contratar casamento

- contratar-se

1) (to begin to employ (a workman etc): He engaged him as his assistant.) contratar

2) (to book; to reserve: He has engaged an entertainer for the children's party.) contratar

3) (to take hold of or hold fast; to occupy: to engage someone's attention.) prender

4) (to join battle with: The two armies were fiercely engaged.) travar combate

5) (to (cause part of a machine etc to) fit into and lock with another part: The driver engaged second gear.) engatar

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- engaged

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[ing'eid9] vt+vi 1 empenhar, dar a palavra, comprometer(-se). to be engaged / estar comprometido. 2 combinar noivado, contratar casamento. 3 atarefar, encarregar, incumbir. 4 ocupar(-se), entregar-se ao trabalho, dedicar-se. I am engaged on Monday / eu tenho um compromisso para segunda-feira. 5 empregar, contratar, engajar, assalariar. 6 encomendar, reservar (lugares no teatro, quarto em hotel, etc.). 7 prender, segurar, atrair, cativar. I engaged him in a conversation / travei conversa com ele. he engaged my sympathy / ele cativou minha simpatia. 8 ocupar, requerer, exigir. he was engaged in writing / ele estava ocupado escrevendo. 9 Tech encaixar, engatar, engrenar em. 10 Mil iniciar o ataque, empenhar em combate, manter contato com o inimigo.

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[plait] n condição, situação (geralmente má), estado. in sad plight, in sorry plight em apuros, em má situação.

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[plait] n compromisso, empenho. • vt comprometer, empenhar. plight of faith consentimento ou compromisso de casamento. to plight oneself to contratar casamento com.

- betrothal

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[bitr'ouð] vt arch contratar casamento.

to plight oneself to

contratar casamento com.

1) (to make or become smaller, less, shorter, tighter etc: Metals expand when heated and contract when cooled; `I am' is often contracted to `I'm'; Muscles contract.) contrair

2) ( to promise legally in writing: They contracted to supply us with cable.) firmar um contracto

3) (to become infected with (a disease): He contracted malaria.) contrair

4) (to promise (in marriage).) contrair

- contraction

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[k'ɔntrækt] n 1 contrato, instrumento de contrato, escritura. 2 acordo, pacto. 3 compromisso de matrimônio. 4 no jogo de bridge, número de vazas anunciado. 5 acordo com um assassino contratado para matar alguém. • [kəntr'ækt] vt+vi 1 contrair(-se), encurtar, encolher. 2 obter, pegar, adquirir, contrair (doença). she contracted a cold / ela contraiu um resfriado. 3 fazer contratos, contratar, ajustar. 4 restringir, limitar. 5 franzir (as sobrancelhas). 6 assumir compromisso, fazer dívidas. 7 rare prometer ou contrair matrimônio. 8 Gram contrair, fazer contração de. marriage contract contrato de casamento. to contract for firmar contrato para. to contract in comprometer-se a tomar parte. to contract out a) contratar. b) Brit recusar-se a tomar parte. to enter into a contract fazer um contrato. to make a contract fazer um contrato. work done by contract trabalho por empreitada.

1) (to make or become smaller, less, shorter, tighter etc: Metals expand when heated and contract when cooled; `I am' is often contracted to `I'm'; Muscles contract.) contrair

2) ( to promise legally in writing: They contracted to supply us with cable.) fazer um contrato, contratar

3) (to become infected with (a disease): He contracted malaria.) contrair

4) (to promise (in marriage).) comprometer-se em casamento

- contraction