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1 native
['neitiv] 1. adjective1) (where one was born: my native land.) natal2) (belonging to that place; local: the native customs/art of Brazil; This animal/plant is native to Australia.) pátrio3) (belonging by race to a country: a native Englishman.) de nascimento4) (belonging to a person naturally: native intelligence.) natural2. noun1) (a person born in a certain place: a native of Scotland; a native of London.) natural2) (one of the original inhabitants of a country eg before the arrival of explorers, immigrants etc: Columbus thought the natives of America were Indians.) nativo•- native language/tongue
- native speaker
- native to
- the Nativity* * *na.tive[n'eitiv] n 1 nativo, natural. 2 aborígine. • adj 1 nativo, natural. 2 nato. 3 inato, inerente. 4 sem afetação. 5 genuíno, puro. native speaker of English pessoa que fala inglês como primeira língua. to go native viver como os naturais ou os indígenas de algum lugar. -
2 native
['neitiv] 1. adjective1) (where one was born: my native land.) natal2) (belonging to that place; local: the native customs/art of Brazil; This animal/plant is native to Australia.) natal3) (belonging by race to a country: a native Englishman.) de nascimento4) (belonging to a person naturally: native intelligence.) nato2. noun1) (a person born in a certain place: a native of Scotland; a native of London.) nativo2) (one of the original inhabitants of a country eg before the arrival of explorers, immigrants etc: Columbus thought the natives of America were Indians.) nativo•- native language/tongue - native speaker - native to - the Nativity -
3 tongue
1) (the fleshy organ inside the mouth, used in tasting, swallowing, speaking etc: The doctor looked at her tongue.) língua2) (the tongue of an animal used as food.) língua3) (something with the same shape as a tongue: a tongue of flame.) língua4) (a language: English is his mother-tongue / native tongue; a foreign tongue.) língua* * *[t∧ŋ] n 1 Anat língua. he puts out his tongue / ele mostra a língua. 2 idioma. 3 fala, modo de falar, linguagem. I found my tongue / coll recuperei a fala. he had lost his tongue / coll ele perdeu a fala. 4 coisa parecida com língua, lingüeta. 5 península. 6 badalo. 7 fiel de balança. 8 pino de fivela. 9 labareda. • vt+vi 1 modular sons em um instrumento de sopro. 2 usar a língua, tocar com a língua. 3 projetar como uma língua. 4 prover (tábuas) de macho e fêmea. a spiteful, bitter, venomous tongue uma língua venenosa. in my mother tongue na minha língua materna. on the tip of the tongue na ponta da língua. ready tongue presença de espírito. slip of the tongue deslize. the gift of tongues talento para idiomas. to give tongue latir (cão de caça). to hold one’s tongue calar a boca. tongue-tied a) com a língua presa. b) fig calado. with one’s tongue hanging out com a língua de fora, ansiosamente.
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