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to duck out of

  • 1 to duck out of

    to duck out of
    esquivar-se de (responsabilidades). to make duck of, to play duck with dissipar, esbanjar, malbaratar, desperdiçar.

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  • 2 duck

    I verb
    1) (to push briefly under water: They splashed about, ducking each other in the pool.) mergulhar
    2) (to lower the head suddenly as if to avoid a blow: He ducked as the ball came at him.) abaixar-se
    II plurals - ducks, duck; noun
    1) (a kind of wild or domesticated water-bird with short legs and a broad flat beak.) pato
    2) (a female duck. See also drake.) pata
    3) (in cricket, a score of nil by a batsman: He was out for a duck.) jogada de críquete/zero
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    duck1
    [d∧k] n 1 pato, pata. 2 Brit coll querido, amor, termo de carinho. 3 Cricket contagem de zero. 4 Amer coll colega, camarada. a dead duck uma questão ultrapassada. a sitting duck um alvo fácil, pessoa ou coisa sem defesa ou proteção. lame duck 1 pessoa, organização fraca ou incapaz. 2 Amer membro do Congresso prestes a se aposentar por não ter sido reeleito. 3 delinqüente, infrator. 4 falido. like water off a ducks back sem efeito algum. to make a duck fazer zero ponto (no críquete). to take to something like duck to water aprender ou habituar-se facilmente a alguma coisa. wild duck pato selvagem.
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    duck2
    [d∧k] n 1 mergulho. 2 súbita inclinação da cabeça ou do corpo, desvio da cabeça ou do corpo para não ser atingido ou visto. 3 reverência. • vt+vi 1 mergulhar, meter debaixo da água, retirar rapidamente. 2 abaixar, inclinar, desviar rapidamente a cabeca ou o corpo, esquivar-se, evitar. 3 fazer profunda reverência. 4 tirar o corpo fora, evadir-se. to duck out of esquivar-se de (responsabilidades). to make duck of, to play duck with dissipar, esbanjar, malbaratar, desperdiçar.
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    duck3
    [d∧k] n 1 pano grosso de linho ou de algodão de que se fazem velas, toldos, tendas, etc. 2 pl calças feitas do mesmo tecido.

    English-Portuguese dictionary > duck

  • 3 duck

    I verb
    1) (to push briefly under water: They splashed about, ducking each other in the pool.) dar caldo
    2) (to lower the head suddenly as if to avoid a blow: He ducked as the ball came at him.) esquivar-se
    II plurals - ducks, duck; noun
    1) (a kind of wild or domesticated water-bird with short legs and a broad flat beak.) pato
    2) (a female duck. See also drake.) pata
    3) (in cricket, a score of nil by a batsman: He was out for a duck.) duck
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    English-Portuguese (Brazil) dictionary > duck

  • 4 issue

    ['iʃu:] 1. verb
    1) (to give or send out, or to distribute, especially officially: The police issued a description of the criminal; Rifles were issued to the troops.) distribuir
    2) (to flow or come out (from something): A strange noise issued from the room.) sair
    2. noun
    1) (the act of issuing or process of being issued: Stamp collectors like to buy new stamps on the day of issue.) distribuição
    2) (one number in the series of a newspaper, magazine etc: Have you seen the latest issue of that magazine?) número
    3) (a subject for discussion and argument: The question of pay is not an important issue at the moment.) assunto
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    is.sue
    ['iʃu:] n 1 emissão, edição, tiragem. 2 despacho, ordem, remessa. 3 saída, descarga, Med perda (de sangue), fluxo. 4 lugar de saída, desembocadura. 5 resultado, fim. 6 problema, ponto de debate, discussão, assunto de controvérsia. the question raises the whole issue / a pergunta atinge todos os fatos. 7 herdeiros, descendentes. 8 busílis, Jur questão. 9 Mil distribuição. • vt+vi 1 emitir, pôr em circulação. 2 sair, escapar, escoar, brotar. 3 publicar, editar. 4 emergir. 5 resultar (in em, from de), terminar. 6 descender (de), provir. 7 provindenciar, suprir. a back issue um número atrasado. a big issue um problema crucial. at issue debatido, em questão. the matter lies at issue / a questão está em debate. bank of issue banco central ou emissor. the coming, next issue o próximo número. the whole issue coll o negócio todo. to cloud / confuse the issue confundir o assunto. to evade / duck the issue fugir da questão. to force an issue forçar uma decisão. to issue a magazine publicar uma revista. to issue forth sair publicado. to issue from resultar de. to join issue with someone discutir a opinião de alguém. to make an issue of something fazer um estardalhaço com algo. to take issue discordar.

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  • 5 sit

    [sit]
    present participle - sitting; verb
    1) (to (cause to) rest on the buttocks; to (cause to) be seated: He likes sitting on the floor; They sat me in the chair and started asking questions.) sentar
    2) (to lie or rest; to have a certain position: The parcel is sitting on the table.) encontrar-se
    3) ((with on) to be an official member of (a board, committee etc): He sat on several committees.) pertencer
    4) ((of birds) to perch: An owl was sitting in the tree by the window.) empoleirar-se
    5) (to undergo (an examination).) fazer
    6) (to take up a position, or act as a model, in order to have one's picture painted or one's photograph taken: She is sitting for a portrait/photograph.) posar
    7) ((of a committee, parliament etc) to be in session: Parliament sits from now until Christmas.) reunir
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    - sitting
    - sit-in
    - sitting-room
    - sitting target
    - sitting duck
    - sit back
    - sit down
    - sit out
    - sit tight
    - sit up
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    [sit] vt+vi (ps+ pp sat) 1 sentar, sentar-se. 2 fazer sentar, acomodar. 3 sentar sobre, estar sentado, estar montado. 4 estar colocado, estar em posição fixa. 5 ocupar cargo, ter assento ou cadeira (em assembléia), ser membro de. 6 reunir-se em sessão. 7 posar. 8 descansar, pousar, repousar. 9 chocar. 10 servir, adaptar-se, assentar (roupa). 11 sl cuidar. to sit about/ to sit around Brit não fazer nada de util, Braz ficar à toa. to sit back a) reclinar-se. b) coll não se envolver. to sit by permitir que algo ilegal ou errado aconteça. to sit down a) sentar-se. she sat down at our table / ela sentou-se conosco, à nossa mesa. b) sentar-se para fazer alguma coisa. the ecologists sat down to discuss the pollution of the rivers / os ecologistas se reuniram para discutir a poluição dos rios. c) Aeron aterrissar. to sit in on assistir para observar, mas sem participar. the director sat in on the trainee’s class / o diretor observou a aula do estagiário. to sit on demorar, atrasar. to sit out esperar pacientemente pelo final. to sit through esperar pelo final embora não esteja gostando. to sit up a) sentar-se eretamente. b) ficar acordado durante a noite.

    English-Portuguese dictionary > sit

  • 6 sit

    [sit]
    present participle - sitting; verb
    1) (to (cause to) rest on the buttocks; to (cause to) be seated: He likes sitting on the floor; They sat me in the chair and started asking questions.) sentar(-se)
    2) (to lie or rest; to have a certain position: The parcel is sitting on the table.) pousar
    3) ((with on) to be an official member of (a board, committee etc): He sat on several committees.) ser membro de
    4) ((of birds) to perch: An owl was sitting in the tree by the window.) pousar
    5) (to undergo (an examination).) comparecer a
    6) (to take up a position, or act as a model, in order to have one's picture painted or one's photograph taken: She is sitting for a portrait/photograph.) posar
    7) ((of a committee, parliament etc) to be in session: Parliament sits from now until Christmas.) reunir-se
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    - sitting - sit-in - sitting-room - sitting target - sitting duck - sit back - sit down - sit out - sit tight - sit up

    English-Portuguese (Brazil) dictionary > sit

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