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1 English
['iŋɡliʃ] 1. adjective(of England or its inhabitants: three English people; the English language.) inglês2. noun(the main language of England and the rest of Britain, North America, a great part of the British Commonwealth and some other countries: He speaks English.) inglês* * *En.glish['iŋgli8] n inglês: a) a língua, o idioma inglês. standard English / inglês padrão (idioma). basic English / inglês básico. in English / em inglês. in plain English / em palavras simples. b) natural da Inglaterra. are you English? / você é inglês? the English / o povo inglês. • adj inglês. an English teacher / um professor de inglês. -
2 English
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3 native language/tongue
noun My native language is Spanish, but I also speak English and German.) -
4 native language/tongue
noun My native language is Spanish, but I also speak English and German.)English-Portuguese (Brazil) dictionary > native language/tongue
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5 ELT
[i: el t'i:] abbr English Language Teaching (Ensino de Língua Inglesa como língua estrangeira). -
6 origin
['ori‹in] 1. noun(the place or point from which anything first comes; the cause: the origin(s) of the English language; the origin of the disagreement.) origem- original2. noun1) (the earliest version: This is the original - all the others are copies.) original2) (a model from which a painting etc is made: She is the original of the famous portrait.) original•- originally
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- origins* * *or.i.gin['ɔridʒin] n 1 origem, fonte. 2 princípio, início. 3 ascendência. 4 procedência. 5 nascimento. 6 causa, motivo, fundamento. -
7 predominant
adjective (stronger, more numerous, more noticeable etc: The English language is predominant in America.) predominante* * *pre.dom.i.nant[prid'ɔminənt] adj predominante, preponderante, prevalecente. -
8 origin
['ori‹in] 1. noun(the place or point from which anything first comes; the cause: the origin(s) of the English language; the origin of the disagreement.) origem- original2. noun1) (the earliest version: This is the original - all the others are copies.) original2) (a model from which a painting etc is made: She is the original of the famous portrait.) original•- originally - originate - origins -
9 predominant
adjective (stronger, more numerous, more noticeable etc: The English language is predominant in America.) predominante -
10 broken
['brəukən]1) (see break: a broken window; My watch is broken.) quebrado2) (interrupted: broken sleep.) interrompido3) (uneven: broken ground.) irregular4) ((of language) not fluent: He speaks broken English.) incorrecto5) (ruined: The children come from a broken home (= their parents are no longer living together).) desfeito•* * *bro.ken[br'oukən] vt+vi pp of break. • adj 1 quebrado, em pedaços. 2 destruído. a broken heart / um coração ferido. 3 arruinado, falido. 4 enfraquecido, fraco, débil. broken health / saúde abalada. 5 domesticado, domado. 6 subjugado, humilhado, submisso, desanimado. a broken man / um homem desanimado. 7 violado, infringido. 8 falado ou pronunciado de modo imperfeito. broken English / inglês mal falado, como pelos estrangeiros. 9 interrompido, cortado, incorrente. • adv com interrupção, aos pedaços. -
11 pidgin
['pi‹ən](any of a number of languages which consist of a mixture of English, French, Portuguese etc and some non-European (especially African) language: Beach-la-mar is a pidgin spoken in parts of the southern Pacific Ocean; ( also adjective) pidgin English.) língua franca* * *pidg.in[p'idʒin] n Ling pidgin: fala híbrida constituída, em geral, por uma mistura de duas ou mais línguas, com vocabulário e gramática rudimentares, e utilizada para comunicação entre grupos falantes de línguas diferentes. -
12 plain
[plein] 1. adjective1) (simple or ordinary; without ornament or decoration: plain living; good, plain food.) simples2) (easy to understand; clear: His words were quite plain.) simples3) (absolutely open or honest, with no attempt to be tactful: I'll be quite plain with you; plain speaking.) franco4) (obvious: It's plain (to see) you haven't been practising your music.) claro5) (not pretty: a rather plain girl.) sem graça2. noun1) (a large flat level piece of land: the plains of central Canada.) planície2) (a kind of knitting stitch.) ponto de meia•- plainly- plainness
- plain chocolate
- plain clothes
- plain sailing
- plain-spoken
- in plain English* * *[plein] n 1 planície. 2 plains Amer prado, campina. • adj 1 plano, raso, liso. 2 manifesto, claro, evidente, óbvio. in plain English / em bom e claro inglês. 3 franco, sincero. he used plain language towards him / ele lhe falou com toda a franqueza. 4 simples, comum, modesto. 5 singelo, natural. 6 unicolor. in plain clothes em trajes civis, à paisana. to be plain with agir corretamente com, usar de franqueza com. to make plain explicar, explanar, elucidar. -
13 pidgin
['pi‹ən](any of a number of languages which consist of a mixture of English, French, Portuguese etc and some non-European (especially African) language: Beach-la-mar is a pidgin spoken in parts of the southern Pacific Ocean; ( also adjective) pidgin English.) pidgin -
14 EFL
[i: ef'el] abbr English as a foreign language (inglês como língua estrangeira). -
15 ESL
[i: es 'el] abbr English as a second language (inglês como segunda língua). -
16 TEFL
[t'efəl] abbr Teaching English as a Foreign Language (ensino de inglês como língua estrangeira). -
17 TESL
[t'esəl] abbr Teaching English as a Second Language (ensino de inglês como segunda língua). -
18 code
[kəud] 1. noun1) (a collection of laws or rules: a code of behaviour.) código2) (a (secret) system of words, letters, or symbols: the Morse Code; The message was in code; We have deciphered the enemy's code.) código3) (a system of symbols etc for translating one type of language into another: There are a number of codes for putting English into a form usable by a computer.) código2. verb(to put into (secret, computer etc) code: Have you coded the material for the computer?) codificar* * *[koud] n código: 1 coleção de regras ou leis. 2 sistema de sinais ou palavras. 3 cifra. • vt 1 codificar. 2 cifrar. civil code código civil. code of honour código de honra. commercial code código comercial. penal ou criminal code código penal ou criminal. post code, zip code código de endereçamento postal (CEP). -
19 dictionary
['dikʃənəri]plural - dictionaries; noun1) (a book containing the words of a language alphabetically arranged, with their meanings etc: This is an English dictionary.) dicionário2) (a book containing other information alphabetically arranged: a dictionary of place-names.) dicionário* * *dic.tion.a.ry[d'ikʃənəri] n dicionário. -
20 fluent
['fluənt]1) ((of a language etc) smoothly and skilfully spoken: He spoke fluent French.) fluente2) ((of a person) able to express oneself easily: He is fluent in English.) fluente•- fluency- fluently* * *flu.ent[fl'uənt] n Math fluente, integral. • adj 1 fluido, fluente, líquido. 2 corrente, copioso, natural, espontâneo. 3 verboso, eloqüente, volúvel, fácil.
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