singing+(verb)

1) (strong or in good condition: The foundations of the house are not very sound; He's 87, but he's still sound in mind and body.) forte

2) ((of sleep) deep: She's a very sound sleeper.) profundo

3) (full; thorough: a sound basic training.) sólido

4) (accurate; free from mistakes: a sound piece of work.) sólido

5) (having or showing good judgement or good sense: His advice is always very sound.) seguro

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1) (the impressions transmitted to the brain by the sense of hearing: a barrage of sound; ( also adjective) sound waves.) som

2) (something that is, or can be, heard: The sounds were coming from the garage.) som

3) (the impression created in the mind by a piece of news, a description etc: I didn't like the sound of her hairstyle at all!) ideia

1) (to (cause something to) make a sound: Sound the bell!; The bell sounded.) tocar

2) (to signal (something) by making a sound: Sound the alarm!) tocar

3) ((of something heard or read) to make a particular impression; to seem; to appear: Your singing sounded very good; That sounds like a train.) parecer

4) (to pronounce: In the word `pneumonia', the letter p is not sounded.) pronunciar(-se)

5) (to examine by tapping and listening carefully: She sounded the patient's chest.) auscultar

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- soundless

- sound-track

- sounding

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[saund] n 1 som, o que se pode ouvir. 2 vibrações sonoras. 3 tom, ruído. 4 distância dentro da qual um ruído pode ser ouvido. 5 Phon som, combinação de vogais. 6 barulho. • vt+vi 1 soar, emitir um som ou ruído. 2 fazer soar, tocar. they sounded the alarm / deram sinal de alarme. 3 ser ouvido, retinir, ressoar. 4 auscultar. 5 dirigir pelo som. 6 anunciar. he sounds the retreat / ele dá sinal para a retirada. 7 parecer. that sounds fine / isto soa bem. you sound disappointed / você parece desapontado. to sound off expressar-se pública e ofensivamente. to stay within sound ficar dentro do alcance do ouvido.

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[saund] n 1 estreito, canal, braço de mar. 2 Ichth bexiga natatória.

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[saund] n Med sonda. • vt+vi 1 sondar, medir a profundidade. 2 examinar, testar (trazendo uma amostra da profundidade). 3 inquirir, investigar, examinar. 4 mergulhar, afundar. 5 Med auscultar. to sound out sondar, investigar, inquirir cautelosamente.

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[saund] adj 1 sem defeito, inteiro, intato, ileso, bom, perfeito. 2 são, sadio. 3 forte, seguro, confiável. 4 sólido. 5 correto, acertado, razoável, sensato. 6 legal, leal, honrado, idôneo. 7 profundo (sono), eficiente. • adv profundamente. to be safe and sound estar são e salvo. to be sound as a bell (roach, trout) ser completamente sadio. to have a sound mind in a sound body ter mente sã num corpo são. to have a sound knowledge ter um conhecimento sólido.

1) (strong or in good condition: The foundations of the house are not very sound; He's 87, but he's still sound in mind and body.) forte

2) ((of sleep) deep: She's a very sound sleeper.) pesado, profundo

3) (full; thorough: a sound basic training.) sólido

4) (accurate; free from mistakes: a sound piece of work.) sólido

5) (having or showing good judgement or good sense: His advice is always very sound.) consistente

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- soundly

1) (the impressions transmitted to the brain by the sense of hearing: a barrage of sound; ( also adjective) sound waves.) som

2) (something that is, or can be, heard: The sounds were coming from the garage.) som, barulho

3) (the impression created in the mind by a piece of news, a description etc: I didn't like the sound of her hairstyle at all!) efeito

1) (to (cause something to) make a sound: Sound the bell!; The bell sounded.) soar

2) (to signal (something) by making a sound: Sound the alarm!) tocar

3) ((of something heard or read) to make a particular impression; to seem; to appear: Your singing sounded very good; That sounds like a train.) parecer, soar

4) (to pronounce: In the word `pneumonia', the letter p is not sounded.) pronunciar

5) (to examine by tapping and listening carefully: She sounded the patient's chest.) auscultar

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- soundless

- sound-track

- sounding

1) (to express admiration or approval of; to commend: He praised her singing.) louvar

2) (to glorify (God) by singing hymns etc: Praise the Lord!) louvar

- praiseworthy

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[preiz] n 1 louvor, aplauso, elogio. 2 glorificação, exaltação. • vt+vi 1 louvar, aplaudir, elogiar. he praised him to the sky / ele o elogiou sobejamente. 2 glorificar, exaltar. he praised himself on his practice / ele vangloriou-se da sua experiência. praise be to God! louvado seja Deus! say it in his praise diga-o em seu louvor. they are loud in his praises eles o elogiam sobremaneira.

- singer

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[siŋ] n reunião para cantar em coro. • vt+vi (ps sang, pp sung) 1 cantar. she sings flat / ela canta baixo demais. she sang to a great audience / ela cantou para (diante de) um público numeroso. 2 entoar, louvar com cantos. he sings her praise / ele a elogia muito. 3 gorjear, cantarolar. 4 cantar ou narrar em canções. she sang her child to sleep / ela ninava sua criança. 5 proclamar. 6 zunir, zumbir, assobiar. 7 ter zumbido. 8 sl delatar.

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1) (to express admiration or approval of; to commend: He praised her singing.) elogiar

2) (to glorify (God) by singing hymns etc: Praise the Lord!) louvar

- praiseworthy

- singer

1) (to recite in a singing manner: The monks were chanting their prayers.) entoar

2) (to repeat (a phrase, slogan etc) over and over out loud: The crowd was chanting `We want more!') entoar

1) (a kind of sacred song.) cântico

2) (a phrase or slogan constantly repeated: `Stop the cuts!' was the chant.) cantilena

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[tʃa:nt; tʃænt] n 1 canção, canto. 2 cantochão. 3 cântico, salmo. 4 modo cantado de falar, salmodia. • vt 1 cantar. 2 entoar como um salmo. 3 celebrar cantando, louvar em hinos. 4 salmodiar. 5 falar ou cantar de modo monótono. to chant the praises of elogiar, louvar alguém.

1) (a place of entering, eg an opening, a door etc: the entrance to the tunnel; The church has an impressive entrance.) entrada

2) ((an) act of entering: Hamlet now makes his second entrance.) entrada

3) (the right to enter: He has applied for entrance to university; ( also adjective) an entrance exam.) admissão

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['entr2ns] n 1 entrada, permissão para entrar. no entrance / entrada proibida. 2 ação de entrar. university entrance examination / exame vestibular para ingresso na universidade. 3 porta, abertura, portão. carriage entrance / portão, entrada para veículos. 4 Theat entrada em cena. theatrical entrance / entrada teatral. entrance into office posse em um cargo.

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[intr'a:ns; intr'æns] vt arrebatar, enlevar, extasiar.

1) (to praise too much or insincerely: Flatter him by complimenting him on his singing.) adular

2) (to show, describe etc someone or something as being better than someone etc really is: The photograph flatters him.) favorecer

3) (to be pleased to say about (oneself) (that one can do something): I flatter myself that I can speak French perfectly.) ter peneiras de

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- flatterer

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[fl'ætə] n assentador, alisador.

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[fl'ætə] vt+vi 1 lisonjear, elogiar com excesso, incensar, exaltar, bajular, adular, cortejar. he was flattered / ele sentiu-se lisonjeado. 2 gabar por interesse próprio, persuadir com lisonjas, engabelar, animar, estimular. I flatter myself that / creio que, alimento a esperança ou a ilusão de que. I flatter myself on / posso gabar-me de ou ufanar-me de. 3 causar prazer, agradar a, satisfazer, encantar, deleitar.

1) (to hear and try (cases) in a court of law: Who will be judging this murder case?) julgar

2) (to decide which is the best in a competition etc: Is she going to judge the singing competition again?; Who will be judging the vegetables at the flower show?; Who is judging at the horse show?) julgar

3) (to consider and form an idea of; to estimate: You can't judge a man by his appearance; Watch how a cat judges the distance before it jumps; She couldn't judge whether he was telling the truth.) julgar

4) (to criticize for doing wrong: We have no right to judge him - we might have done the same thing ourselves.) julgar

1) (a public officer who hears and decides cases in a law court: The judge asked if the jury had reached a verdict.) juiz

2) (a person who decides which is the best in a competition etc: The judge's decision is final (= you cannot argue with the judge's decision); He was asked to be on the panel of judges at the beauty contest.) juiz

3) (a person who is skilled at deciding how good etc something is: He says she's honest, and he's a good judge of character; He seems a very fine pianist to me, but I'm no judge.) juiz

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- judgement

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[dʒ∧dʒ] n 1 juiz, árbitro, julgador. 2 Judge Juiz Supremo, Deus. 3 perito, técnico, especialista. he is a good judge of cattle / ele é um perito de gado vacum. • vt+vi 1 julgar, sentenciar. I judge of him from his behaviour / eu o julgo pelo seu comportamento. 2 decidir, concluir, considerar como. 3 avaliar, ajuizar, opinar. he judges the merits of their proposal / ele avalia os méritos de sua proposta. 4 criticar, condenar, censurar. 5 expor, considerar, pensar. as far as I can judge segundo meu modo de pensar. as God is my judge! assim Deus me salve!

1) (shaped like a circle or globe: a round hole; a round stone; This plate isn't quite round.) redondo

2) (rather fat; plump: a round face.) redondo

1) (in the opposite direction: He turned round.) para cá/lá

2) (in a circle: They all stood round and listened; A wheel goes round; All (the) year round.) em círculo

3) (from one person to another: They passed the letter round; The news went round.) de pessoa em pessoa

4) (from place to place: We drove round for a while.) por aí

5) (in circumference: The tree measured two metres round.) de circunferência

6) (to a particular place, usually a person's home: Are you coming round (to our house) tonight?) cá/lá

1) (on all sides of: There was a wall round the garden; He looked round the room.) em volta

2) (passing all sides of (and returning to the starting-place): They ran round the tree.) à volta de

3) (changing direction at: He came round the corner.) por

4) (in or to all parts of: The news spread all round the town.) por toda (a cidade)

1) (a complete circuit: a round of drinks (= one for everyone present); a round of golf.) rodada

2) (a regular journey one takes to do one's work: a postman's round.) giro

3) (a burst of cheering, shooting etc: They gave him a round of applause; The soldier fired several rounds.) salva

4) (a single bullet, shell etc: five hundred rounds of ammunition.) cartucho

5) (a stage in a competition etc: The winners of the first round will go through to the next.) volta

6) (a type of song sung by several singers singing the same tune starting in succession.) canção

- rounded

- round figures/numbers

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[raund] n 1 qualquer coisa em forma de bola, círculo, cilindro. 2 círculo, circunferência, esfera, abóbada, volta, curva, argola, orbe, anel. 3 redondeza. 4 órbita. 5 ronda, rotação, circuito, curso, rota. he made his rounds, he went his rounds / ele fez a ronda. 6 sucessão, série, ciclo, rotina. 7 rodada (de bebidas ou em competições ou jogos). 8 Mil salva, descarga, tiro, disparo. 9 a respectiva munição. 10 aplauso, salva de. 11 dança de roda. 12 Mus canção em forma de cânone. 13 escultura não em relevo. 14 carne de coxão. 15 fatia (em forma circular), rodela. 16 degrau de escada. 17 grupo, roda (de políticos). 18 Box assalto, round. • vt+vi 1 arredondar(-se), curvar, bolear, dobrar. 2 contornar, voltear, rodear, circundar, rondar. 3 circunavegar. 4 virar, volver. 5 tornar fluente, corrente (o estilo). 6 cercar, envolver (inimigo). 7 completar, terminar, acabar. 8 Phon labializar. 9 arredondar (números). • adj 1 redondo, circular, cilíndrico, rotundo, curvo, arredondado, esférico, orbicular, globular, boleado. 2 cheio, corpulento, rechonchudo. 3 amplo, grande, considerável, vultosa (importância). 4 claro, franco, positivo, categórico, sincero. 5 sonoro, agradável, harmonioso. 6 Phon labial, labializado. 7 completo. 8 arredondado, não fracionado. 9 rápido, ativo, bom. 10 corrente, fluente (estilo). 11 ininterrupto, contínuo. • adv 1 circularmente, em círculo, contornando. 2 de ou por todos os lados, em todas as direções, por toda parte. 3 em volta, em redor, em torno, na redondeza, perto, nas proximidades. 4 de circunferência. 5 de passagem por. 6 para a casa (de alguém). 7 de volta (viagem). 8 de porta em porta, de mão em mão. 9 completamente, do princípio ao fim, de cabo a rabo. • prep 1 em volta, por toda parte. 2 à volta de, em torno de. 3 na vizinhança de, perto de. 4 mais ou menos, em torno de. 5 durante todo, por todo. all the year round durante o ano todo. a long way round desvio, caminho mais longo que outro para o mesmo destino. a round hand boa caligrafia. a round oath uma forte imprecação. a round of drinks uma rodada de bebida. a round peg in a square hole no lugar errado, deslocado. at a round pace em passo acelerado. he will look round one of these days ele nos visitará nos próximos dias. in round figures aproximadamente, em números redondos. in the round a) Sculp em redondo, que pode ser visto por todos os lados. b) globalmente, com tudo considerado. c) Theat com a platéia em volta do palco. round about a) em volta de. b) indiretamente. c) aproximadamente. round game jogo, folguedo em que diversas pessoas podem participar (como jogo de prendas). round me em volta de mim. round of applause salva de palmas. round shot a) bola de canhão. b) tiro curto. round-the-clock que dura vinte e quatro horas. round the corner virando a esquina. the daily round a rotina, as obrigações diárias. the rumour went the round of the town o boato circulou pela cidade. the tour round the world a viagem ao redor do mundo. they got him round persuadiram-no, convenceram-no. this earthy round este mundo todo. to ask him round pedir-lhe que venha aqui. to bring round a) trazer para. b) fazer voltar a si. c) convencer, persuadir. to come round a) voltar a si, recuperar-se. b) visitar. c) mudar de opinião, ceder. to go/ make the rounds circular, patrulhar. to go round to procurar (alguém), visitar. to look round oneself olhar em redor de si. to round off a) arredondar(-se). b) completar ou concluir satisfatoriamente. to round on volver contra, atacar, denunciar. to round out preencher. to round to Naut vir a vento. to round up a) arrebanhar, ajuntar, reunir (gado). b) Mil cercar, envolver. c) capturar (criminosos). d) arredondar (números). to show him round the city mostrar-lhe a cidade. to turn round a) virar(-se). b) voltar. c) mudar de idéia ou opinião. twenty rounds of cartriges Mil vinte cartuchos para cada homem.

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[raund] vt cochichar, segredar, sussurrar.

1) (to draw liquid etc into the mouth: As soon as they are born, young animals learn to suck (milk from their mothers); She sucked up the lemonade through a straw.) sugar

2) (to hold something between the lips or inside the mouth, as though drawing liquid from it: I told him to take the sweet out of his mouth, but he just went on sucking; He sucked the end of his pencil.) chupar

3) (to pull or draw in a particular direction with a sucking or similar action: The vacuum cleaner sucked up all the dirt from the carpet; A plant sucks up moisture from the soil.) chupar

4) ((American) (slang) to be awful, boring, disgusting etc: Her singing sucks; This job sucks.)

- sucker

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[s∧k] n 1 chupada, sucção. 2 som de sucção, força de sucção. • vt+vi 1 sugar, aspirar com a boca, sorver. 2 chupar. 3 mamar. 4 absorver. 5 tragar, puxar. 6 embeber. something sucks coll é muito mal, é muito ruim. to give suck to someone amamentar. she gave suck to her child / ela amamentou o seu fllho. to suck around sl bajular, puxar o saco. to suck face beijar. to suck off vulg praticar felação, chupar. to suck one’s thumb chupar o dedo. to suck someone into something fazer com que alguém se envolva com alguma coisa, atividade. to suck the blood of someone chupar o sangue de alguém, explorar alguém. to suck the brains of someone roubar as idéias de alguém. to suck up absorver, embeber, aspirar. to suck up to coll bajular, adular, puxar o saco.

1) (the sounds from the mouth made in speaking or singing: He has a very deep voice; He spoke in a quiet/loud/angry/kind voice.) voz

2) (the voice regarded as the means of expressing opinion: The voice of the people should not be ignored; the voice of reason/conscience.) voz

1) (to express (feelings etc): He voiced the discontent of the whole group.) dar voz

2) (to produce the sound of (especially a consonant) with a vibration of the vocal cords as well as with the breath: `Th' should be voiced in `this' but not in `think'.) soar

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[vɔis] n 1 voz (também Gram, Mus). he is not in good voice / ele não está com boa voz. he is in splendid voice / ele está com excelente voz. 2 som, tom. 3 língua, linguagem. 4 fig voz interior. 5 opinião, parecer. 6 fig porta-voz, intérprete. 7 habilidade para cantar. 8 cantor. 9 expressão ou expansão. 10 voz ativa, autoridade. 11 sonoridade. • vt 1 dizer, exprimir. 2 opinar, dar opinião. 3 formular. 4 pronunciar sonoramente. 5 declarar, proclamar, expressar, anunciar. 6 Phon vocalizar. 7 afinar (órgão). active voice Gram voz ativa. in a low voice em voz baixa. passive voice Gram voz passiva. to give one’s voice for dar o seu voto a. to give voice to feelings expressar sentimentos. to lift up one’s voice levantar a voz, gritar. with one voice unanimemente, de uma só voz.

1) (to recite in a singing manner: The monks were chanting their prayers.) entoar

2) (to repeat (a phrase, slogan etc) over and over out loud: The crowd was chanting `We want more!') entoar

1) (a kind of sacred song.) cântico

2) (a phrase or slogan constantly repeated: `Stop the cuts!' was the chant.) cantilena

1) (a place of entering, eg an opening, a door etc: the entrance to the tunnel; The church has an impressive entrance.) entrada

2) ((an) act of entering: Hamlet now makes his second entrance.) entrada

3) (the right to enter: He has applied for entrance to university; ( also adjective) an entrance exam.) admissão, de admissão

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- entrant

1) (to praise too much or insincerely: Flatter him by complimenting him on his singing.) adular

2) (to show, describe etc someone or something as being better than someone etc really is: The photograph flatters him.) incensar

3) (to be pleased to say about (oneself) (that one can do something): I flatter myself that I can speak French perfectly.) gabar(-se)

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- flatterer

1) (to hear and try (cases) in a court of law: Who will be judging this murder case?) julgar

2) (to decide which is the best in a competition etc: Is she going to judge the singing competition again?; Who will be judging the vegetables at the flower show?; Who is judging at the horse show?) arbitrar

3) (to consider and form an idea of; to estimate: You can't judge a man by his appearance; Watch how a cat judges the distance before it jumps; She couldn't judge whether he was telling the truth.) julgar

4) (to criticize for doing wrong: We have no right to judge him - we might have done the same thing ourselves.) julgar

1) (a public officer who hears and decides cases in a law court: The judge asked if the jury had reached a verdict.) juiz

2) (a person who decides which is the best in a competition etc: The judge's decision is final (= you cannot argue with the judge's decision); He was asked to be on the panel of judges at the beauty contest.) árbitro

3) (a person who is skilled at deciding how good etc something is: He says she's honest, and he's a good judge of character; He seems a very fine pianist to me, but I'm no judge.) perito

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- judgement

1) (shaped like a circle or globe: a round hole; a round stone; This plate isn't quite round.) redondo

2) (rather fat; plump: a round face.) redondo

1) (in the opposite direction: He turned round.) em sentido oposto

2) (in a circle: They all stood round and listened; A wheel goes round; All (the) year round.) em círculo

3) (from one person to another: They passed the letter round; The news went round.) de pessoa em pessoa

4) (from place to place: We drove round for a while.) de lugar em lugar

5) (in circumference: The tree measured two metres round.) de circunferência

6) (to a particular place, usually a person's home: Are you coming round (to our house) tonight?) em visita

1) (on all sides of: There was a wall round the garden; He looked round the room.) em volta de

2) (passing all sides of (and returning to the starting-place): They ran round the tree.) em torno de

3) (changing direction at: He came round the corner.) na virada de

4) (in or to all parts of: The news spread all round the town.) por

1) (a complete circuit: a round of drinks (= one for everyone present); a round of golf.) rodada

2) (a regular journey one takes to do one's work: a postman's round.) ronda

3) (a burst of cheering, shooting etc: They gave him a round of applause; The soldier fired several rounds.) salva

4) (a single bullet, shell etc: five hundred rounds of ammunition.) cartucho

5) (a stage in a competition etc: The winners of the first round will go through to the next.) rodada, assalto

6) (a type of song sung by several singers singing the same tune starting in succession.) cânone

- rounded

- round figures/numbers

1) (to draw liquid etc into the mouth: As soon as they are born, young animals learn to suck (milk from their mothers); She sucked up the lemonade through a straw.) sugar

2) (to hold something between the lips or inside the mouth, as though drawing liquid from it: I told him to take the sweet out of his mouth, but he just went on sucking; He sucked the end of his pencil.) chupar

3) (to pull or draw in a particular direction with a sucking or similar action: The vacuum cleaner sucked up all the dirt from the carpet; A plant sucks up moisture from the soil.) sugar

4) ((American) (slang) to be awful, boring, disgusting etc: Her singing sucks; This job sucks.)

- sucker

1) (the sounds from the mouth made in speaking or singing: He has a very deep voice; He spoke in a quiet/loud/angry/kind voice.) voz

2) (the voice regarded as the means of expressing opinion: The voice of the people should not be ignored; the voice of reason/conscience.) voz

1) (to express (feelings etc): He voiced the discontent of the whole group.) exprimir

2) (to produce the sound of (especially a consonant) with a vibration of the vocal cords as well as with the breath: `Th' should be voiced in `this' but not in `think'.) sonorizar

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- voiced