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1 half-sister
nouns (a brother or sister by one parent only: My father has been married twice, and I have two half-brothers.) meio-irmão* * *half-sis.ter[h'a:f sistə] n meia-irmã. -
2 half-sister
nouns (a brother or sister by one parent only: My father has been married twice, and I have two half-brothers.) meia-irmã, meio-irmão -
3 half
1. plural - halves; noun1) (one of two equal parts of anything: He tried to stick the two halves together again; half a kilo of sugar; a kilo and a half of sugar; one and a half kilos of sugar.) metade2) (one of two equal parts of a game (eg in football, hockey) usually with a break between them: The Rangers scored three goals in the first half.) tempo2. adjective1) (being (equal to) one of two equal parts (of something): a half bottle of wine.) meio2) (being made up of two things in equal parts: A centaur is a mythical creature, half man and half horse.) metade3) (not full or complete: a half smile.) meio3. adverb1) (to the extent of one half: This cup is only half full; It's half empty.) meio2) (almost; partly: I'm half hoping he won't come; half dead from hunger.) quase•- half-- halve
- half-and-half
- half-back
- half-brother
- half-sister
- half-caste
- half-hearted
- half-heartedly
- half-heartedness
- half-holiday
- half-hourly
- half-term
- half-time
- half-way
- half-wit
- half-witted
- half-yearly
- at half mast
- by half
- do things by halves
- go halves with
- half past three
- four
- seven
- in half
- not half* * *[ha:f; hæf] n (pl halves) 1 metade, meio. 2 semestre. 3 Sport tempo, parte. the first half is over / o primeiro tempo terminou. • adj 1 meio. 2 bastante, quase. 3 incompleto, parcial. • adv 1 meio, em parte, parcialmente. 2 consideravelmente. half a dozen meia dúzia. half an hour meia hora. half as broad again vez e meia de largura. half past four quatro e meia. he does things by halves ele faz as coisas pela metade. I liked it half and half gostei mais ou menos. let us go by halves vamos fazer o negócio meio a meio. my better half minha esposa, meu marido. too clever by half astuto, manhoso. -
4 half
1. plural - halves; noun1) (one of two equal parts of anything: He tried to stick the two halves together again; half a kilo of sugar; a kilo and a half of sugar; one and a half kilos of sugar.) metade, meio2) (one of two equal parts of a game (eg in football, hockey) usually with a break between them: The Rangers scored three goals in the first half.) primeiro/segundo tempo2. adjective1) (being (equal to) one of two equal parts (of something): a half bottle of wine.) meio2) (being made up of two things in equal parts: A centaur is a mythical creature, half man and half horse.) meio3) (not full or complete: a half smile.) meio3. adverb1) (to the extent of one half: This cup is only half full; It's half empty.) meio2) (almost; partly: I'm half hoping he won't come; half dead from hunger.) meio•- half-- halve - half-and-half - half-back - half-brother - half-sister - half-caste - half-hearted - half-heartedly - half-heartedness - half-holiday - half-hourly - half-term - half-time - half-way - half-wit - half-witted - half-yearly - at half mast - by half - do things by halves - go halves with - half past three - four - seven - in half - not half -
5 half-brother
nouns (a brother or sister by one parent only: My father has been married twice, and I have two half-brothers.) meio-irmão* * *half-broth.er[h'a:f br∧ðə] n meio-irmão.————————half-brothermeio-irmão. -
6 half-brother
nouns (a brother or sister by one parent only: My father has been married twice, and I have two half-brothers.) meia-irmã, meio-irmão
См. также в других словарях:
Half-sister — Half sis ter ( s[i^]s t[ e]r), n. A sister by one parent only. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
half-sister — half .sister n a sister who is the daughter of only one of your parents →↑half brother … Dictionary of contemporary English
half sister — half ,sister noun count a sister who has either the same mother or the same father as you … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
half sister — n. a sister through one parent only … English World dictionary
half-sister — half sisters N COUNT: oft poss N Someone s half sister is a girl or woman who has either the same mother or the same father as they have … English dictionary
half sister — noun a sister who has only one parent in common with you (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑half sister, ↑stepsister • Hypernyms: ↑sister, ↑sis * * * noun Etymology … Useful english dictionary
half sister — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms half sister : singular half sister plural half sisters a sister who has either the same mother or the same father as you … English dictionary
half sister — noun a) The daughter of ones mother who has a different father, maternal half sister, uterine sister b) The daughter of ones father who has a different mother, paternal half sister … Wiktionary
half-sister — noun a sister who has only one parent in common with you • Syn: ↑half sister, ↑stepsister • Hypernyms: ↑sister, ↑sis … Useful english dictionary
half-sister — noun Alternative spelling of half sister … Wiktionary
half-sister — Half brothers or sisters share only one parent. The relationship is rarely alluded to vocatively, but a young man in Absolute Beginners, by Colin MacInnes, makes use of ‘half brother’, to his step brother as it happens. The latter relationship … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address