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(a usually irritating joke consisting of an action done to someone, rather than a story told: He nailed my chair to the floor as a practical joke.) partida* * *prac.ti.cal joke[pr'æktikəl dʒouk] n travessura, peça, trote. -
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(a usually irritating joke consisting of an action done to someone, rather than a story told: He nailed my chair to the floor as a practical joke.) peça -
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a practical jokepeça, travessura, trote (telefone). -
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[‹əuk] 1. noun1) (anything said or done to cause laughter: He told/made the old joke about the elephant in the refrigerator; He dressed up as a ghost for a joke; He played a joke on us and dressed up as a ghost.) partida2) (something that causes laughter or amusement: The children thought it a huge joke when the cat stole the fish.) piada2. verb1) (to make a joke or jokes: They joked about my mistake for a long time afterwards.) brincar2) (to talk playfully and not seriously: Don't be upset by what he said - he was only joking.) brincar•- joker- jokingly
- it's no joke
- joking apart/aside
- take a joke* * *[dʒouk] n 1 chiste, gracejo, brincadeira, graça, pilhéria, troça. she cannot see a joke, she cannot take a joke / ela não gosta de gracejos, ela não é amiga de brincadeiras. I do not see the joke / não sei qual é a graça. 2 pândega, pagode, ridículo. • vt+vi 1 troçar, chacotear, gracejar, brincar, galhofar, pilheriar. you are joking / você não está falando sério, você está brincando. 2 ridicularizar, zombar. a practical joke peça, travessura, trote (telefone). in joke de brincadeira. it’s no joke é sério. to be/ go beyond a joke perder a graça, ficar preocupante. to tell a joke contar uma anedota. -
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['præktikəl]1) (concerned with the doing of something: practical difficulties; His knowledge is practical rather than theoretical.) prático2) ((of a thing, idea etc) useful; effective: You must try to find a practical answer to the problem.) prático3) ((negative unpractical) (of a person) able to do or deal with things well or efficiently: He can look after himself - he's a very practical child.) prático•- practically
- practical joke* * *prac.ti.cal[pr'æktikəl] adj 1 prático: a) não teórico. b) experiente, experimentado. c) fácil, útil. 2 virtual. -
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['præktikəl]1) (concerned with the doing of something: practical difficulties; His knowledge is practical rather than theoretical.) prático2) ((of a thing, idea etc) useful; effective: You must try to find a practical answer to the problem.) prático3) ((negative unpractical) (of a person) able to do or deal with things well or efficiently: He can look after himself - he's a very practical child.) prático•- practically - practical joke -
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[præŋk](a trick; a practical joke.) partida* * *prank1[præŋk] n 1 peça, logro. 2 brincadeira, travessura. to play a prank on someone pregar uma peça em alguém.————————prank2[præŋk] vt adornar, enfeitar. to prank up something with enfeitar alguma coisa com. -
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[præŋk](a trick; a practical joke.) peça
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