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[speə] 1. verb1) (to manage without: No-one can be spared from this office.) dispensar2) (to afford or set aside for a purpose: I can't spare the time for a holiday.) dispensar3) (to treat with mercy; to avoid injuring etc: `Spare us!' they begged.) poupar4) (to avoid causing grief, trouble etc to (a person): Break the news gently in order to spare her as much as possible.) poupar5) (to avoid using, spending etc: He spared no expense in his desire to help us.) poupar6) (to avoid troubling (a person with something); to save (a person trouble etc): I answered the letter myself in order to spare you the bother.) poupar2. adjective1) (extra; not actually being used: We haven't a spare (bed) room for guests in our house.) vago2) ((of time etc) free for leisure etc: What do you do in your spare time?) livre3. noun1) (a spare part (for a car etc): They sell spares at that garage.) peça sobresselente2) (an extra wheel etc, kept for emergencies.) pneu sobresselente•- sparing- sparingly
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- to spare* * *[spɛə] n objeto de reserva. • vt+vi 1 poupar, tratar com indulgência, ter dó ou consideração. spare me all this! / poupe-me de tudo isso! spare his life! / poupe sua vida! 2 aliviar, desobrigar, isentar, dispensar. 3 tomar em consideração, respeitar. spare her blushes / respeite seu melindre. 4 economizar. 5 abster-se, privar-se. 6 dispensar. can you spare me a moment? / você dispõe de um momento para mim? 7 ter em excesso, de sobra. I have not a minute to spare / não tenho nem um minuto de sobra. we have time to spare / temos tempo de sobra. • adj 1 excedente, de sobra. 2 de reserva, extra, sobressalente. 3 magro. 4 pouco, esparso, parco, frugal. enough and to spare mais do que suficiente. to drive someone spare deixar alguém louco, furioso. to go spare ficar furioso, ficar bravo. to have to spare ter de sobra. to spare no expense não poupar gastos. -
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[speə] 1. verb1) (to manage without: No-one can be spared from this office.) dispensar2) (to afford or set aside for a purpose: I can't spare the time for a holiday.) dispensar3) (to treat with mercy; to avoid injuring etc: `Spare us!' they begged.) poupar4) (to avoid causing grief, trouble etc to (a person): Break the news gently in order to spare her as much as possible.) poupar5) (to avoid using, spending etc: He spared no expense in his desire to help us.) economizar6) (to avoid troubling (a person with something); to save (a person trouble etc): I answered the letter myself in order to spare you the bother.) poupar2. adjective1) (extra; not actually being used: We haven't a spare (bed) room for guests in our house.) de reserva2) ((of time etc) free for leisure etc: What do you do in your spare time?) disponível3. noun1) (a spare part (for a car etc): They sell spares at that garage.) peça de reserva2) (an extra wheel etc, kept for emergencies.) pneu sobressalente•- sparing- sparingly - spare part - spare rib - and to spare - to spare
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