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corrida armamentistaEnglish-Portuguese dictionary of military terminology > arms race
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3 arms
1) (weapons: Does the police force carry arms?) armas2) (a design etc which is used as the symbol of the town, family etc (see also coat of arms).) armas* * *[a:mz] n pl 1 armas, instrumentos de defesa ou ataque. 2 guerra ou façanha de guerra. 3 ciência ou serviço militar. 4 brasões, símbolos e desenhos heráldicos. arms race corrida armamentista. coat of arms brasão. -
4 Swim
[swim] 1. present participle - swimming; verb1) (to move through water using arms and legs or fins, tails etc: The children aren't allowed to go sailing until they've learnt to swim; I'm going / I've been swimming; She swam to the shore; They watched the fish swimming about in the aquarium.) nadar2) (to cross (a river etc), compete in (a race), cover (a distance etc) by swimming: He swam three lengths of the swimming-pool; She can't swim a stroke (= at all).) nadar3) (to seem to be moving round and round, as a result of dizziness etc: His head was swimming; Everything began to swim before his eyes.) andar à roda2. noun(an act of swimming: We went for a swim in the lake.) banho- swimmer- swimming
- swimming-bath
- swimming-pool
- swimming-trunks
- swimsuit
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5 swim
[swim] 1. present participle - swimming; verb1) (to move through water using arms and legs or fins, tails etc: The children aren't allowed to go sailing until they've learnt to swim; I'm going / I've been swimming; She swam to the shore; They watched the fish swimming about in the aquarium.) nadar2) (to cross (a river etc), compete in (a race), cover (a distance etc) by swimming: He swam three lengths of the swimming-pool; She can't swim a stroke (= at all).) nadar3) (to seem to be moving round and round, as a result of dizziness etc: His head was swimming; Everything began to swim before his eyes.) andar à roda2. noun(an act of swimming: We went for a swim in the lake.) banho- swimmer- swimming
- swimming-bath
- swimming-pool
- swimming-trunks
- swimsuit
- swimming-costume* * *[swim] n 1 natação, nado, ato de nadar, distância percorrida a nado. 2 the swim vida, corrente da vida. 3 vertigem, tontura. 4 situação geral. 5 área freqüentada por peixes. • vt+vi (ps swam, pp swum). 1 nadar. 2 atravessar a nado. 3 fazer nadar. 4 boiar, flutuar. 5 estar inundado, estar correndo. 6 deslizar. 7 estar tonto ou zonzo, girar. my head swims / minha cabeça gira. • adj de natação. to go for a swim, to take a swim nadar. to swim against the tide nadar contra a correnteza, ir contra a maioria. to swim like a rock fig afundar. to swim with the tide ir com a maioria, ter a mesma opinião que a maioria. -
6 swim
[swim] 1. present participle - swimming; verb1) (to move through water using arms and legs or fins, tails etc: The children aren't allowed to go sailing until they've learnt to swim; I'm going / I've been swimming; She swam to the shore; They watched the fish swimming about in the aquarium.) nadar2) (to cross (a river etc), compete in (a race), cover (a distance etc) by swimming: He swam three lengths of the swimming-pool; She can't swim a stroke (= at all).) nadar3) (to seem to be moving round and round, as a result of dizziness etc: His head was swimming; Everything began to swim before his eyes.) rodar2. noun(an act of swimming: We went for a swim in the lake.) nado- swimmer- swimming - swimming-bath - swimming-pool - swimming-trunks - swimsuit - swimming-costume
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