (affirm or greet the arrival of someone)
|
:: dar as boas-vindas a, receber, acolher
|
| welcome {v} (to accept willingly)
|
:: aceitar
|
| welcoming {adj} (hospitable)
|
:: acolhedor
|
| weld {n} (herb)
|
:: gauda {f}, lírio-dos-tintureiros {m}
|
| weld {v} (to join materials (especially metals) by applying heat)
|
:: soldar
|
| weld {v} (to bind, unite)
|
:: soldar
|
| welder {n} (one who welds)
|
:: soldador
|
| welder {n} (item of equipment)
|
:: maçarico {m}
|
| welding {n} (action or process of welding)
|
:: soldadura {f}, solda {f}, soldagem {f}
|
| welfare {n} (health, safety, well-being, happiness and prosperity)
|
:: bem-estar {m}
|
| welfare {n} (aid, provided by a government, etc.)
|
:: segurança social {f}
|
| welfare state {n} (social system in which the state takes overall responsibility for the welfare of its citizens)
|
:: estado de bem-estar {m}, estado de bem-estar social {m}, estado assistencial {m}
|
| welfare state {n} (country in which such a system operates)
|
:: estado de bem-estar {m}, estado de bem-estar social {m}, estado assistencial {m}
|
| welfare trap {n} (situation)
|
:: armadilha do desemprego {f}
|
| welkin {n} (sky) SEE: sky
|
::
|
| well {adv} (accurately; competently)
|
:: bem, apuradamente
|
| well {adv} (completely; fully)
|
:: bem, completamente
|
| well {adv} (to a significant degree)
|
:: bem
|
| well {adv} ((slang) very)
|
:: bem
|
| well {adj} (in good health)
|
:: bem
|
| well {interj} (used to introduce a statement that may be contrary to expectations)
|
:: bem, bom
|
| well {interj} (to acknowledge a statement or situation)
|
:: bem
|
| well {interj} (exclamation of surprise)
|
:: ora, ora, muito bem, muito que bem
|
| well {interj} (used in conversation to fill space)
|
:: é... [Brazil], pois [Portugal], sabe
|
| well {n} (hole sunk into the ground)
|
:: poço {m}
|
| well {n} (spring)
|
:: fonte {f}, vertente {f}, vertedouro {m}
|
| well {n} (small section of a microtiter plate)
|
:: poço, vaso, cela
|
| well {v} (to issue forth)
|
:: verter
|
| well {n} (cockpit of a sailing boat) SEE: cockpit
|
::
|
| well-behaved {adj} (having good manners and acting properly)
|
:: comportado
|
| well-being {n} (state of health, happiness and/or prosperity)
|
:: bem-estar {m}
|
| well-brought-up {adj} (having good manners)
|
:: bem-educado, bem-criado
|
| well done {adj} (well cooked)
|
:: passado, bem passado
|
| well done {interj} (exclamation of praise)
|
:: parabéns, muito bem!
|
| well-dressed {adj} (that dresses well)
|
:: bem-vestido, aprumado
|
| Wellington {prop} (capital of New Zealand)
|
:: Wellington {f}
|
| Wellington boot {n} (Wellington boot) SEE: Wellington boots
|
::
|
| Wellington boots {n} (waterproof rubber boot)
|
:: galocha {f}
|
| well-mannered {adj} (having good manners)
|
:: cortês
|
| well-meaning {adj} (with good intentions)
|
:: bem-intencionado
|
| well off {adj} (being in fortunate circumstances)
|
:: abastado
|
| well-read {adj} (well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively)
|
:: versado
|
| well, well, well {interj} (indicating consideration)
|
:: ora, ora, ora
|
| wels catfish {n} (Silurus glanis)
|
:: bagre europeu {m}
|
| Welsh {adj} (of or pertaining to Wales)
|
:: galês {m}, galesa {f}
|
| Welsh {adj} (of or pertaining to the Welsh language)
|
:: galês {m}, galesa {f}
|
| Welsh {n} (language)
|
:: galês {m}
|
| Welsh {n} (collectively, people of Wales)
|
:: galês {m}
|
| Welshman {n} (native or inhabitant of Wales)
|
:: galês {m}
|
| Welsh onion {n} (Allium fistulosum) SEE: spring onion
|
::
|
| Welshwoman {n} (woman who is a native or inhabitant of Wales)
|
:: galesa {f}
|
| weltanschauung {n} (worldview) SEE: worldview
|
::
|
| welwitschia {n} (Welwitschia mirabilis, a desert plant of southwest Africa)
|
:: welwitschia {f}
|
| Wenceslas {prop} (male given name) SEE: Wenceslaus
|
::
|
| Wenceslaus {prop} (male given name)
|
:: Venceslau {m}, Wenceslau {m}
|
| wench {n} ((archaic) girl or young woman)
|
:: moça {f}
|
| Wend {n} (Slav) SEE: Slav
|
::
|
| Wendish {adj} (Sorbian) SEE: Sorbian
|
::
|
| Wendish {prop} (Sorbian) SEE: Sorbian
|
::
|
| Wendy {prop} (female given name)
|
:: Wendy {f}
|
| werewolf {n} (wolflike human)
|
:: lobisomem {m}, licantropo {m}
|
| Wernicke's aphasia {n} (aphasia associated with damage to Wernicke's area)
|
:: afasia de Wernicke {f}
|
| Wernicke's area {n} (posterior section of the superior temporal gyrus)
|
:: área de Wernicke {f}
|
| west {n} (compass point)
|
:: oeste {m}, ocidente {m}, poente {m}
|
| west {adj} (towards the west)
|
:: ocidental
|
| west {adj} (western)
|
:: ocidental
|
| west {adj} (occidental)
|
:: ocidental
|
| West {prop} (Western world)
|
:: Ocidente {m}
|
| West Bank {prop} (territory)
|
:: Cisjordânia {f}
|
| West Bengal {prop} (state)
|
:: Bengala Ocidental {f}
|
| western {adj} (pertaining to the west)
|
:: ocidental
|
| western {adj} (blowing from the west)
|
:: ocidental
|
| western {n} (film or other dramatic work)
|
:: faroeste {m}
|
| Western {adj} (of, situated in, or related to the West) SEE: western
|
::
|
| Western Australia {prop} (state of Australia)
|
:: Austrália Ocidental {f}
|
| western barn owl {n} (Tyto alba furcata)
|
:: coruja-das-torres {f}
|
| western cattle egret {n} (Bubulcus ibis)
|
:: garça-vaqueira {f}
|
| Western concert flute {n} (transverse woodwind instrument made of metal or wood)
|
:: flauta transversa {f}, flauta transversal {f}
|
| westerner {n} (inhabitant of Europe and the Americas)
|
:: ocidental {m} {f}
|
| Western Europe {prop} (Western Europe)
|
:: Europa Ocidental {f}
|
| westernization {n} (assimilation of the western culture)
|
:: ocidentalização {f}
|
| westernize {v} (make something western)
|
:: ocidentalizar
|
| western osprey {n} (Pandion haliaetus) SEE: osprey
|
::
|
| Western Sahara {prop} (a territory in northern Africa)
|
:: Saara Ocidental {m}
|
| Western Samoa {prop} (the former name of Samoa)
|
:: Samoa Ocidental {f}
|
| western sandpiper {n} (Calidris mauri)
|
:: pilrito de Maur {m}
|
| Western Wall {prop} (ancient wall in Jerusalem, remnant of the Jewish Second Temple)
|
:: Muro das Lamentações {m}, Muro Ocidental {m}
|
| West Frisian {prop} (language spoken in Friesland)
|
:: frísio {m}, frisão {m}
|
| West Germany {prop} (former European country)
|
:: Alemanha Ocidental {f}
|
| West Indies {prop} (islands of the Caribbean sea)
|
:: Índias Ocidentais {f-p}
|
| Westminster Abbey {prop} (large Gothic church)
|
:: abadia de Westminster {f}
|
| Westminster Cathedral {prop} (chuerch)
|
:: Catedral de Westminster {f}
|
| Westminster system {n} (democratic parliamentary system)
|
:: sistema Westminster {m}
|
| west-northwest {n} (compass point)
|
:: oés-noroeste {m}
|
| Westphalia {prop} (province of Germany)
|
:: Vestfália {f}, Vestefália {f}, Westfália {f}
|
| west-southwest {n} (compass point)
|
:: oés-sudoeste {m}
|
| West Virginia {prop} (US state)
|
:: Virgínia Ocidental {f}
|
| wet {adj} (made of liquid or moisture)
|
:: úmido
|
| wet {adj} (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid)
|
:: molhado
|
| wet {adj} (of weather or a time period: rainy, see also: rainy)
|
:: chuvoso
|
| wet {adj} ((slang) sexually aroused and thus having a moistened vulva)
|
:: molhada {f}
|
| wet {v} (cover or impregnate with liquid)
|
:: molhar
|
| wet {v} (urinate accidentally in or on)
|
:: molhar
|
| wet {v} (become wet)
|
:: umedecer
|
| wet blanket {n} (someone who takes the fun out of a situation or activity)
|
:: desmancha-prazeres {m} {f}, estraga-prazeres
|
| wet dream {n} (literally)
|
:: sonho molhado {m}
|
| wet dream {n} (ejaculation or orgasm while asleep) SEE: nocturnal emission
|
::
|
| wether {n} (castrated buck goat)
|
:: castrão {m}
|
| wether {n} (castrated ram)
|
:: carneiro castrado {m}
|
| wetland {n} (land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas)
|
:: brejo {m}, paul {m}
|
| wet nurse {n} (woman hired to suckle another woman's child)
|
:: ama-de-leite {f}
|
| wet oneself {v} (lose control of one's bladder)
|
:: mijar-se
|
| wet one's pants {v} (wet oneself) SEE: wet oneself
|
::
|
| wet one's whistle {v} (to have a drink)
|
:: molhar a garganta
|
| wet season {n} (rainy season) SEE: rainy season
|
::
|
| wetsuit {n} (close fitting, insulating garment)
|
:: roupa de mergulho {f}
|
| wetting {n} (act of making something wet)
|
:: molhada
|
| whale {n} (large sea mammal)
|
:: baleia {f}
|
| whaler {n} (person who hunts whales)
|
:: baleeiro {m}
|
| whaler {n} (vessel for hunting whales)
|
:: baleeiro {m}
|
| whale shark {n} (Rhincodon typus)
|
:: tubarão-baleia {m}
|
| whaling {n} (practice of hunting whales)
|
:: baleação {f}
|
| wharf {n} (man-made landing place)
|
:: cais {m}
|
| what {pron} (what? (interrogative pronoun))
|
:: o que
|
| what {pron} (relative pronoun: that which; those that; the thing that)
|
:: o que
|
| what {pron} (nonstandard relative pronoun)
|
:: que
|
| what {adv} (such)
|
:: que
|
| what {adv} (why (see also why))
|
:: por que
|
| what {interj} (expression of surprise)
|
:: o quê?
|
| what {determiner} (which)
|
:: que, qual
|
| what {determiner} (how much! (in an exclamation))
|
:: quanto
|
| what about {adv} (used to make a suggestion)
|
:: que tal...?, quem sabe…?
|
| what about {adv} (used to ask someone to consider something or someone that they have apparently not considered)
|
:: e...?, e sobre...?, e quanto a...?
|
| what about {adv} (used to repeat a question)
|
:: e...?
|
| what a lovely day {phrase} (what a lovely day)
|
:: que dia maravilhoso
|
| what a pity {phrase} (used to express regret)
|
:: que pena
|
| what are you doing {phrase} (what are you doing)
|
:: o que você está fazendo?, o que estás a fazer?
|
| what a shame {phrase} (used to express regret) SEE: what a pity
|
::
|
| whatchamacallit {n} (any object the actual name of which the speaker does not know or cannot remember)
|
:: coisa {f}, negócio {m}, treco {m}, troço {m}
|
| what date is it today {phrase} (what date is it today?)
|
:: que dia é hoje?
|
| what day is it today {phrase} (what day is it today? (current day of the week or of the month))
|
:: que dia é hoje?
|
| what doesn't kill you makes you stronger {proverb} (hardship builds moral character)
|
:: o que não mata, engorda
|
| what does XX mean {phrase} (what does XX mean?)
|
:: o que significa XX?, o que XX quer dizer?
|
| what do you know {phrase} (what a surprise)
|
:: olha só
|
| whatever {determiner} (no matter which; for any)
|
:: qualquer que seja
|
| whatever {determiner} (anything)
|
:: qualquer coisa que
|
| whatever {pron} (anything)
|
:: qualquer coisa
|
| whatever {interj} (indicating the speaker does not care what someone says)
|
:: tanto faz
|
| whatever it takes {n} (anything required to achieve an objective)
|
:: custe o que custar
|
| what for {adv} (For what reason; why)
|
:: para quê?
|
| what goes around comes around {proverb} (the status returns to its original value)
|
:: tudo que vai volta
|
| what goes around comes around {proverb} (actions have consequences)
|
:: quem semeia ventos colhe tempestades, aqui se faz, aqui se paga, você colhe o que planta, o mundo dá voltas, tudo que vai volta
|
| whath {determiner} (which ordinal number) SEE: whatth
|
::
|
| what if {adv} (used to introduce suggestion)
|
:: e se [with imperfect subjunctive or future subjunctive], que tal [with personal infinitive]
|
| what if {adv} (used to introduce speculation about future)
|
:: e se
|
| what is her name {phrase} (what is her name?)
|
:: qual é o nome dela?
|
| what is his name {phrase} (what is his name?)
|
:: qual é o nome dele?
|
| what is more {adv} (furthermore)
|
:: aliás
|
| what is that {phrase} (what is that?)
|
:: o que é isso?, o que é isto?
|
| what is the Wi-Fi password {phrase} (what is the Wi-Fi password?)
|
:: qual é a senha do Wi-Fi?
|
| what is your name {phrase} (what is your name?)
|
:: qual é o teu nome?, como te chamas?
|
| what kind of music do you like {phrase} (what kind of music do you like?)
|
:: você gosta de que tipo de música?
|
| what languages do you speak {phrase} (what languages do you speak?)
|
:: que línguas você fala?, quais línguas você fala?
|
| what of it {interj} (so what)
|
:: e daí
|
| WhatsApp {n}
|
:: whatsapp {m}
|
| what's done is done {proverb}
|
:: o que está feito está feito
|
| what's good {phrase} (what's up) SEE: what's up
|
::
|
| what's-his-name {pron} (A person or entity whose name one does not remember)
|
:: fulano {m}
|
| what should I do {phrase} (what should I do?)
|
:: o que eu devo fazer?
|
| what's new {phrase} (informal greeting asking what has happened recently)
|
:: quais as novas?, quais as novidades?
|
| what's new {phrase} (implies that the situation is and always has been unsatisfactory)
|
:: qual a novidade?, qual é a novidade?, qual que é a novidade?
|
| whatsoever {adj} (in any way)
|
:: de forma alguma, de forma nenhuma, de modo algum, de maneira nenhuma, de jeito algum
|
| what's the matter {phrase} (what's wrong?)
|
:: qual (é) o problema?
|
| what's up {phrase} (How are you?)
|
:: e aí?, tudo em cima?, tudo bem?
|
| what's your job {phrase} (what's your job?)
|
:: qual é o seu trabalho?
|
| what's your phone number {phrase} (what's your phone number?)
|
:: qual é o seu número de telefone?
|
| whatth {n} (which ordinal number)
|
:: x-ésimo
|
| what the fuck {phrase} (An intensive form of what)
|
:: que porra/diabos/merda
|
| what the fuck {interj} (expressing astonishment)
|
:: que porra/merda/bosta
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| what the fuck {interj} (expressing nonchalance)
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:: quê se foda
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| what the hell {phrase} (an intensive form of what)
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:: que diabos?
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| what the hell {phrase} (why not?)
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:: que se dane, dane-se
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| what time is it {phrase} (what is the time of day?)
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:: que horas são?
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| what you saying {interj} (greeting)
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:: o quê me conta
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| wheat {n} (grain)
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:: trigo {m}
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| wheatfield {n} (wheat field)
|
:: trigal {m}, seara {f}
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| wheat flour {n} (flour from wheat)
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:: farinha de trigo {f}
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| wheat germ {n} (embryo of the wheat kernel)
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:: gérmen de trigo {m}
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| Wheatstone bridge {n} (instrument used to measure an unknown electrical resistance)
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:: ponte de Wheatstone {f}
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| wheat weevil {n} (species of weevils)
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:: gorgulho-do-trigo {m}
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| whee {interj} (expression of pleasure or enjoyment)
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:: oba
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| wheel {n} (a circular device facilitating movement or transportation)
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:: roda {f}
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| wheel {n} (steering device in a vessel)
|
:: timão {m}
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| wheel {v} (To roll along as on wheels)
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:: rodar
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| wheel {n} (steering wheel and its implied control of a vehicle) SEE: steering wheel
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::
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| wheelbarrow {n} (small cart)
|
:: carrinho de mão {m}
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| wheelchair {n} (chair)
|
:: cadeira de rodas {f}
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| wheelchair user {n} (person who uses a wheelchair)
|
:: cadeirante {m} {f}
|
| wheelhouse {n} (enclosed compartment on the deck of a vessel from which it may be navigated)
|
:: casa do leme {f}
|
| wheel of Fortune {prop} (Tarot card)
|
:: a Roda da Fortuna {f}
|
| Wheel of Fortune {prop} (television game show)
|
:: [Brazil] Roletrando Novelas
|
| wheeze {n} (piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration)
|
:: sibilo {m}
|
| whelk {n} (edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae)
|
:: búzio {m}
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| whelp {n} (young of a mammal)
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:: filhote {m}
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| whelp {v} ((animals) to give birth)
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:: parir
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| when {adv} (at what time, as a direct question)
|
:: quando
|
| when {adv} (at what time, as an indirect question)
|
:: quando
|
| when {conj} (as soon as, at the time that)
|
:: quando, assim que
|
| when {conj} (during the time that)
|
:: quando
|
| when {conj} (at what time; at which time)
|
:: quando
|
| when {conj}
|
:: quando
|
| when {pron} (what time; which time)
|
:: quando
|
| when {n} (the time)
|
:: quando
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| whence {adv} (from where; from which place or source)
|
:: donde, de onde
|
| whence {conj} (conjunction)
|
:: de onde, donde
|
| whenever {conj} (when) SEE: when
|
::
|
| whenever {conj} (at any time that)
|
:: quando
|
| whenever {conj} (every time that)
|
:: sempre que, toda vez que
|
| when Hell freezes over {adv} (never)
|
:: quando o inferno congelar
|
| when in Rome {proverb} (adjust to local customs) SEE: when in Rome, do as the Romans do
|
::
|
| when in Rome, do as the Romans do {proverb} (behave as those around do)
|
:: [Brazilian] quando em Roma, faça como os romanos, [European] em Roma sê romano
|
| when is closing time {phrase} (when is closing time?)
|
:: a que horas vocês fecham?
|
| when life gives you lemons, make lemonade {proverb} (make the best out of difficult situations)
|
:: se a vida lhe der um limão, faça dele uma caipirinha; se a vida lhe der um limão, faça dele uma limonada
|
| when pigs fly {adv} (never, expressed by an idiom)
|
:: quando os porcos voarem (when pigs fly), no Dia de São Nunca (on Saint Never’s day), no Dia de São Nunca à tarde (on Saint Never’s day’s evening)
|
| when the cat's away {proverb} (People take advantage of the absence of authority)
|
:: quando o gato não está
|
| when the cat's away the mice will play {proverb} (in the absence of a controlling entity, subordinates will take advantage of circumstances)
|
:: quando o gato sai, os ratos fazem a festa
|
| where {conj} (while on the contrary, although, whereas)
|
:: enquanto
|
| where {conj} (at or in which place)
|
:: onde, aonde
|
| where {conj} (to which place or situation)
|
:: onde, aonde
|
| where {conj} (legal: in the situation in which)
|
:: onde
|
| where {adv} (at or in what place)
|
:: onde
|
| where {adv} (to what place)
|
:: aonde
|
| where {adv} (from what place)
|
:: de onde
|
| where {adv} (in what situation)
|
:: aonde
|
| where {pron} (the place in which)
|
:: onde
|
| where {n} (the place in which something happens)
|
:: onde
|
| whereabouts {n} (location)
|
:: paradeiro {m}
|
| where are we {phrase} (where are we)
|
:: onde nós estamos?, onde estamos?
|
| where are we going {phrase} (where are we going?)
|
:: aonde estamos indo?
|
| where are you {phrase} (where are you?)
|
:: onde você está?
|
| where are you from {phrase} (in which country or region were you born or raised)
|
:: de onde vens?
|
| where are your parents {phrase} (where are your parents?)
|
:: cadê os seus pais?
|
| whereas {conj} (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…)
|
:: enquanto, ao passo que
|
| whereas {conj} (it being the case that…)
|
:: sendo que, considerando que, dado que
|
| whereas {n} (clause)
|
:: cláusula
|
| whereby {adv} (by which)
|
:: pelo qual
|
| where does it hurt {phrase} (where does it hurt?)
|
:: onde dói?, onde está doendo?
|
| where does this bus go {phrase} (where does this bus go)
|
:: para onde vai este autocarro? [Portugal], para onde vai este ônibus? [Brazil]
|
| where does this train go {phrase} (where does this train go)
|
:: para onde vai este comboio? [Portugal], para onde vai este trem? [Brazil]
|
| where do you live {phrase} (where do you live?)
|
:: onde mora você?, onde vives?
|
| wherefore {conj} (because of which)
|
:: por quê
|
| where have you been {phrase} (where have you been?)
|
:: onde você esteve?
|
| where is the toilet {phrase} (where is the toilet?)
|
:: onde fica o banheiro?, onde fica o toalete? [Brazil], onde fica a casa de banho?, onde fica o quarto de banho? [Portugal]
|
| wherenot {n} (wherever) SEE: wherever
|
::
|
| whereof {conj} (of what; of which; of whom)
|
:: donde
|
| where there is a will there is a way {proverb} (if someone wants or wills something strongly enough, a way can be found)
|
:: querer é poder
|
| where there's smoke, there's fire {proverb} (if there is telltale evidence of some event, the event is probably occurring)
|
:: onde há fumaça, há fogo [Brazil], onde há fumo, há fogo [Portugal]
|
| whereto {adv} (to what place; whither)
|
:: aonde
|
| wherever {conj} (in any place, anywhere)
|
:: onde quer que
|
| wherever {conj} (in all places, everywhere)
|
:: onde quer que
|
| wherewith {adv} (with which)
|
:: com que
|
| wherewithal {n} (the ability and means to accomplish some task)
|
:: meios {m-p}, recursos {m-p}
|
| where you at {phrase} (where are you) SEE: where are you
|
::
|
| whet {v} (hone or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening)
|
:: amolar, afiar
|
| whet {v} (stimulate or make more keen)
|
:: aguçar, estimular
|
| whether {conj} (introducing indirect questions)
|
:: se {m}
|
| whether {conj} (if, whether or not)
|
:: se
|
| whether {conj} (introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not)
|
:: quer
|
| whetstone {n} (stone used to hone tools)
|
:: mó {f}
|
| whey {n} (liquid remaining after milk has been curdled)
|
:: soro {m}
|
| which {determiner} ((interrogative) what, of those mentioned or implied)
|
:: qual
|
| which {determiner} ((relative) the one(s) that)
|
:: qual, o qual {m}, os quais {m-p}, a qual {f}, as quais {f-p}
|
| which {pron} ((interrogative) what one or ones)
|
:: qual
|
| which {pron} ((relative) who, whom, what)
|
:: que
|
| whiggism {n} (principles, philosophy and methods of the Whigs)
|
:: whiggismo {m}
|
| while {n} (uncertain duration of time, a period of time)
|
:: tempo {m}
|
| while {conj} (during the same time that)
|
:: enquanto
|
| while {conj} (although)
|
:: embora, malgrado
|
| while {conj} (until) SEE: until
|
::
|
| while away {v} (spend time idly)
|
:: passar o tempo
|
| whilst {conj}
|
:: enquanto
|
| whim {n} (fanciful impulse)
|
:: inspiração, capricho
|
| whimbrel {n} (a large wading bird, Numenius phaeopus)
|
:: maçarico-galego {m}
|
| whimper {v} (to cry or sob softly and intermittently)
|
:: choramingar
|
| whimsical {adj} (Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing)
|
:: caprichoso, extravagante
|
| whimsicality {n} (caprice) SEE: caprice
|
::
|
| whimsy {n} (idea)
|
:: capricho {m}
|
| whimsy {n} (character)
|
:: impulsivo {m}
|
| whine {n} (a long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound)
|
:: ganido {m}
|
| whine {v} (to utter a whine)
|
:: ganir
|
| whine {v} (to make a sound resembling such a cry)
|
:: ganir
|
| whine {v} (to complain or protest with a whine or as if with a whine)
|
:: lamuriar
|
| whinny {n} (a gentle neigh)
|
:: relincho {m}
|
| whinny {v} (of a horse; to make a gentle neigh)
|
:: relinchar
|
| whip {n} (rod or rope)
|
:: chicote {m}, açoite {m}
|
| whip {v} (to hit with a whip)
|
:: chicotear, açoitar
|
| whip {v} (by extension, to hit with any flexible object)
|
:: açoitar, chicotear
|
| whip {v} (to mix food in a rapid aerating fashion)
|
:: bater
|
| whip {n} (whipped cream) SEE: whipped cream
|
::
|
| whiplash {n} (lash of a whip)
|
:: chicotada {f}
|
| whiplash {n} (whiplash injury)
|
:: lesão em chicote {f}
|
| whip out {v} (to pull something out with a sudden jerk)
|
:: sacar
|
| whipped cream {n} (thick cream that has had air incorporated into it by rapid beating)
|
:: creme chantilly {m}, chantilly {m}, creme chantili {m}, chantili {m}
|
| whippersnapper {n} (young, cheeky person)
|
:: metido {m}
|
| whirlpool {n} (swirling body of water)
|
:: redemoinho {m}, remoinho {m}, rodamoinho {m}, turbilhão {f}, vórtice {m}, sorvedouro {m}, voragem {f}
|
| whirlwind {n} (a violent windstorm of limited extent characterised by an inward spiral motion of the air)
|
:: turbilhão {m}
|
| whisk {n} (quick, light sweeping motion)
|
:: lapada {f}
|
| whisk {n} (kitchen utensil)
|
:: batedor {m}, fuê {m}
|
| whisk {v} (in cooking, to whip e.g. eggs or cream)
|
:: bater
|
| whisker {n} (part of the beard)
|
:: costeleta {f}, suíça {f}
|
| whisker {n} (hair of the beard)
|
:: pelo {m}, fio {m}
|
| whisker {n} (long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat)
|
:: bigode {m}
|
| whisker {n} ((colloquial) very small distance between two things)
|
:: fio {m}
|
| whiskered tern {n} (Chlidonias hybrida)
|
:: gaivina-de-faces-brancas {f}
|
| whiskey {n} (alcoholic drink)
|
:: uísque {m}, whisky {m}
|
| whisky {n} (whiskey) SEE: whiskey
|
::
|
| whisper {n} (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
|
:: murmúrio {m}, sussurro {m}
|
| whisper {v} (to talk in a quiet voice)
|
:: murmurar, sussurrar, cochichar
|
| whistle {n} (device used to make a whistling sound)
|
:: apito {m}
|
| whistle {n} (act of whistling)
|
:: apitada {f} [with a whistle], assoviada, assobiada [with one’s mouth]
|
| whistle {n} (sound made by whistling)
|
:: apito {m}, assobio {m}, assovio {m}
|
| whistle {n} (sound similar to the sound made by whistling)
|
:: apito {m}, assobio {m}
|
| whistle {v} (to produce a whistling sound)
|
:: assobiar [with one’s mouth], assoviar [with one’s mouth], apitar [with a whistle]
|
| whistle {n} (slang: a suit) SEE: suit
|
::
|
| whistle-blower {n} (one who reports a problem or violation to the authorities)
|
:: delator
|
| whistle past the graveyard {v} (to try to be cheerful in the face of one's fears)
|
:: manter as esperanças
|
| white {n} (color/colour)
|
:: branco {m}
|
| white {n} (Caucasian person)
|
:: branco {m}, caucasoide {m} {f}, caucasiano {m}
|
| white {n} (albumen)
|
:: clara {f}, albúmen {m}
|
| white {n} (white of the eye)
|
:: branco do olho {m}, esclerótica {f}
|
| white {n} (cue ball)
|
:: branca {f}
|
| white {n} (street name for cocaine)
|
:: pó {m}
|
| white {n} (white wine) SEE: white wine
|
::
|
| white {adj} (Cistercian) SEE: Cistercian
|
::
|
| white {adj} (bright and colourless)
|
:: branco
|
| white {adj} (of or relating to Caucasians)
|
:: branco, caucasoide, caucasiano
|
| white ant {n} (white ant) SEE: termite
|
::
|
| whitebeam {n} (any of various Eurasian deciduous trees of the genus Sorbus subg. Aria)
|
:: mostajeiro {m}
|
| white bear {n} (polar bear) SEE: polar bear
|
::
|
| white-bearded antshrike {n} (passerine bird)
|
:: [Brazil]: papo-branco
|
| white beech {n} (American beech) SEE: American beech
|
::
|
| white blood cell {n} (cytology: a type of blood cell that is involved with an immune response)
|
:: célula branca {f}, glóbulo branco {m}, leucócito {m}
|
| whiteboard {n} (large vertical writing area)
|
:: quadro branco {m}
|
| white bread {n} (bread made from white flour)
|
:: pão branco {m}
|
| white cabbage {n} (Brassica oleracea var. capitata f. alba)
|
:: repolho branco {m}
|
| white chocolate {n} (food)
|
:: chocolate branco {m}
|
| white Christmas {n} (a Christmas Day or Eve with snow)
|
:: Natal branco {m}
|
| white clover {n} (Trifolium repens)
|
:: trevo-branco {m}
|
| white coat {n} (white coat worn in laboratories)
|
:: jaleco {m}
|
| white coffee {n} (coffee with milk added)
|
:: café com leite {m}
|
| white-collar {adj} (of or pertaining to office work and workers)
|
:: de/do colarinho branco
|
| white-collar crime {n} (non-violent crime)
|
:: crime do colarinho branco {m}
|
| white dwarf {n} (white dwarf star)
|
:: anã branca {f}
|
| white-eyed gull {n} (Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus)
|
:: gaivota-d'olho-branco {f}
|
| whitefin dolphin {n} (baiji) SEE: baiji
|
::
|
| whitefish {n} (whiting) SEE: whiting
|
::
|
| whitefish {n} (beluga) SEE: beluga
|
::
|
| white flag {n} (a flag used as a symbol of surrender)
|
:: bandeira branca {f}
|
| white fox {n} (arctic fox) SEE: arctic fox
|
::
|
| white gold {n} (A precious metal alloy consisting of gold and a platinum group metal)
|
:: ouro branco {m}
|
| white-haired {adj} (having white hair)
|
:: cão
|
| white hole {n} (singularity)
|
:: buraco branco {m}
|
| Whitehorse {prop} (capital of the Yukon Territory, Canada)
|
:: Whitehorse {f}
|
| White House {prop} (the official residence of the President of the United States of America)
|
:: Casa Branca {f}
|
| white lie {n} (deliberate untrue statement which is intended to produce a favorable result)
|
:: mentira branca {f}, mentirinha {f}
|
| white lightning {n} (illegally distilled whiskey) SEE: moonshine
|
::
|
| white man {n} (Caucasian) SEE: Caucasian
|
::
|
| white meat {n} (light-coloured meat)
|
:: carne branca {f}
|
| white mustard {n} (Sinapis alba)
|
:: mostarda-branca {f}
|
| whiten {v} (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
|
:: branquear
|
| whiten {v} (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
|
:: branquear
|
| white-naped tit {n} (Machlolophus nuchalis)
|
:: [[ chapim-d'asa-branca]]
|
| whiteness {n} (state of being white)
|
:: brancura {f}, alvura {f}
|
| whitening {n} (the process of making something white or whiter)
|
:: branqueamento {m}
|
| white noise {n} (random signal with flat power spectral density)
|
:: ruído branco
|
| whiteout {n} (correction fluid) SEE: correction fluid
|
::
|
| white owl {n} (Tyto alba) SEE: western barn owl
|
::
|
| white pointer {n} (great white shark) SEE: great white shark
|
::
|
| white poplar {n} (Populus alba)
|
:: choupo branco {m}, álamo branco {m}
|
| white roe {n} (milt) SEE: milt
|
::
|
| white-rumped hawk {n} (Buteo leucorrhous)
|
:: gavião-de-sobre-branco
|
| white-rumped sandpiper {n} (Calidris fuscicollis)
|
:: macarico de rabadilha branca {m}
|
| White Russian {n} (Belarusian language) SEE: Belarusian
|
::
|
| White Russian {n} (a cocktail)
|
:: russo branco
|
| white sauce {n} (mayonnaise) SEE: mayonnaise
|
::
|
| white sauce {n} (béchamel sauce) SEE: béchamel sauce
|
::
|
| White Sea {prop} (a sea to the northwest of Russia)
|
:: Mar Branco {m}
|
| whitesmith {n} (tinsmith) SEE: tinsmith
|
::
|
| white soul {n} (rhythm and blues or soul music performed by white artists)
|
:: soul branco {m}
|
| white space {n} (white area between written characters and graphic regions on a produced page)
|
:: espaço em branco {m}
|
| white stork {n} (large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia)
|
:: cegonha-branca {f}
|
| white-tailed deer {n} (type of deer)
|
:: suaçuapara {m}, cariacu {m}, veado-de-cauda-branca {m}
|
| white-tailed eagle {n} (Haliaeetus albicilla)
|
:: pigargo {m}
|
| white-tailed hawk {n} (Buteo albicaudatus)
|
:: gavião-de-rabo-branco
|
| white tea {n} (drink)
|
:: chá branco {m}
|
| white terror {n}
|
:: terror branco {m}
|
| white wagtail {n} (bird in the wagtail family)
|
:: alvéola-branca {f}
|
| whitewash {n} (lime and water mixture)
|
:: cal {f}
|
| whitewash {n} (campaign to paper over unfavorable elements.)
|
:: branquear
|
| whitewash {v} (paint)
|
:: caiar
|
| whitewash {v} (cover errors)
|
:: encobrir
|
| white whale {n} (a cetacean, Delphinapterus leucas) SEE: beluga
|
::
|
| white willow {n} (Salix alba)
|
:: salgueiro-branco {m}
|
| white wine {n} (light coloured wine)
|
:: vinho branco {m}
|
| white-winged tern {n} (Chlidonias leucopterus)
|
:: gaivina-d'asa-branca {f}
|
| whither {adv} (to which place)
|
:: aonde
|
| whiting {n} (fish, Merlangius merlangus)
|
:: badejo {m}, pescada {f}
|
| whitish {adj} (somewhat white)
|
:: esbranquiçado
|
| whitlow {n} (an infection)
|
:: paroníquia {f}, panarício {m}, unheiro {m}
|
| Whitsunday {n} (the Sunday of the feast of Pentecost)
|
:: Pentecostes
|
| whiz {n} (urination) SEE: urination
|
::
|
| whiz {v} (urinate) SEE: urinate
|
::
|
| who {pron} (who? (interrogative pronoun))
|
:: quem
|
| who {pron} (who (relative pronoun))
|
:: que, quem
|
| WHO {prop} (World Health Organization)
|
:: OMS {f}
|
| whoa {interj} (stop, said to a horse)
|
:: alto!, ou!
|
| whoa {interj} (expression of surprise)
|
:: nossa!
|
| who are you {phrase} (who are you?)
|
:: quem é você?, quem és tu?
|
| who cares {phrase} (reply to an unimportant statement) SEE: so what
|
::
|
| whodunit {n} (a crime novel or drama)
|
:: romance criminal {m}
|
| whoever {pron} (whatever person or persons)
|
:: quem, quem quer que
|
| who knows {phrase} (rhetorical question: one doesn't know)
|
:: quem sabe?, vai saber?
|
| who knows {phrase} (rhetorical question: anything is possible)
|
:: quem sabe?, vai saber?
|
| whole {adj} (entire)
|
:: inteiro
|
| whole {adj} (food with no constituents removed)
|
:: integral
|
| whole {adv} (colloquial: in entirety)
|
:: inteiro
|
| whole {n} (something complete)
|
:: todo {m}
|
| wholeheartedly {adv} (in a wholehearted manner; with one's whole heart; enthusiastically)
|
:: de todo coração
|
| wholemeal bread {n} (bread)
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:: pão integral {m}
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| whole milk {n} (milk from which nothing has been removed)
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:: leite gordo {m}, leite integral {m}
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| whole note {n} (semibreve) SEE: semibreve
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::
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| whole number {n} (integer) SEE: integer
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::
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| whole number {n} (natural number) SEE: natural number
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::
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| wholesale {n} (sale of products, often in large quantities, to retailers or other merchants)
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:: atacado {m}
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| wholesale {adj} (of or relating to sale in bulk or large quantity)
|
:: atacado
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| wholesaler {n} (person or company that sells goods wholesale to retailers)
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:: atacadista {m} {f}
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| wholly {adv} (to the fullest extent) SEE: completely
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::
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| whom {pron} (what person; object of a verb (accusative))
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:: o que, [for nonhumans] o quê, [for humans] quem
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| whom {pron} (what person or people, object of a preposition (dative))
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:: o que, [for nonhumans] o quê, [for humans] quem
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| whom {pron} (relative pronoun)
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:: [for human beings] quem, que, o qual {m}, a qual {f}, os quais {p}, as quais {f-p}
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| whoopee {interj} (expression of delight)
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:: iúpi
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| whooper {n} (whooper swan) SEE: whooper swan
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::
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| whooper swan {n} (the species of swan Cygnus cygnus)
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:: cisne bravo {m}
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| whooping cough {n} (a contagious disease)
|
:: coqueluche {f}, pertússis {f}, tosse convulsa {f}
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| whopper {n} (something remarkably large)
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:: colosso {m}, grandalhão {m}
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| whopper {n} (outrageous lie)
|
:: mentirona {f}
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| whore {n}
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:: puta {f}, prostituta {f}, meretriz {f}, rameira {f}, garota de programa {f}; vadia {f}, devassa {f}, periguete {f}
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| whore {v} (to pimp) SEE: pimp
|
::
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| whoremaster {n} (pimp) SEE: pimp
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::
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| Whorfian {adj} (relating to the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis)
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:: whorfiano
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| whorl {n} (circle of three or more leaves, flowers, or other organs.)
|
:: verticilo {m}
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| whorl {n} (spindle whorl.)
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:: fusaiola {f}
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| who's calling {phrase} (who is calling?)
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:: quem está falando
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| whose {determiner} (of whom (interrogative))
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:: de quem
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| whose {determiner} (of whom (relative))
|
:: cujo {m}, cuja {f}
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| whose {determiner} (of which (relative))
|
:: cujo {m}, cuja {f}, cujos {m-p}, cujas {f-p}
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| who watches the watchers {phrase} (concern about whether the law is enforced on those who enforce the law)
|
:: quem vigia os vigilantes
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| who would have thunk it {phrase} (who would have guessed it?)
|
:: quem diria?
|
| why {adv} (for what reason)
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:: por que
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| why {adv}
|
:: por que, por quê
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| why {n} (the reason)
|
:: porquê
|
| why {interj} (exclamation of surprise)
|
:: uai
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| why not {adv} (why is that not true)
|
:: por que não
|
| why not {adv} (state one has no objection)
|
:: por que não
|
| why not {adv} (introduce a proposal)
|
:: por que não
|
| wick {n} (the porous cord that draws up liquid fuel for burning)
|
:: pavio {m}, mecha {f}
|
| wicked {adj} (evil or mischevous)
|
:: mau {m}, má {f}, malvado {m}, bárbaro {m}
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| wicked {adj} (slang: awesome)
|
:: legal, da hora [slang], muito louco [slang]
|
| wicker {n} (flexible branch or twig)
|
:: vime {m}, verga {f}
|
| widdle {v} (urinate) SEE: urinate
|
::
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| wide {adj} (having a large physical extent from side to side)
|
:: largo, amplo
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| wide-angle lens {n} (short focal length lens)
|
:: lente grande-angular {f}, objetiva grande-angular {f}
|
| wide-eyed {adj} (astonished or surprised)
|
:: de olhos arregalados
|
| widely {adv} (commonly, generally)
|
:: amplamente
|
| widely {adv} (separated by a large distance)
|
:: distantemente
|
| widen {v} (to make wider)
|
:: alargar
|
| widening {n} (act of widening)
|
:: alargamento {m}
|
| widespread {adj} (affecting a large area)
|
:: difuso, difundido
|
| widow {n} (woman whose spouse has died)
|
:: viúva {f}
|
| widower {n} (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
|
:: viúvo {m}
|
| widowerhood {n} (The period of being a widower)
|
:: viuvez {f}
|
| widowhood {n} (The period of being a widow)
|
:: viuvez {f}
|
| widow's mite {n} ((numismatics) lepton) SEE: lepton
|
::
|
| width {n} (state of being wide)
|
:: largura {f}
|
| width {n} (measurement of something from side to side)
|
:: largura
|
| wield {v} (to handle with skill and ease)
|
:: manusear
|
| wield {v} (to exercise authority or influence)
|
:: exercer
|
| wield {v} (to handle or use a weapon)
|
:: empunhar, brandir, manusear
|
| wiener {n} (sausage)
|
:: salsicha
|
| wiener {n} (childish word for the penis)
|
:: pinto, bilau
|
| wife {n} (married woman)
|
:: esposa {f}, mulher {f}
|
| wifebeater {n} (singlet) SEE: singlet
|
::
|
| wife carrying {n} (Scandinavian sport)
|
:: carregamento de mulheres {m}
|
| Wi-Fi {n} (computing: wireless data communication standard)
|
:: Wi-Fi {m}, conexão sem fio {f}, conexão sem fios {f}
|
| wig {n} (head of artificial hair)
|
:: peruca {f}
|
| wigeon {n} (a kind of duck)
|
:: piadeira {f}
|
| wiggle {v} (to move with irregular motions)
|
:: rebolar, sacolejar
|
| wiggle {n} (wiggling movement)
|
:: rebolado
|
| wiki {n} (collaborative website)
|
:: wiki {m}
|
| wikification {n} (the process of adding wiki syntax to text in a wiki platform)
|
:: wikificação {f}
|
| wikify {v} (to adapt (text) to a wiki, see also: wiki; -ify)
|
:: wikificar
|
| Wikipedia {prop} (online encyclopedia)
|
:: Wikipédia
|
| Wikipedian {n} (a person who uses, edits, or contributes to Wikipedia)
|
:: wikipediano {m}, wikipediana {f}, wikipedista
|
| Wiktionarian {n} (A person who contributes to Wiktionary)
|
:: wikcionarista {m} {f}
|
| Wiktionary {prop} (the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language)
|
:: Wikcionário
|
| wild {adj} (not domesticated or tamed)
|
:: selvagem, silvestre, bravio
|
| wild {adj} (raucous, unruly, and savage)
|
:: selvagem
|
| wild animal {n} (animal living in a natural, undomesticated state)
|
:: fera {f}
|
| wild boar {n} (Sus scrofa)
|
:: javali {m}
|
| wild card {n} (special card)
|
:: curinga {m}
|
| wild cat {n} (Felis silvestris) SEE: wildcat
|
::
|
| wild cat {n} (Lynx rufus) SEE: bobcat
|
::
|
| wildcat {n} (Felis silvestris)
|
:: gato-bravo {m}, gato-selvagem {m}, gato-montês {m}
|
| wildcat {n} (Felix rufus) SEE: bobcat
|
::
|
| wildcat {n} (wildcat strike) SEE: wildcat strike
|
::
|
| wildcat strike {n} (labour strike not authorized by the leaders of a trade union)
|
:: greve selvagem {f}
|
| wildebeest {n} (gnu) SEE: gnu
|
::
|
| wilderness {n} (uncultivated tract of land)
|
:: mato
|
| wildfire {n} (rapidly spreading fire)
|
:: incêndio florestal
|
| wildfire {n} (Greek fire) SEE: Greek fire
|
::
|
| wild goose {n} (species of wildlife goose)
|
:: ganso-bravo {m}
|
| wild-goose chase {n} (fruitless, futile pursuit)
|
:: caça aos gambozinos {f}
|
| Wild Hunt {n} (folk myth)
|
:: caça selvagem {f}
|
| wildlife {n} (animals and plants in their natural environment)
|
:: vida selvagem {f}, fauna {f}
|
| wildlife reserve {n} (nature reserve) SEE: nature reserve
|
::
|
| wildlife sanctuary {n} (nature reserve) SEE: nature reserve
|
::
|
| wildly {adv} (in a wild manner)
|
:: selvagemente, selvaticamente, desvairadamente
|
| wild rice {n} (any species of Zizania)
|
:: arroz selvagem {m}
|
| wild strawberry {n} (Fragaria vesca)
|
:: morango silvestre {m}
|
| wild turkey {n} (Meleagris gallopavo)
|
:: peru
|
| Wild West {prop} (western United States during the 19th-century era of settlement)
|
:: Velho Oeste {m}
|
| Wild West {prop} (place or situation in which disorderly behaviour prevails)
|
:: faroeste {m}
|
| wilful {adj} (intentional)
|
:: intencional
|
| wilful {adj} (stubborn)
|
:: persistente, obstinado, voluntarioso
|
| Wilhelmina {prop} (female form of William)
|
:: Guilhermina
|
| will {v} (indicating future action)
|
:: Use the future tense; [colloquial] use present indicative forms of ir
|
| will {n} (one's independent faculty of choice)
|
:: arbítrio {m}
|
| will {n} (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)
|
:: vontade {f}
|
| will {n} (legal document)
|
:: testamento {m}
|
| will {v} (To bequeath)
|
:: legar
|
| will {v} (to wish strongly)
|
:: desejar
|
| Will {prop} (diminutive of William)
|
:: Gui
|
| William {prop} (male given name)
|
:: Guilherme
|
| Williams syndrome {n} (a rare neurodevelopmental disorder)
|
:: síndrome de Williams {f}
|
| willing {adj} (ready to do something that is not a matter of course)
|
:: disposto
|
| willingly {adv} (of one’s own free will)
|
:: de boa vontade
|
| willingness {n} (state of being willing)
|
:: disposição {f}, [Brazil] boa vontade {f}
|
| will o' the wisp {n} (strange light)
|
:: fogo-fátuo {m}, fogo tolo {m}, fogo corredor {m} [Brazil], João Galafoice {m} [Brazil], boitatá {m} [Brazil]
|
| willow {n} (tree)
|
:: salgueiro {m}
|
| willow grouse {n} (Lagopus lagopus)
|
:: lagópode {m}
|
| willow ptarmigan {n} (Lagopus lagopus) SEE: willow grouse
|
::
|
| willow warbler {n} (Phylloscopus trochilus)
|
:: felosa-musical {f}
|
| willpower {n} (strength of will)
|
:: força de vontade {f}
|
| willy {n} (The penis)
|
:: pirilau {m}, pipi {m}, bingola {f}
|
| willy-nilly {adv} (whether desired or not)
|
:: querendo ou não, queira ou não queira, obrigatoriamente
|
| willy-nilly {adv} (seemingly at random, haphazardly)
|
:: de qualquer maneira, de qualquer jeito
|
| will you marry me {phrase} (marriage proposal)
|
:: queres casar comigo?, você quer se casar comigo?
|
| wilt {v} (to droop)
|
:: murchar
|
| Wiltshire {prop} (inland county in England)
|
:: Wiltshire
|
| wily {adj} (sly, cunning)
|
:: ladino, matreiro, finório
|
| wimp {n} (someone who lacks confidence)
|
:: covarde, medroso
|
| win {v} (transitive: achieve victory in)
|
:: vencer, ganhar
|
| win {v} (obtain (someone) by wooing)
|
:: ganhar, conquistar
|
| win {v} (intransitive: achieve by winning)
|
:: vencer, ganhar
|
| win {n} (individual victory)
|
:: vitória {f}
|
| win {n} (gain, profit)
|
:: proveito {m}, lucro {m}, ganho {m}
|
| winch {n} (machine)
|
:: molinete
|
| wind {v} (to introduce by insinuation) SEE: insinuate
|
::
|
| wind {n} (movement of air)
|
:: vento {m}
|
| wind {n} (flatus)
|
:: flatulência {f}
|
| wind {v} (blow air through (a wind instrument))
|
:: soprar {f}
|
| wind {v} (to turn coils of something around)
|
:: enrolar
|
| wind {v} (to tighten a clockwork mechanism)
|
:: dar corda a
|
| wind {v} (to travel in a way that is not straight)
|
:: serpentear
|
| wind back {v} (to wind towards the beginning)
|
:: rebobinar
|
| wind chimes {n} (chime made from suspended wooden, metal, etc. tubes, bells and rods that tinkle when moved by the wind)
|
:: espanta-espíritos {m}, sinos de vento {m-p}, sinos da felicidade {m-p}, mensageiro do vento {m}, carrilhão de vento {m}
|
| winded {adj} (short of breath)
|
:: sem fólego
|
| wind farm {n} (collection of wind turbines)
|
:: parque eólico {m}
|
| windflower {n} (Anemone nemorosa) SEE: wood anemone
|
::
|
| Windhoek {prop} (capital of Namibia)
|
:: Windhoek {f}
|
| windhover {n} (common kestrel) SEE: common kestrel
|
::
|
| winding {n} (something wound around something else)
|
:: enrolado {m}, enrolada {f}
|
| winding {adj} (twisting, turning or sinuous)
|
:: tortuoso, sinuoso
|
| wind instrument {n} (type of musical instrument)
|
:: instrumento de sopro {m}
|
| windle {n} (redwing) SEE: redwing
|
::
|
| windmeter {n} (an instrument for measuring and recording the speed of the wind) SEE: anemometer
|
::
|
| windmill {n} (machine)
|
:: moinho de vento {m}
|
| windmill {n} (structure)
|
:: moinho de vento {m}
|
| windmill {n} (child's toy)
|
:: cata-vento {m}
|
| window {n} (opening for light and air)
|
:: janela {f}
|
| window {n} (period of time)
|
:: intervalo {m} (período de tempo)
|
| window {n} (area on a computer screen)
|
:: janela {f}
|
| window {n} (shop window) SEE: shop window
|
::
|
| windowpane {n} (piece of glass filling a window)
|
:: vidraça {f}
|
| windowsill {n} (the horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame)
|
:: parapeito {m}
|
| windpipe {n} (anus) SEE: anus
|
::
|
| windpipe {n} (trachea)
|
:: traqueia {f}
|
| wind power {n} (power harnessed from the wind)
|
:: energia eólica {f}
|
| wind rose {n} (meteorological diagram)
|
:: rosa dos ventos {f}, rosa-dos-ventos
|
| windscreen {n} (windshield) SEE: windshield
|
::
|
| windscreen wiper {n} (a device to clear a windscreen) SEE: windshield wiper
|
::
|
| windshield {n} (screen located in front of a vehicle to protect from wind and weather)
|
:: para-brisa {m}, para-brisas {m}
|
| windshield {n} (cover for a microphone to exclude airy noises)
|
:: pára-brisas {m}
|
| windshield wiper {n} (device to clear a windshield)
|
:: limpador de parabrisa {m}, limpador de parabrisas {m}, limpador de pára-brisas {m}
|
| windsock {n} (tube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed)
|
:: biruta {f}
|
| Windsor bean {n} (fava bean) SEE: broad bean
|
::
|
| windstorm {n} (storm with strong violent winds)
|
:: vendaval {m}
|
| wind turbine {n} (device)
|
:: aerogerador {m}
|
| wind up {v} (to end up; to arrive or result)
|
:: acabar, resultante
|
| wind up {v} (to conclude, complete, or finish)
|
:: terminar, concluir
|
| wind up {v} (to tighten by winding or twisting)
|
:: dar corda [clocks and watches]
|
| wind up {v} (to excite)
|
:: animar, excitar
|
| wind up {v} (to play a prank, to take the mickey or mock)
|
:: pregar uma peça
|
| windward {adj} (towards the wind)
|
:: de barlavento
|
| windward {n} (towards the wind)
|
:: barlavento {m}
|
| Windward Islands {prop} (the southern islands of the Lesser Antilles)
|
:: Ilhas de Barlavento {f-p}, Ilhas Barlavento {f-p}
|
| windy {n} (fart) SEE: fart
|
::
|
| windy {adj} (orally verbose) SEE: long-winded
|
::
|
| windy {adj} (accompanied by wind)
|
:: ventoso {m}
|
| Windy City {prop} (nickname for Chicago)
|
:: Cidade dos Ventos {f}
|
| wine {n} (alcoholic beverage made from grapes)
|
:: vinho {m}
|
| wine {n} (alcoholic beverage made from other fruit or vegetables)
|
:: vinho {m}
|
| wine {n} (wine colour)
|
:: vinho {m}
|
| wine {v} (drink wine)
|
:: beber vinho
|
| wine bottle {n} (bottle for holding wine)
|
:: garrafa de vinho {f}
|
| wine cellar {n} (underground place for storing wine)
|
:: adega, adega de vinhos
|
| wine glass {n} (glass vessel for drinking wine from)
|
:: taça {f}
|
| winemaking {n} (the act of making wine)
|
:: vinificação {f}
|
| winery {n} (a place where wine is made, or a company that makes wine)
|
:: vinícola {f}
|
| wineskin {n} (bag for holding wine)
|
:: borracha {f}
|
| wing {n} (part of an animal)
|
:: asa {f}
|
| wing {n} (part of an aircraft)
|
:: asa {f}
|
| wing {n} (extension to a main body)
|
:: ala {f}, asa {f}
|
| wing {n} (fraction of a political movement)
|
:: ala {f}
|
| wing {n} (sports: position in many team sports)
|
:: ala
|
| wing {v} (to injure slightly)
|
:: ferir (no braço)
|
| wing {v} (to be extemporaneous)
|
:: improvisar
|
| wing {v} (to fly) SEE: fly
|
::
|
| wing {v} (to throw) SEE: throw
|
::
|
| winged {adj} (having wings)
|
:: alado
|
| winger {n} (offensive player)
|
:: ponta {m} {f}, ponteiro {m}
|
| wingspan {n} (the distance from left wingtip to right)
|
:: envergadura {f}
|
| wink {v} (to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion)
|
:: piscar (o olho)
|
| wink {n} (a blink)
|
:: piscada {f}
|
| winkle {n} (gastropod) SEE: periwinkle
|
::
|
| winner {n} (one who has won or often wins)
|
:: ganhador {m}, vencedor {m}
|
| Winnie the Pooh {prop} (the fictional bear)
|
:: Ursinho Pooh {m}, Ursinho Puff {m}, Joanica-Puff [outdated]
|
| winning {adj} (that constitutes a win)
|
:: ganhador
|
| winning {adj} (that leads to success)
|
:: ganhador
|
| winnings {n} (something won)
|
:: ganhos {m-p}
|
| winnow {v} (to separate the heavier and lighter with a current of air)
|
:: joeirar
|
| winnow {v} (figuratively: to separate, sift, analyze, test)
|
:: joeirar
|
| winnow {n} (something that winnows)
|
:: joeira {f}
|
| win over {v} (to persuade) SEE: persuade
|
::
|
| winter {n} (fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures)
|
:: inverno {m}
|
| winter {v} (spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday)
|
:: invernar
|
| winter cherry {n} (bladder cherry) SEE: bladder cherry
|
::
|
| wintergreen {n} (evergreen) SEE: evergreen
|
::
|
| winter solstice {n} (the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun)
|
:: solstício de inverno {m}
|
| wintrily {adv} (in a wintry manner)
|
:: invernalmente, hibernalmente
|
| wintry {adj} (suggestive or characteristic of winter; cold, stormy)
|
:: hibernal, invernal, invernoso
|
| win-win {adj} (of a situation that benefits two parties)
|
:: em que todos saem ganhando, em que todos ganham
|
| wipe {v} (remove surface substance)
|
:: esfregar, enxugar, limpar
|
| wipe out {v} (to destroy or obliterate)
|
:: aniquilar
|
| wipe out {v} (to erase)
|
:: apagar
|
| wipe out {v} (to crash or fall)
|
:: cair
|
| wipe the slate clean {v} (to make a fresh start, forgetting differences)
|
:: começar do zero
|
| WIPO {prop} (World Intellectual Property Organization)
|
:: OMPI
|
| wire {n} (thin thread of metal)
|
:: arame {m}
|
| wire {n} (metal conductor that carries electricity)
|
:: fio
|
| wire {n} (slang: hidden listening device on the person)
|
:: escuta {f}
|
| wire {n} (informal: telegraph) SEE: telegraph
|
::
|
| wire {n} (informal: message transmitted by telegraph) SEE: telegram
|
::
|
| wireless {adj} (not having any wires)
|
:: sem fio
|
| wireless {adj} (of or relating to wireless telegraphy)
|
:: sem fio
|
| wireless {n} (radio)
|
:: tecnologia sem fio {f}, tecnologia wireless {f}
|
| wireless {n} (wireless connectivity to a computer network)
|
:: wireless {f}
|
| wire netting {n} (hexagonal network of interwoven wire)
|
:: alambrado {m}, cerca de arame {f}
|
| wiretap {n} (covert connection)
|
:: grampo {m} [Brazil]
|
| wiretap {v} (to install or to use such a device)
|
:: [Brazil] grampear
|
| wire transfer {n} (electronic transfer of funds)
|
:: transferência (bancária) eletrónica {f}
|
| Wisconsin {prop} (state of the United States of America)
|
:: Wisconsin {m}
|
| wisdom {n} (element of personal character)
|
:: sabedoria, sagacidade, sapiência
|
| wisdom {n} (piece of wise advice)
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:: orientação {f}
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| wisdom {n} (discretionary use of knowledge for the greatest good)
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:: bom senso {m}
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| wisdom {n} (ability to apply relevant knowledge in an insightful way)
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:: sabedoria {f}
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| wisdom {n} (ability to make a decision based on the combination of knowledge, experience, and intuitive understanding)
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:: sabedoria {f}
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| wisdom {n} (ability to know and apply spiritual truths)
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:: sabedoria {f}
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| wisdom tooth {n} (rearmost molar in humans)
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:: siso {m}, dente do siso {m}, dente do juízo {m}
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| wise {adj} (showing good judgement)
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:: sábio, sensato
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| wisely {adv} (in a wise manner)
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:: sabiamente
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| wisent {n} (European bison, Bison bonasus)
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:: bisão europeu {m}, bisonte europeu {m}
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| wish {n} (desire)
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:: desejo {m}, pedido {m}
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| wish {v} (to hope for an outcome)
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:: desejar
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| wish {v} (to bestow a thought)
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:: desejar a
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| wishable {adj} (desirable) SEE: desirable
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::
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| wishful thinking {n} (illusion that what one would like is true)
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:: wishful thinking {m}, pensamento desejoso {m}
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| wishing well {n} (well where wishes were thought to be granted)
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:: poço dos desejos {m}
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| wishy-washy {adj} (wavering or lacking in commitment, certainty, or support)
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:: indeciso {m}, enrolado {m}
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| wisp {n} (a small bundle, as of straw or other like substance)
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:: tufo {m}
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| wispy {adj} (Consisting of or resembling a wisp)
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:: flocoso
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| wisteria {n} (a genus of about ten species of woody climbing vines)
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:: wisteria {f}, glicínia {f}
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| wistful {adj} (full of longing)
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:: saudoso
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| wit {n} (mind; sanity)
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:: mentalidade, sanidade
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| wit {n} (intellectual ability)
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:: intelectual, intelecto
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| wit {n} (Ability to think quickly)
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:: agudeza, agudez
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| wit {n} (Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly)
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:: humorístico {m}, humor, engraçado {m}
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| wit {n} (intelligence) SEE: intelligence
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::
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| witch {n} (person who uses magic)
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:: bruxa {f}, estria {f}, estrige {f}, feiticeira {f}
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| witch {n} (derogatory: ugly or unpleasant woman)
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:: bruxa {f}
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| witchcraft {n} (the practice of witches)
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:: bruxaria {f}
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| witch doctor {n} (person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic)
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:: curandeiro {m}, curandeira {f}, xamã {m} {f}, pajé {m} [Brazil]
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| witch-hunt {n} (persecution of persons believed to be using magic)
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:: caça às bruxas {f}
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| witch-hunt {n} (campaign to punish dissident persons)
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:: caça às bruxas {f}
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| with {prep} (against)
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:: contra, com
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| with {prep} (in the company of)
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:: com
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| with {prep} (in addition to)
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:: com
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| with {prep} (in support of)
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:: com
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| with {prep} (expressing manner)
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:: com
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| with {prep} (by means of)
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:: com
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| with {prep} (as nourishment)
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:: de
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| with a grain of salt {adv} (with common sense and skepticism)
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:: cum grano salis
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| with all due respect {prep} (phrase used before disagreeing with someone)
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:: com todo respeito
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| with bated breath {prep} (eagerly)
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:: prendendo o fôlego, com a respiração em suspenso, com a respiração suspensa
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| withdraw {v} (pull back)
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:: retirar
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| withdraw {v} (take back)
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:: devolver
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| withdraw {v} (remove, stop providing)
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:: retirar
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| withdraw {v} (extract (money from an account))
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:: sacar, levantar, retirar
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| withdraw {v} (retreat)
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:: retirar-se
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| withdrawal {n} (receiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them)
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:: saque {m}
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| withdrawal {n} (method of birth control)
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:: coito interrompido
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| withdrawal {n} (type of metabolic shock)
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:: síndrome de abstinência {f}
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| withdrawal {n} (act of withdrawing)
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:: retirada {f}, saque {m}
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| withdrawn {adj} (introvert)
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:: introvertido {m}
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| wither {v} ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)
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:: murchar murchar-se, mirrar, mirrar-se
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| wither {v} ((transitive) to make helpless due to emotion)
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:: decair
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| withered {adj} (shrivelled)
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:: murcho
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| witherite {n} (mineral)
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:: whiterita
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| withers {n} (part of the back of a draft animal)
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:: cernelha {f}
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| withhold {v} (to keep an object)
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:: reter
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| withhold {v} (to keep information)
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:: privar
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| withhold {v} (to retain)
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:: reter
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| within {prep} (spatial enclosure)
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:: dentro de
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| within {prep} (in scope or range of)
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:: dentro de
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| within {prep} (before the specified duration ends)
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:: dentro de
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| with no further ado {prep} (with no further ado)
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:: sem mais delongas
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| with one hand tied behind one's back {adv} (hands down) SEE: hands down
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::
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| without {prep} (not having)
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:: sem
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| without a doubt {prep} (certainly) SEE: certainly
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::
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| without a doubt {prep} (probably) SEE: probably
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::
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| without a doubt {prep}
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:: sem dúvida
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| without doubt {prep} (without a doubt) SEE: without a doubt
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::
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| with pleasure {prep} (willingly, without argument)
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:: com prazer
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| with regard to {prep} (concerning)
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:: quanto a, a respeito de
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| with respect to {prep} (pertaining to)
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:: em relação a
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| withspeak {v} (speak against) SEE: oppose
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::
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| withspeak {v} (contradict) SEE: contradict
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::
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| withstand {v} (to resist)
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:: aguentar
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| withy {n} (osier) SEE: osier
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::
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| withy {n} (long, flexible twig of the osier) SEE: osier
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::
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| witness {n} (attestation of a fact or event)
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:: testemunho {m}
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| witness {n} (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
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:: testemunha {f}
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| witness {n} (someone called to give evidence in a court)
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:: testemunha {f}
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| witness {n} (something that serves as evidence)
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:: prova {f}
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| witness {v} ((transitive) to furnish proof of)
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:: testemunhar
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| witness {v} ((transitive) to take as evidence)
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:: testemunhar
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| witness {v} ((transitive) to see or gain knowledge of through experience)
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:: presenciar, testemunhar
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| wits' end {n} (at (one's) wits' end) SEE: perplexed
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::
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| wittiness {n} (the quality of being witty)
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:: argúcia {f}, sagacidade {f}, perspicácia {f}
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| witty {adj} (possessing a strong intellect or intellectual capacity)
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:: sábio {m}
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| witty {adj} (clever; amusingly ingenious)
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:: engenhoso, espirituoso {m}
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| witty {adj} (quick of mind; insightful; in possession of wits)
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:: arguto
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| wizard {n} (person skilled with magic)
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:: bruxo {m}, mago {m}
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| wizard {n} (computing: program or script used to simplify complex operations)
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:: assistente {m}
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| wizardess {n} (sorceress) SEE: sorceress
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::
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| wizardry {n} (art of a wizard; sorcery)
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:: feitiçaria {f}, bruxaria {f}, magia {f}
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| wizardry {n} (something that gives the appearance of magic)
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:: magia {f}
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| wizened {adj} (withered)
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:: encarquilhado
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| WNW {n} (west-northwest)
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:: ONO, WNW
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| woad {n} (Isatis tinctoria)
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:: pastel-dos-tintureiros {m}
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| wobble {n} (unsteady motion)
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:: agitação, trémulo {m}
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| wobbler {n} (tantrum) SEE: tantrum
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::
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| woe {n} (grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity)
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:: desgraça {f}, infelicidade {f}, mágoa {f}
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| woe is me {interj} (interjection)
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:: ai de mim
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| wog {n} (person of Italian descent) SEE: wop
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::
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| wok {n} (large round pan)
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:: wok {f} {m}
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| wokou {n} (pirates)
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:: Wako {m-p}
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| wolf {n} (animal)
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:: lobo {m}
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| wolf {v} (to devour)
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:: devorar
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| wolf {n} (constellation) SEE: Lupus
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::
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| wolfberry {n} (fruit of Lycium barbarum or Lycium chinense)
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:: goji {m}
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| wolf cub {n} (young wolf)
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:: lobato {m}, lobacho {m}, lobinho {m}
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| Wolfgang {prop} (male given name)
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:: Wolfgang {m}
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| wolf in sheep's clothing {n} (someone or something harmful or threatening but disguised as something peaceful or pleasant)
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:: lobo em pele de cordeiro
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| wolfkin {n} (young or small wolf) SEE: wolf cub
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::
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| wolfling {n} (wolf cub) SEE: wolf cub
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::
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| wolfpack {n} (group of wild wolves, see also: pack)
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:: alcateia {m}
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| wolfpack {n} (group of submarines)
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:: matilha {f}
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| wolfram {n} (tungsten) SEE: tungsten
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::
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| wolfram {n} (wolframite) SEE: wolframite
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::
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| wolframite {n} (wolframite)
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:: wolframita {f}
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| wolfsbane {n} (herbs of the genus Aconitum) SEE: aconite
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::
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| wolf spider {n} (any of several spiders of the family Lycosidae)
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:: aranha-lobo {f}
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| wolf whelp {n} (young, esp. infant, wolf) SEE: wolf cub
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::
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| wollastonite {n} (grey inosilicate mineral)
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:: wollastonite {f}
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| Wolof {prop} (people)
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:: wolof {m-p}
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| Wolof {prop} (language)
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:: wolof {m}
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| wolverine {n} (Gulo gulo)
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:: carcaju {m}
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| woman {n} (wife) SEE: wife
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::
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| woman {n} (adult female person)
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:: mulher {f}
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| womanhater {n} (hater of women) SEE: misogynist
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::
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| womanizer {n} (habitual seducer of women)
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:: mulherengo {m}, namorador {m}
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| womanliness {n} (femininity) SEE: femininity
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::
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| womanly {adj} (having the characteristics of a woman)
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:: feminino
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| woman of the world {n} (worldly woman)
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:: mulher do mundo {f}
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| womb {n} (uterus)
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:: útero {m}, matriz {f}
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| womb {n} (figuratively: place where something is made or formed)
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:: útero {m}
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| womb {n} (belly) SEE: belly
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::
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| wombat {n} (marsupial)
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:: vombate {m}, wombat {m}
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| wombly {adj} (of or pertaining to the womb)
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:: uterino
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| womenfolk {n} (women collectively)
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:: mulherio {m}, mulherada {f}
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| wonder {n} (something that causes amazement or awe, a marvel)
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:: maravilha {f}
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| wonder {n} (something astonishing and seemingly inexplicable)
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:: maravilha {f}
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| wonder {n} (someone very talented at something, a genius)
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:: maravilha {f}, genial
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| wonder {n} (informal: thought)
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:: pensamento {m}, pensamento {m}
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| wonder {v} (to ponder about something)
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:: ponderar, perguntar-se
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| wonderful {adj} (excellent, extremely impressive)
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:: maravilhoso
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| wonderfully {adv} (in a wonderful manner)
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:: maravilhosamente
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| wonderfully {adv} (to an extent inspiring wonder)
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:: maravilhosamente
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| wonderland {n} (Imaginary or real place full of wonder or marvels)
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:: país das maravilhas {m}
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| wonderous {adj} (wondrous) SEE: wondrous
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::
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| Wonder Woman {prop} (DC Comics character)
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:: Mulher Maravilha
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| wondrous {adj} (amazing, inspiring awe)
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:: maravilhoso
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| woo {v} (to endeavor to gain someone's affection)
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:: cortejar
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| wood {n} (substance)
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:: madeira {f}
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| wood {n} (wood from a particular species)
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:: madeira {f}
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| wood {n} (woodland)
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:: bosque {m}
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| wood {n} (firewood)
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:: lenha {f}
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| wood {n} (slang: an erection)
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:: tusa {f}, tesão {f}
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| wood {v} (to cover or plant with trees)
|
:: florestar
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| wood anemone {n} (Anemone nemorosa)
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:: anêmona dos bosques {f}
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| wood apple {n} (Aegle marmelos) SEE: bael
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::
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| Woodburytype {n} (photomechanical printing process)
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:: fotogliptia {f}
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| woodchip {n} (fibre of wood)
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:: farpa {f}
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| woodchuck {n} (rodent of the family Sciuridae)
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:: marmota americana {f}
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| woodcock {n} (wading bird in the genus Scolopax)
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:: galinhola {f}
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| woodcut {n} (method of printmaking)
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:: xilografia {f}
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| woodcutter {n} (lumberjack) SEE: lumberjack
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::
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| wood ear {n} (black fungus)
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:: orelha-de-judas {f}
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| wooded {adj} (covered with trees)
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:: arborizado
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| wooden {adj} (made of wood)
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:: lenhoso, de madeira
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| wooden spoon {n} (spoon made from wood)
|
:: colher de pau {f}
|
| woodie {n} (erection) SEE: erection
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::
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| woodland {n} (land covered with woody vegetation)
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:: mato {m}, mata {f}
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| woodlouse {n} (any species of suborder Oniscidea)
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:: bicho-de-conta {m}, tatuzinho-de-jardim {m}, tatu-de-jardim {m}, tatu {m}, tatuzinho {m}
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| woodpecker {n} (bird in Picinae)
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:: pica-pau {m}, picapau {m}
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| wood pigeon {n} (Columba palumbus)
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:: pombo torcaz {m}
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| woods {n} (forest) SEE: forest
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::
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| wood sandpiper {n} (Tringa stagnatilis)
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:: maçarico-bastardo {m}
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| wood sorrel {n} (a white-flowered woodland plant, Oxalis acetosella)
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:: acetosela {f}, azedinha {f}, aleluia {f}
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| wood strawberry {n} (Fragaria vesca) SEE: wild strawberry
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::
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| woodwind {n} (musical instrument)
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:: madeira {f}
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| woodwind instrument {n} (musical instrument)
|
:: madeira {f}
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| woody {adj} (non-herbaceous)
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:: lenhoso
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| woody {adj} (lignified)
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:: lenhoso
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| woof {n} (set of yarns placed crosswise in a loom)
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:: trama {f}
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| woof {n} (sound of a dog)
|
:: ão-ão [European], au-au [Brazilian]
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| woof {v} (to make the sound of a dog)
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:: latir
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| wooing {n} (courting) SEE: courtship
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::
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| wool {n} (hair of sheep, etc.)
|
:: lã {f}
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| wool {n} (cloth or yarn)
|
:: lã {f}
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| woolen {adj} (made of wool)
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:: de lã
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| woolly {adj} (made of wool)
|
:: lanoso
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| woolly hat {n} (beanie) SEE: beanie
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::
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| woomera {n} (atlatl) SEE: atlatl
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::
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| wop {n} (person of Italian descent)
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:: macarrone {m} {f}, carcamano {m} {f}, latacho {m}
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| Worcestershire sauce {n} (English condiment)
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:: molho inglês {m}
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| word {n} (unit of language)
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:: palavra, vocábulo
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| word {n} (computing: fixed-size group of bits handled as a unit)
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:: palavra
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| word {n} (news, tidings)
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:: notícias
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| word {n} (promise)
|
:: palavra, promessa
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| word {n} (brief discussion)
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:: palavra
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| word {n} (the word of God)
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:: verbo, palavra, f, palavra divina, palavra de Deus
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| word {v} (to say or write using particular words)
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:: frasear
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| word {n} (proverb) SEE: proverb
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::
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| wordbook {n} (dictionary) SEE: dictionary
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::
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| wordbook {n} (lexicon) SEE: lexicon
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::
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| wordbook {n} (libretto) SEE: libretto
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::
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| word for word {adv} (in exactly the same words) SEE: verbatim
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::
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| word-hoard {n} (vocabulary) SEE: vocabulary
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::
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| wording {n} (choice of words)
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:: fraseado {m}
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| word of honor {n} (a promise, or a pledge of one's good faith)
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:: palavra de honra {f}
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| word of honour {n} (word of honor) SEE: word of honor
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::
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| word of mouth {n} (verbal means of passing of information)
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:: boca a boca {m}, passa-palavra {m}
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| word order {n} (order of syntactic constituents)
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:: ordem das palavras {m}
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| wordplay {n}
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:: trocadilho {m}, jogo de palavras {m}
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| words {n} (lyrics) SEE: lyrics
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::
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| wordster {n} (one who uses words instead of actions) SEE: hypocrite
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::
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| word-stock {n} (vocabulary) SEE: vocabulary
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::
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| work {n} (labour, employment, occupation, job)
|
:: trabalho {m}, emprego {m}
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| work {n} (place where one is employed)
|
:: trabalho {m}, emprego {m}
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| work {n} (effort expended on a particular task)
|
:: trabalho {m}
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| work {n} (result of a particular manner of production)
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:: obra {f}
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| work {n} (something produced using the specified material or tool)
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:: obra {f}
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| work {n} (literary, artistic, or intellectual production)
|
:: obra {f}, trabalho {m}
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| work {n} (measure of energy expended in moving an object)
|
:: trabalho {m}
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| work {n} (thermodynamics: energy in transit between one form or repository and another)
|
:: trabalho {m}
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| work {n} (fortification)
|
:: fortificação {f}
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| work {v} (to do a specific task)
|
:: trabalhar
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| work {v} (set into action)
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:: operar, ativar
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| work {v} (shape, form, or improve a material)
|
:: trabalhar
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| work {v} (cause to happen)
|
:: fazer
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| work {v} (function correctly)
|
:: funcionar
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| workaholic {n} (person)
|
:: workaholic {m} {f}
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| workaround {n} (a means of overcoming some obstacle)
|
:: contornar
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| workbench {n} (sturdy table)
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:: bancada, banca {f}
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| workday {n} (day on which work is done)
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:: dia útil {m}
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| worked up {adj} (excessively emotional)
|
:: emocionado
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| worker {n} (person who performs labor)
|
:: trabalhador {m}
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| worker {n} (insect)
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:: operário {m}
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| worker bee {n} (sterile bee)
|
:: abelha-operária {f}
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| workers of the world, unite {phrase} (workers of the world, unite)
|
:: trabalhadores do mundo, uni-vos!, proletários de todos os países, uni-vos!
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| workforce {n} (workers employed by an organization)
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:: mão de obra {f}
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| work function {n} (The minimum energy needed to remove an electron from the surface of a material)
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:: função trabalho {f}
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| work hardening {n} (repeated plastic deformation of a material)
|
:: encruamento {m}
|
| working {n} (operation; action)
|
:: serviço {m}
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| working {n} (method of operation)
|
:: funcionamento {m}
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| working {adj} (functioning)
|
:: funcional
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| working class {n} (social class doing physical work)
|
:: classe trabalhadora {f}, classe operária {f}, proletariado {m}
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| working day {n} (day of a week in which work is done)
|
:: dia útil {m}
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| working dog {n} (type of dog breed)
|
:: cão de serviço {m}
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| working week {n} (range of days of the week) SEE: workweek
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::
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| workmate {n} (coworker) SEE: coworker
|
::
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| work of art {n} (product of the fine arts)
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:: obra de arte {f}
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| work one's butt off {v} (to work excessively)
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:: dar duro
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| work out {v} (to calculate)
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:: calcular
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| work out {v} (to habitually exercise rigorously)
|
:: malhar, exercitar-se
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| workout {n} (an exercise session; a period of physical exercise)
|
:: malhação {f}
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| workplace {n} (place where someone works)
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:: local de trabalho {m}
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| work placement {n} (practicum) SEE: practicum
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::
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| workshop {n} (small manufacturing room)
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:: oficina {f}
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| workshop {n} (intensive course of education)
|
:: seminário {m}, workshop {m}
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| workshop {n} (academic conference)
|
:: seminário {m}, colóquio {m}
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| worksome {adj} (industrious) SEE: industrious
|
::
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| worksome {adj} (laborious) SEE: laborious
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::
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| work someone's arse off {v} (to work excessively) SEE: work someone's ass off
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::
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| work someone's ass off {v} (to work excessively)
|
:: tirar o couro de
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| workstation {n} (powerful desktop computer)
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:: workstation {f}, estação de trabalho {f}
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| workstead {n} (laboratory) SEE: laboratory
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::
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| work up {v} (To develop) SEE: develop
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::
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| workweek {n} (range of days of the week)
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:: semana de trabalho {f}
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| world {n} (human collective existence)
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:: mundo {m}
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| world {n} (the universe)
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:: mundo {m}
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| world {n} (the Earth)
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:: mundo {m}
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| world {n} (inhabited planet)
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:: mundo {m}
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| world {n} (individual or group perspective or social setting)
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:: mundo {m}
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| world cup {n} (event; competition)
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:: mundial, campeonato mundial, copa do mundo
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| World Exposition {n} (a regular international exposition)
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:: Exposição mundial {f}, Exposição Universal {f}, Feira Mundial {f}, Expo
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| World Heritage Site {n} (place listed by UNESCO as being of significance)
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:: Patrimônio Mundial {m} [Brazil], Património Mundial {m} [Portugal]
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| worldly {adj} (concerned with the human, earthly or physical rather than spiritual)
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:: mundano
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| world record {n} (the world's best score or time)
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:: recorde mundial {m}
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| world's oldest profession {n} (euphemism for prostitution)
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:: a mais velha profissão do mundo {f}
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| world soul {n} (single, unifying spirit present in every living being)
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:: anima mundi {f}
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| World Trade Organization {prop} (World Trade Organization)
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:: Organização Mundial do Comércio {f}, OMC {f}
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| worldview {n} (personal view of the world)
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:: visão de mundo {f}, mundividência {f}, cosmovisão {f}
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| world war {n} (a war involving the major nations of the world)
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:: guerra mundial {m}
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| World War I {prop} (war)
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:: Primeira Guerra Mundial {f}
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| World War II {prop} (war from 1939 to 1945)
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:: Segunda Guerra Mundial {f}
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| World War III {prop} (hypothetical world war (World War III))
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:: terceira guerra mundial {f}
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| World War IV {prop} (hypothetical world war (World War IV))
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:: Quarta Guerra Mundial {f}
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| World War One {prop} (World War I) SEE: World War I
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::
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| World War Two {prop} (World War II) SEE: World War II
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::
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| worldwide {adj} (affecting every place in the world)
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:: mundial
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| worldwide {adv} (throughout the world)
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:: mundialmente
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| World Wide Web {prop} (information space on the Internet)
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:: web {f}, rede {f}, Internet {f}, net {f}, rede mundial de computadores {f}
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| worm {n} (animal)
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:: verme {m}
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| worm {n} (contemptible being)
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:: miserável {m} {f}, patife {m}, verme {m}
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| worm {n} (self-replicating program)
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:: worm {m}
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| worm {v} (to move with one's body dragging the ground)
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:: rastejar
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| wormhole {n} (a hole burrowed by a worm)
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:: buraco de minhoca {m}
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| wormhole {n} (a shortcut between distant parts of space)
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:: buraco de minhoca {m}
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| Worms {prop} (a city in Germany)
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:: Worms {f}
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| wormwood {n} (Artemisia absinthium)
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:: absinto {m}
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| wormwood {n} (that which causes bitterness)
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:: amargura {f}
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| wormy {adj} (infested with worms)
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:: verminado {m}, bichado {m}
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| worn {adj} (damaged and shabby from too much use)
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:: gastado {m}, gasto
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| worn out {adj} (damaged and useless due to hard or continued use)
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:: gasto, desgastado
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| worn out {adj} (exhausted from exertion)
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:: exausto, moído
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| worn-out {adj} (worn-out) SEE: worn out
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::
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| worried {adj} (thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen)
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:: preocupado
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| worrisome {adj} (causing worry; perturbing or vexing)
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:: preocupante
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| worry {v} (be troubled)
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:: preocupar-se
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| worry {v} (disturb the peace of mind of)
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:: preocupar
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| worry {n} (strong feeling of anxiety)
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:: preocupação {f}
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| worry {v} (strangle) SEE: strangle
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::
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| worrying {adj} (inducing worry)
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:: preocupante
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| worse {adj} (comparative form of bad)
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:: pior
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| worse {adv} (comparative of badly)
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:: pior
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| worse for wear {adj} (in poor physical condition due to long or heavy use)
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:: acabado
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| worsen {v} (transitive: make worse)
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:: piorar, empiorar
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| worsen {v} (intransitive: get worse)
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:: piorar, empiorar
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| worship {n} (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object)
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:: adoração {f}, cultuação {f}, culto {m}
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| worship {n} (the religious ceremonies that express this devotion)
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:: culto {m}
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| worship {n} (the ardent love of a person)
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:: adoração {f}
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| worship {v} (to honor and adore, especially as a deity)
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:: adorar, venerar, cultuar
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| worshipper {n} (person who worships)
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:: adorador {m}
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| worst {adj} (most inferior)
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:: pior
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| worst {n} (something that is worst)
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:: pior {m}
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| worst {adv} (in the worst way)
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:: pior
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| worst comes to worst {adv} (if a bad situation develops)
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:: na pior das hipóteses
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| worsted {n} (fine smooth wool fabric)
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:: estambre, lã penteada, lã cardada
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| worth {adj} (obsolete: valuable, worthwhile) SEE: worthwhile
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::
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| worth {adj} (equal in value to)
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:: equivalente
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| worth {adj} (deserving of)
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:: valer a pena
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| worth {n} (value)
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:: valor {m}
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| worthless {adj} (not having worth and use, without value, inconsequential)
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:: sem valor, inútil
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| worthlessness {n} (quality of lacking worth)
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:: inutilidade {f}
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| worthwhile {adj} (good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on)
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:: vantajoso
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| worthy {adj} (having worth, merit or value)
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:: digno, valioso
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| would {v} (indicating an action or state that is conditional on another)
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:: use the conditional tense; We would be warmer if you hadn't opened the window! - Teríamos mais calor se você não tivesse aberto a janela.
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| would {v} (indicating a possible (but not definite) future action or state)
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:: Use the conditional tense (futuro do pretérito); We sat on the bench, wondering if the bus would be late this time. - Nos sentamos no banco, perguntando-nos se o ônibus chegaria tarde esta vez.
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| would {v} (indicating an action in the past that was planned or intended)
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:: Use the conditional tense (futuro do pretérito); The waiter said he would be right back. - O garçom disse que voltaria logo.
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| would {v} (indicating an action in the past that happened repeatedly or commonly)
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:: Use the imperfect tense; In the winters, we would sit by the hole on the frozen lake and fish for hours. - No inverno, nos sentávamos perto do buraco do lago congelado e pescávamos por horas.
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| would {v} (used to express a polite request)
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:: por favor; Would you please turn off the TV? - Pode desligar a televisão, por favor? [informal]; Poderia desligar a televisão, por favor? [formal]; Me faria a gentileza de desligar a televisão, por favor? [very formal]
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| would like {v} (transitive)
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:: gostaria
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| would like {v} (intransitive)
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:: gostaria
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| would you mind putting on your seat belt {phrase} (would you mind putting on your seat belt?)
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:: você poderia colocar o cinto de segurança?
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| wound {n} (injury)
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:: ferimento {m}, ferida {f}, lesão, mágoa {f}, machucado
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| wound {n} (something that offends a person’s feelings)
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:: mágoa {f}
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| wound {v} (hurt or injure)
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:: ferir, lesar, machucar, vulnerar
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| wound {v} (hurt (someone's feelings))
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:: magoar
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| wounded {adj} (suffering from a wound)
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:: ferido, machucado
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| woven {adj} (fabricated by weaving)
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:: tecido
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| wow {interj} (excitement)
|
:: uau, uia, nossa
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| wow {interj} (amazement)
|
:: uau, uia, nossa, ena!
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| wrack {v} (rack) SEE: rack
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::
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| wramp {v} (to sprain part of the body) SEE: sprain
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::
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| wrangle {v} (to bicker)
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:: disputar
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| wrangle {v} (to herd livestock)
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:: pastorar
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| wrangle {n} (act of wrangling)
|
:: disputar
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| wrangle {n} (angry dispute)
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:: briga
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| wrap {v} (to enclose completely in fabric, paper, etc)
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:: embalar, empacotar, embrulhar
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| wrap around one's little finger {v} (to successfully control or influence)
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:: encoleirar
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| wrapping paper {n} (paper used for wrapping parcels or presents)
|
:: papel de/para embrulho {m}
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| wrap up {v} (To fold and secure something to be the cover or protection)
|
:: embrulhar, empacotar, embalar
|
| wrap up {v} (To wear abundant clothing as protection from the weather)
|
:: encapotar-se, agasalhar-se
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| wrasse {n} (Fish)
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:: bodião {m}
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| wrath {n} (great anger)
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:: cólera {f}, ira {f}
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| wreak havoc {v} (To cause damage, disruption, or destruction)
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:: causar estragos
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| wreath {n} (ornamental circular band)
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:: grinalda {f}, guirlanda {f}
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| wreath {n} (heraldry: support of a crest)
|
:: virol
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| wreck {n} (remains)
|
:: destroço {m}
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| wreck {n} (collision)
|
:: choque {m}
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| wrecker {n} (tow truck) SEE: tow truck
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::
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| wreckfish {n} (perciform marine fish of the family Polyprionidae)
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:: cherne {m}
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| wrecking ball {n} (heavy steel ball used for demolition)
|
:: bola de demolição {f}
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| wren {n} (bird of family Troglodytidae)
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:: carriça {f}, uirapuru {m} [Brazil]
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| wrench {n} (screw) SEE: screw
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::
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| wrench {n} (violent twisting movement)
|
:: sacalão {m}
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| wrench {n} (hand tool)
|
:: chave inglesa
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| wrench {v} (to pull or twist)
|
:: arrancar
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| wrench {v} (to sprain a joint)
|
:: deslocar, torcer
|
| wrest {v} (to seize) SEE: seize
|
::
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| wrest {v} (to obtain by pulling or violent force)
|
:: arrancar
|
| wrest {v} (to distort, pervert, twist) SEE: distort
|
::
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| wrestle {v} (to contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw)
|
:: lutar
|
| wrestle {v} (to take part in wrestling match)
|
:: combater
|
| wrestler {n} (person who wrestles)
|
:: lutador
|
| wrestling {n} (sport)
|
:: luta {f}
|
| wretch {n} (exile) SEE: exile
|
::
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| wretch {n} (unhappy, unfortunate, or miserable person)
|
:: miserável {m}, desgraçado {m}, coitado {m}
|
| wretched {adj} (very miserable)
|
:: miserável
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| wretched {adj} (worthless)
|
:: maldito
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| wriggle {v} (to twist one's body and move the limbs)
|
:: contorcer-se
|
| wriggle {v} (to make or cause to wriggle)
|
:: contorcer
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| wring {v} (to squeeze or twist tightly so that liquid is forced out)
|
:: torcer
|
| wring {v} (to obtain by force)
|
:: arrancar
|
| wring {v} (to hold tightly and press or twist)
|
:: torcer
|
| wrinkle {n} (furrow in a smooth surface)
|
:: ruga {f}
|
| wrinkle {n} (line or crease in the skin)
|
:: ruga {f}
|
| wrinkle {v} (to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles)
|
:: enrugar (of people), amassar (of clothing)
|
| wrinkled {adj} (having many wrinkles)
|
:: enrugado, rugoso
|
| wrinkly {adj} (having wrinkles)
|
:: rugoso
|
| wrist {n} (wrist)
|
:: punho {m}, pulso {m}
|
| wristlet {n} (handcuff) SEE: handcuff
|
::
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| wristwatch {n} (watch worn on the wrist)
|
:: relógio de pulso {m}
|
| writ {n} (a written order)
|
:: mandado {m}
|
| writ {n} (that which is written)
|
:: escrito {m}
|
| write {v} (to form letters, etc.)
|
:: escrever, redigir
|
| write {v} (to send a letter to)
|
:: escrever
|
| write {v} (to be the author of)
|
:: escrever
|
| write {v} (to be an author)
|
:: escrever
|
| write {v} (record (data))
|
:: escrever
|
| writer {n} (person who writes; an author)
|
:: escritor {m}, escritora {f}
|
| writer's block {n} (the temporary inability to write)
|
:: bloqueio de escritor {m}, bloqueio criativo {m}
|
| writhe {v} (to twist or contort the body)
|
:: retorcer-se, contorcer-se
|
| writing {n} (written letters or symbols)
|
:: escrita {f}
|
| writing {n} (something written)
|
:: escrita {f}
|
| writing {n} (process of representing a language)
|
:: escrita {f}
|
| writing {n} (work of an author)
|
:: obra {f}
|
| writing {n} (style of writing)
|
:: letra {f}
|
| writing as separate words {n} (writing an expression with spaces)
|
:: grafia separada {f}
|
| writing system {n}
|
:: sistema de escrita
|
| written {adj} (of, relating or characteristic of writing)
|
:: escrito
|
| Wroclaw {prop} (a city in southwestern Poland)
|
:: Breslávia {f}, Wroclaw {f}, Breslau {f}
|
| wrong {adj} (incorrect)
|
:: errado, incorreto; errado, equivocado
|
| wrong {adj} (immoral)
|
:: errado, imoral
|
| wrong {adj} (improper)
|
:: errado, impróprio, inadequado
|
| wrong {adj} (not working)
|
:: errado
|
| wrong {adj} (designed to be worn or placed inward)
|
:: errado {m}, avesso
|
| wrong {adv}
|
:: incorretamente, erroneamente, erradamente, errado
|
| wrong {n} (something immoral)
|
:: mal {m}
|
| wrong {n} (instance of wronging someone)
|
:: erro {m}
|
| wrong {n} (opposite of right)
|
:: injúria {f}
|
| wrong {v} (to treat unjustly)
|
:: maltratar, injustiçar
|
| wrong {v} (to deprive of a right)
|
:: injustiçar, lesar
|
| wrong {v} (to slander or impute evil)
|
:: ofender
|
| wrongdoer {n} (someone who does wrong)
|
:: malfeitor {m}
|
| wrongdoing {n} (instance of doing wrong)
|
:: malfeitoria {f}, malfeito {m}
|
| wrongness {n} (the quality of being wrong)
|
:: erroneidade {f}
|
| wrong number {n} (A call with a mistake in the number dialled)
|
:: engano {m}
|
| wrought iron {n} (form of iron that is not cast)
|
:: ferro forjado {m}
|
| wryneck {n} (either of two small woodpeckers, Jynx torquilla and Jynx ruficollis)
|
:: torcicolo {m}
|
| WSC {prop} (Mandarin) SEE: Mandarin
|
::
|
| WSW {n} (abbreviation of west-southwest)
|
:: OSO, WSW
|
| WTF {phrase} (What the fuck)
|
:: PQP
|
| wuderove {n} (herb) SEE: sweet woodruff
|
::
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| wudu {n} (ritual washing after minor impurity)
|
:: abdeste {m}
|
| Wu-han {prop} (Wuhan) SEE: Wuhan
|
::
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| Wuhan {prop} (sub-provincial city in central China)
|
:: Wuhan {f}
|
| wulfenite {n} (a mineral, lead molybdate)
|
:: wulfenita {f}
|
| Wulumuqi {prop} (Capital of Xinjiang) SEE: Ürümqi
|
::
|
| wunderkind {n} (child prodigy) SEE: child prodigy
|
::
|
| wushu {n} (martial art)
|
:: wushu {m}
|
| wuss {n} (weak, ineffectual person)
|
:: fracote {m} {f}, bundão {m}
|
| wuss out {v} (chicken out) SEE: chicken out
|
::
|
| wussy {n} (wuss) SEE: wuss
|
::
|
| wuther {v} (To make a rushing sound; to whizz)
|
:: soprar com forte rugido
|
| wuther {v} (To shake vigorously)
|
:: agitar vigorosamente
|
| WW1 {prop} (World War I) SEE: World War I
|
::
|
| WWW {prop} (World Wide Web (abbreviation))
|
:: WWW {f}
|
| wy {n} (name of the letter Y, y) SEE: wye
|
::
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| Wyandot {n} (a member of the Wyandot people)
|
:: hurão
|
| Wyandot {n}
|
:: hurões {p}
|
| Wyandot {prop} (language)
|
:: wyandot
|
| wye {n} (name of the letter Y, y)
|
:: ípsilon {m}, i grego {m}
|
| wynkernel {n} (common moorhen) SEE: common moorhen
|
::
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| Wyoming {prop} (US state)
|
:: Wyoming {m}
|
| WYSIWYG {n} (computer program that allows editing on screen what the printed version would be like)
|
:: o que você vê é o que você tem
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| wyvern {n} (mythical dragon-like creature)
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:: serpe
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