attitude+(noun)

1) (a way of thinking or acting etc: What is your attitude to politics?) atitude

2) (a position of the body: The artist painted the model in various attitudes.) posição

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['ætitju:d] n 1 atitude, postura, posição, jeito. 2 intento, propósito. 3 Aeron inclinação da nave relativa ao vento, ao solo ou a outra nave. to strike on attitude assumir uma postura ou pose.

1) (a way of thinking or acting etc: What is your attitude to politics?) atitude

2) (a position of the body: The artist painted the model in various attitudes.) posição

noun (bigoted attitude or behaviour.) intolerância

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[b'igətri] n 1 fanatismo, intolerância. 2 beatice.

noun, adjective ((of) a person who gives up too easily and is too easily discouraged: She is such a defeatist; She has a defeatist attitude to life.) derrotista

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[dif'i:tist] n derrotista.

noun (bigoted attitude or behaviour.) fanatismo

noun, adjective ((of) a person who gives up too easily and is too easily discouraged: She is such a defeatist; She has a defeatist attitude to life.) derrotista

1) (of the reign of Queen Victoria (1837-1901): Victorian writers; Victorian households/furniture.) vitoriano

2) ((of an attitude towards morals etc) strict and conservative: a Victorian attitude to life.) vitoriano

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[vikt'ɔ:riən] n vitoriano. • adj vitoriano, relativo a Rainha Vitória da Inglaterra ou à sua época (l8l9-l90l).

1) (to hit, knock or give a blow to: He struck me in the face with his fist; Why did you strike him?; The stone struck me a blow on the side of the head; His head struck the table as he fell; The tower of the church was struck by lightning.) atingir

2) (to attack: The enemy troops struck at dawn; We must prevent the disease striking again.) atacar

3) (to produce (sparks or a flame) by rubbing: He struck a match/light; He struck sparks from the stone with his knife.) riscar

4) ((of workers) to stop work as a protest, or in order to force employers to give better pay: The men decided to strike for higher wages.) fazer greve

5) (to discover or find: After months of prospecting they finally struck gold/oil; If we walk in this direction we may strike the right path.) encontrar

6) (to (make something) sound: He struck a note on the piano/violin; The clock struck twelve.) dar

7) (to impress, or give a particular impression to (a person): I was struck by the resemblance between the two men; How does the plan strike you?; It / The thought struck me that she had come to borrow money.) impressionar

8) (to mint or manufacture (a coin, medal etc).) cunhar

9) (to go in a certain direction: He left the path and struck (off) across the fields.) seguir por

10) (to lower or take down (tents, flags etc).) desmontar

1) (an act of striking: a miners' strike.) greve

2) (a discovery of oil, gold etc: He made a lucky strike.) achado

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- striker

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[straik] n 1 greve. 2 golpe. 3 ato de derrubar todos os pinos no jogo de boliche, pontos feitos assim. 4 ataque, investida. 5 beliscada (de peixe no anzol). 6 descoberta de petróleo, ouro, etc. 7 sucesso, êxito, achado feliz. 8 Min direção do filão. • vt (ps struck, pp struck, stricken) 1 bater, malhar, golpear. I was struck by his reply / fui tomado de surpresa pela sua resposta. 2 dar, infligir, arremessar, desferir, lançar. 3 estampar, imprimir, cunhar. 4 acender (fósforo), ferir fogo. 5 atingir, colidir, cair (raio), incidir (luz). 6 abalroar, colidir, dar de encontro, chocar-se, encalhar. 7 impressionar. 8 tocar, bater, soar, bater as horas. 9 estarrecer, fulminar, impressionar, assustar. 10 afetar, tocar, afligir, atacar, surpreender. 11 atacar, assaltar. 12 acontecer, ocorrer, suceder. 13 descobrir, encontrar (petróleo, ouro, etc.). 14 surgir, aparecer, vir de repente, encontrar inesperadamente. the thought struck him / ocorreu-lhe a idéia. 15 fazer greve. 16 riscar, apagar, cancelar. 17 tirar, tomar (com um golpe). 18 andar rapidamente. 19 assumir (atitude). he strikes an attitude / ele assume uma pose teatral. 20 enraizar, aprofundar, afundar, criar raízes. 21 determinar, calcular. 22 fazer, decidir, entrar em (acordo), concordar. 23 abaixar, arriar (velas). 24 raspar, alisar, deixar plano, tirar o excesso de uma medida. 25 pegar o anzol, morder a isca, fisgar. 26 desbotar, apagar-se. 27 arriar bandeiras, render-se. 28 tomar (caminho ou direção). 29 chamar a atenção, dar na vista. 30 estender, alisar. 31 enveredar. 32 tirar (linha). 33 rufar (tambores). 34 tocar (uma corda em instrumento musical). 35 levantar (acampamento). 36 cravar, meter, enfiar. 37 avançar, seguir. 38 lançar-se, disparar, avançar com rapidez. strike the iron while it is hot / malhe o ferro enquanto está quente (faça isso agora e não deixe para mais tarde). he’s struck on her ele está louco (apaixonado) por ela. it strikes me as strange that... parece-me esquisito que... strike me dead! Deus me castigue! that struck home! este golpe acertou, fig isto deu resultado. this strikes my fancy isto me agrada. to go on strike entrar em greve. to strike a balance chegar a um acordo, encontrar um ponto de equilíbrio. to strike a bargain fechar um negócio. to strike a blow at dar um soco ou golpe em. to strike a chord parecer familiar, fazer lembrar alguma coisa. to strike a dividend distribuir dividendo. to strike against bater contra, lutar contra, defender-se contra. to strike an average tirar ou calcular a média. to strike at someone bater em alguém, levantar a mão contra alguém. to strike back revidar. to strike blind cegar. to strike camp levantar acampamento. to strike dead matar. to strike down derrubar, derrubar no chão, abater. to strike dumb fazer calar, deixar bobo. to strike hands ( with) chegar a um acordo (com). to strike it rich tirar a sorte grande, enriquecer rapidamente. to strike in interromper. to strike into entrar em. to strike off a) cortar. b) copiar, imprimir. to strike oil ter sucesso, ter êxito. to strike on a) agir sobre, incidir sobre (luz), cair sobre. b) descobrir algo, ter uma idéia. to strike out a) riscar, apagar, cancelar. b) nadar ativamente (em direção a alguma coisa). c) golpear. to strike out on one’s own tomar seu rumo próprio. to strike someone with fear encher alguém de medo. to strike the eye dar na vista, chamar a atenção. to strike through remover, cancelar (algo escrito). to strike up a) Mus começar a tocar. b) iniciar (relacionamento, conversa, etc.). to strike upon incidir sobre, cair sobre, encontrar, bater contra. well stricken in years de idade avançada.

1) (a feeling of pity or sorrow for a person in trouble: When her husband died, she received many letters of sympathy.) pêsames

2) (the state or feeling of being in agreement with, or of being able to understand, the attitude or feelings of another person: I have no sympathy with such a stupid attitude; Are you in sympathy with the strikers?) simpatia

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- sympathetic

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[s'impəθi] n 1 harmonia, concordância, afinidade. 2 compaixão, comiseração, condolência. 3 aprovação, favorecimento. 4 compreensão, empatia, solidariedade.

1) (a feeling of pity or sorrow for a person in trouble: When her husband died, she received many letters of sympathy.) simpatia

2) (the state or feeling of being in agreement with, or of being able to understand, the attitude or feelings of another person: I have no sympathy with such a stupid attitude; Are you in sympathy with the strikers?) simpatia

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- sympathetic

1) (of the reign of Queen Victoria (1837-1901): Victorian writers; Victorian households/furniture.) vitoriano

2) ((of an attitude towards morals etc) strict and conservative: a Victorian attitude to life.) vitoriano

1) (a living being which can feel things and move freely: man and other animals.) animal

2) (an animal other than man: a book on man's attitude to animals; ( also adjective) animal behaviour.) animal

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- animal eater

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['æniməl] n 1 animal, bicho. 2 bruto, besta. 3 fig pessoa brutal, brutamontes. • adj 1 animal, semelhante ou relativo à vida física dos seres humanos. 2 sensual, carnal.

1) (generous: She gave me a liberal helping of apple pie; She was very liberal with her money.) liberal

2) (tolerant; not criticizing or disapproving: The headmaster is very liberal in his attitude to young people.) tolerante

3) (( also noun) (especially with capital) in politics, (a person belonging to a party) favouring liberty for the individual.) liberal

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- liberality

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[l'ibərəl] n 1 liberal. 2 membro do partido liberal. • adj liberal: 1 generoso, franco. 2 independente. 3 amplo, abundante. 4 livre. 5 licencioso.

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[m'ə:sinəri] n mercenário. • adj 1 mercenário, interesseiro. 2 venal.

1) (meaning or saying `no'; denying something: a negative answer.) negativo

2) (expecting to fail: a negative attitude.) negativo

3) (less than zero: -4 is a negative or minus number.) negativo

4) (having more electrons than normal: The battery has a negative and a positive terminal.) negativo

1) (a word etc by which something is denied: `No' and `never' are negatives.) negativa

2) (the photographic film, from which prints are made, on which light and dark are reversed: I gave away the print, but I still have the negative.) negativo

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- negatively

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[n'egətiv] n 1 negativa, negação. 2 veto. 3 Phot negativo. • vt 1 negar, refutar. 2 vetar. 3 desaprovar. 4 rejeitar. • adj 1 negativo. 2 contrário. 3 nulo.

1) (the search for knowledge and truth, especially about the nature of man and his behaviour and beliefs: moral philosophy.) filosofia

2) (a particular system of philosophical theories: I have a very simple philosophy (=attitude to life) - enjoy life!) filosofia

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- philosopher

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[fil'ɔsəfi] n 1 filosofia. 2 sistema filosófico. 3 princípio moral, ética. 4 serenidade, resignação.

1) (a position or attitude of the body: a relaxed pose.) postura

2) (a false manner or way of behaving assumed in order to impress others; a pretence: His indignation was only a pose.) pose

1) (to position oneself eg for a photograph to be taken: She posed in the doorway.) posar

2) ((with as) to pretend to be: He posed as a doctor.) fazer-se passar por

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[pouz] n pose: a) postura estudada. b) atitude deliberada. • vt 1 posar. 2 atribuir a. 3 propor, apresentar. 4 fazer posar.

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[pouz] vt embaraçar, confundir.

1) (meaning or saying `yes': a positive answer; They tested the water for the bacteria and the result was positive (= the bacteria were present).) positivo

2) (definite; leaving no doubt: positive proof.) positivo

3) (certain or sure: I'm positive he's right.) seguro

4) (complete or absolute: His work is a positive disgrace.) completo

5) (optimistic and prepared to make plans for the future: Take a more positive attitude to life.) positivo

6) (not showing any comparison; not comparative or superlative.) positivo

7) ((of a number etc) greater than zero.) positivo

8) (having fewer electrons than normal: In an electrical circuit, electrons flow to the positive terminal.) positivo

1) (a photographic print, made from a negative, in which light and dark are as normal.) positivo

2) ((an adjective or adverb of) the positive (not comparative or superlative) degree.) positivo

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- positiveness

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[p'ɔzitiv] n 1 realidade, fato. 2 Gram grau positivo. 3 Phot positivo. 4 pólo positivo. • adj 1 positivo: a) certo, evidente, inegável, indiscutível. b) baseado em fatos ou na experiência. c) afirmativo. d) real, concreto. e) Electr designativo da eletricidade cuja unidade básica é o próton. f) Gram relativo ao grau positivo. 2 coll absoluto, formal. 3 confiante. 4 Mech comandado, direto. 5 Mat, Phys maior que zero. 6 Opt dextrógiro. 7 dogmático, sentencioso. he was too positive ele era positivo (confiante) demais. positive cash flow Econ fluxo de caixa positivo.

1) (the act of reacting: What was his reaction to your remarks?; I get a bad reaction from penicillin; I'd like to ask you for your reactions to these suggestions.) reacção

2) (a change of opinions, feelings etc (usually against someone or something): The new government was popular at first, but then a reaction began.) reacção

3) (a process of change which occurs when two or more substances are put together: (a) nuclear reaction; a chemical reaction between iron and acid.) reacção

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[ri'ækʃən] n 1 reação (freqüentemente usado em substituição às palavras: opinion, attitude, response, feeling), resposta. 2 Chem reação, combinação. 3 Psych resposta orgânica a um estímulo. reaction coupling acoplamento por reação.

noun (a doubting or questioning attitude: I regard his theories with scepticism.) cepticismo

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[sk'eptisizəm] n ceticismo, descrença.