amuse

1) (to make (someone) laugh: I was amused at the monkey's antics.) divertir

2) (to interest or give pleasure to (for a time): They amused themselves playing cards.) entreter-se

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- amusement

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[əmj'u:z] vt+vi 1 divertir, deleitar, fazer rir. you amuse me / você me faz rir. he is not easy to amuse / não é fácil diverti-lo. 2 entreter, distrair, recrear. he amused himself with reading / ele se entreteve com a leitura.

1) (to make (someone) laugh: I was amused at the monkey's antics.) divertir

2) (to interest or give pleasure to (for a time): They amused themselves playing cards.) divertir(-se)

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- amusement

1) (to occupy (time) pleasantly: He beguiled the time with gardening.) passar

2) (to charm or amuse (a person): She beguiled the children with stories.) entreter

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- beguiling

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[big'ail] vt 1 seduzir, encantar. 2 divertir, passar o tempo. he beguiled the time by reading / ele passou o tempo lendo. 3 iludir, enganar.

1) (to cause to turn aside or change direction: Traffic had to be diverted because of the accident.) desviar

2) (to amuse or entertain.) divertir

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[daiv'ə:t; div'ə:t] vt 1 divertir, distrair, desviar, fazer mudar de fim, de objeto, afastar(-se). 2 distrair(-se), recrear(-se), divertir(-se), entreter, folgar. 3 Mil promover uma diversão. 4 desviar-se, fazer uma digressão.

1) (to receive, and give food etc to (guests): They entertained us to dinner.) receber

2) (to amuse: His stories entertained us for hours.) divertir

3) (to hold in the mind: He entertained the hope that he would one day be Prime Minister.) nutrir

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- entertainer

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[ent2t'ein] vt+vi 1 entreter, divertir, distrair. 2 receber visita, hospedar, acolher. 3 oferecer festas, celebrar, regalar. she entertained at dinner / ela fez as honras no jantar. they entertain a great deal / eles dão muitas festas, eles recebem muitos amigos. 4 tomar em consideração, cogitar, nutrir (idéias, planos). I entertained doubts as to / tinha dúvidas a respeito de. I cannot entertain the idea / não posso admitir a idéia. 5 manter correspondência. we have entertained correspondence for years / nós mantivemos correspondência durante anos.

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[gæd] n talhadeira, ponteiro.

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[gæd] n vagueação, o andar à toa. • vi vaguear, perambular. to be on the gad, to gad about andar à toa, passear.

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[gæd] interj exclamação de surpresa: meu Deus!

1) (the ability to amuse people; quickness to spot a joke: He has a great sense of humour.) humor

2) (the quality of being amusing: the humour of the situation.) cómico

- humorist

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[hj'u:mə] n Brit 1 humor, veia cômica, graça. 2 temperamento, gênio. 3 capricho. 4 brincadeira. 5 Physiol humor: líquido orgânico. • vt condescender, ceder a, adaptar-se a. good humour bom humor. ill humour mau humor. I must humour him preciso animá-lo, preciso fazer-lhe a vontade. in the humour for disposto a. out of humour indisposto, de mau humor.

1) (to fascinate, arouse the curiosity of or amuse: The book intrigued me.) intrigar

2) (to plot or scheme.) fazer intrigas

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- intriguing

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[intr'i:g] n 1 intriga, cilada, plano secreto. 2 amor secreto. • vt+vi 1 intrigar, conspirar, enredar. 2 excitar a curiosidade. 3 ter amores secretos.

noun (in former times, a man employed in the courts of kings, nobles etc to amuse them with jokes etc.) bobo

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[dʒ'estə] n 1 gracejador. 2 bufão, palhaço, bobo da corte.

1) (to amuse oneself: The child is playing in the garden; He is playing with his toys; The little girl wants to play with her friends.) brincar

2) (to take part in (games etc): He plays football; He is playing in goal; Here's a pack of cards - who wants to play (with me)?; I'm playing golf with him this evening.) jogar

3) (to act in a play etc; to act (a character): She's playing Lady Macbeth; The company is playing in London this week.) representar

4) ((of a play etc) to be performed: `Oklahoma' is playing at the local theatre.) ser representado

5) (to (be able to) perform on (a musical instrument): She plays the piano; Who was playing the piano this morning?; He plays (the oboe) in an orchestra.) tocar

6) ((usually with on) to carry out or do (a trick): He played a trick on me.) pregar (partidas)

7) ((usually with at) to compete against (someone) in a game etc: I'll play you at tennis.) jogar com

8) ((of light) to pass with a flickering movement: The firelight played across the ceiling.) saltar

9) (to direct (over or towards something): The firemen played their hoses over the burning house.) dirigir

10) (to put down or produce (a playing-card) as part of a card game: He played the seven of hearts.) jogar

1) (recreation; amusement: A person must have time for both work and play.) divertimento

2) (an acted story; a drama: Shakespeare wrote many great plays.) peça

3) (the playing of a game: At the start of today's play, England was leading India by fifteen runs.) jogo

4) (freedom of movement (eg in part of a machine).) folga

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- player

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[plei] n 1 jogo, partida, disputa. 2 divertimento, brincadeira. 3 folguedo, passatempo. 4 peça teatral ou cinematográfica. a play of Shaw (ou by Shaw) / uma peça de Shaw. 5 Mus execução, interpretação. 6 gracejo. 7 jogatina, modo de jogar. 8 Mech jogo, folga. 9 lance, jogada. 10 atividade, ação, movimento. • vt+vi 1 jogar, disputar. 2 brincar, folgar, divertir-se. 3 tocar (instrumentos musicais), executar. 4 agir, proceder. 5 vibrar, oscilar, tremular. 6 representar, desempenhar. 7 Mech jogar, ter folga. 8 pôr em movimento, movimentar, acionar. 9 bancar, fingir. 10 apostar. 11 imitar. at play em jogo. at the play no teatro. in full play em plena atividade. play in the gear folga no jogo da engrenagem. play of colours jogo de cores. said in play dito por brincadeira. they are played out eles estão esgotados. they play a losing game eles procedem sem chance de sucesso. they played the devil with him eles o maltratavam. to bring into play movimentar, acionar. to give free play to one’s abilities proporcionar ambiente em que alguém possa desenvolver livremente as suas aptidões. to hold in play manter alguém ocupado. to make a play for 1 tentar obter. 2 tentar seduzir. to play about comportar-se sem responsabilidade. to play along cooperar ou concordar com alguém. to play a part 1 ajudar alguém a fazer algo. 2 representar um papel. to play around coll namorar, flertar. to play at 1 participar (de um jogo). 2 brincar com. 3 fazer de conta. to play a trick on pregar uma peça em. to play ball coll cooperar. to play down depreciar, negligenciar. to play fair agir corretamente. to play false enganar, trair. to play first violin ter papel preponderante. to play foul proceder incorretamente. to play horse with coll 1 fazer gato e sapato de. 2 desarrumar, lançar em desordem. to play house brincar de casinha. to play into a person’s hands favorecer alguém. to play off 1 fazer, agir, praticar. 2 dar espetáculo, fazer cenas. 3 fingir. 4 concluir um jogo. to play on (ou upon) tocar de leve, roçar. to play on (ou upon) words fazer trocadilhos. to play out 1 acabar, terminar. 2 fatigar, cansar, exaurir. 3 perder a eficácia. to play politics intrigar, maquinar, tramar. to play safe agir com cautela. to play the field espalhar esforço, interesses, afeições em muitas coisas ao mesmo tempo. to play the fool bancar o bobo. to play the game observar as regras do jogo, agir corretamente. to play the gentleman bancar o cavalheiro. to play the market jogar na bolsa, especular. to play up 1 começar a música. 2 redobrar os esforços. 3 mostrar-se firme e forte perante uma crise ou emergência. 4 destacar, salientar, dar ênfase. 5 enganar, trapacear. 6 provocar. 7 comportar-se de forma a não cooperar. 8 dar problemas, doer. to play up to sl 1 contracenar. 2 apoiar. 3 adular, bajular. to play with 1 brincar com. 2 jogar contra. 3 fazer pouco de. 4 masturbar. to play with fire brincar com fogo.

1) (a short poem: a book of rhymes for children.) poema

2) (a word which is like another in its final sound(s): `Beef' and `leaf' are rhymes.) rima

3) (verse or poetry using such words at the ends of the lines: To amuse his colleagues he wrote his report in rhyme.) rima

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[raim] n rima, verso, poesia. • vt 1 rimar, fazer versos, versificar, versejar. 2 fig estar de acordo, harmonizar. eye-rhyme rima imperfeita. head-rhyme aliteração. internal rhyme rima interna. nursery rhyme canção de criança, canção de ninar. rich-rhyme rima rica. without rhyme or reason sem pé nem cabeça.

1) (to touch (sensitive parts of someone's skin) lightly, often making the person laugh: He tickled me / my feet with a feather.) fazer cócegas

2) ((of a part of the body) to feel as if it is being touched in this way: My nose tickles.) fazer comichão

3) (to amuse: The funny story tickled him.) divertir

1) (an act or feeling of tickling.) comichão

2) (a feeling of irritation in the throat (making one cough).) comichão

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[t'ikəl] n titilação, cócega, coceira. • vt+vi 1 fazer cócegas. 2 coçar, causar coceira. 3 divertir, excitar de modo agradável. to be greatly tickled by the story divertir-se muito com a história. to be tickled to death morrer de rir.

1) (something which is done, said etc in order to cheat or deceive someone, and sometimes to frighten them or make them appear stupid: The message was just a trick to get her to leave the room.)

2) (a clever or skilful action (to amuse etc): The magician performed some clever tricks.)

- trickery

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[trik] n 1 engano, embuste, fraude, trapaça. none of your tricks with me / não tente lograr-me. 2 truque, malícia. 3 habilidade, artifício. he has a trick of finding / ele tem a habilidade de achar. 4 tramóia, peça, ardil. he did the trick / ele arrumou o negócio. he played me a dirty trick, he played a dirty trick upon me / ele me pregou uma peça. 5 travessura. 6 hábito, costume. she has tricks that remind me of him / ela tem costumes que me fazem lembrar, dele. 7 todas as cartas jogadas numa rodada. 8 tricks pl subterfúgios, artimanhas. she was up to his tricks / ela percebeu suas artimanhas. • vt+vi 1 enganar, lograr, iludir, pregar uma peça. 2 fazer mágica ou truques. 3 ornar, enfeitar. • adj mágico, relativo ao truque. by a trick of the eye por uma ilusão de óptica. to get/ learn the trick aprender o jeito, o truque. to trick into doing persuadir ou levar a fazer. to trick out, to trick up enfeitar. to trick out of desviar a atenção de, enganar, distrair. to trick with brincar, gracejar com. trick for trick na mesma moeda. tricks of law escapatórias da lei. tricks of memory ciladas da memória.

1) (to occupy (time) pleasantly: He beguiled the time with gardening.) entreter

2) (to charm or amuse (a person): She beguiled the children with stories.) distrair

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- beguiling

1) (to cause to turn aside or change direction: Traffic had to be diverted because of the accident.) desviar

2) (to amuse or entertain.) divertir

1) (to receive, and give food etc to (guests): They entertained us to dinner.) receber

2) (to amuse: His stories entertained us for hours.) entreter

3) (to hold in the mind: He entertained the hope that he would one day be Prime Minister.) acalentar

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- entertainer

1) (the ability to amuse people; quickness to spot a joke: He has a great sense of humour.) humor

2) (the quality of being amusing: the humour of the situation.) cômico

- humorist