be+serious

1) (grave or solemn: a quiet, serious boy; You're looking very serious.) sério

2) ((often with about) in earnest; sincere: Is he serious about wanting to be a doctor?) sério

3) (intended to make people think: He reads very serious books.) sério

4) (causing worry; dangerous: a serious head injury; The situation is becoming serious.) sério

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[s'iəriəs] adj 1 sério, grave. it is a serious illness / é uma doença grave. are you serious? / está falando sério? they are very serious about their plan / eles tomam seu plano muito a sério. 2 sincero. I am quite serious / estou falando absolutamente sério. 3 importante, momentoso. 4 perigoso, crítico, alarmante. the situation is serious / a situação é crítica.

1) (grave or solemn: a quiet, serious boy; You're looking very serious.) sério

2) ((often with about) in earnest; sincere: Is he serious about wanting to be a doctor?) sério

3) (intended to make people think: He reads very serious books.) sério

4) (causing worry; dangerous: a serious head injury; The situation is becoming serious.) sério, grave

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sério, grave

graves danos, danos sérios

delito

1) (serious or over-serious: an earnest student; She wore an earnest expression.) sério

2) (showing determination, sincerity or strong feeling: He made an earnest attempt to improve his work.) sério

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['2:nist] n seriedade, determinação. • adj 1 sério. 2 enérgico, severo, determinado. 3 sincero. 4 zeloso. 5 intenso, fervoroso. 6 grave, importante. in earnest, in real earnest, in good earnest de fato, a sério, com sinceridade, intensamente.

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['2:nist] n 1 arras: penhor, garantia. 2 entrada, sinal. 3 antegozo, antegosto.

- gravedigger

1) (important: a grave responsibility; grave decisions.) grave

2) (serious, dangerous: grave news.) grave

3) (serious, sad: a grave expression.) grave

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- gravely

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[greiv] n sepultura, túmulo. at the grave-side of na sepultura de. he will be my grave ele leva-me à sepultura. to have one foot in the grave estar com um pé na cova.

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[greiv] vt 1 gravar, esculpir, escavar. 2 impressionar, gravar na memória.

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[greiv] n acento grave. • adj 1 importante, pesado, momentoso. 2 grave, sério, ameaçador. 3 sóbrio, solene, distinto, dignificado. 4 sombrio, escuro. 5 Phon grave, baixo. 6 marcado com acento grave. to speak in grave accents falar solenemente.

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[greiv] vt Naut calafetar.

adverb (in a serious way; to a serious extent: Is he seriously thinking of being an actor?; She is seriously ill.) seriamente

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[s'iəriəsli] adv seriamente. seriously now! sem brincadeira!, agora seriamente!

1) (to fall or sink suddenly and heavily: He slumped wearily into a chair.) afundar-se

2) ((of prices, stocks, trade etc) to become less; to lose value suddenly: Business has slumped.) cair

1) (a sudden fall in value, trade etc: a slump in prices.) descida

2) (a time of very bad economic conditions, with serious unemployment etc; a depression: There was a serious slump in the 1930s.) crise económica

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[sl∧mp] n 1 queda brusca (de preços), baixa, colapso. 2 fig fracasso. 3 porte inclinado, com os ombros caídos. 4 época de desemprego. • vi cair, baixar, afundar, mergulhar, baixar repentinamente (preços, valores), fracassar, ter postura ou andar curvado.

1) (serious or over-serious: an earnest student; She wore an earnest expression.) sério

2) (showing determination, sincerity or strong feeling: He made an earnest attempt to improve his work.) sério

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- earnestness

- gravedigger

1) (important: a grave responsibility; grave decisions.) grave

2) (serious, dangerous: grave news.) grave

3) (serious, sad: a grave expression.) grave

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- gravely

adverb (in a serious way; to a serious extent: Is he seriously thinking of being an actor?; She is seriously ill.) seriamente

1) (to fall or sink suddenly and heavily: He slumped wearily into a chair.) despencar

2) ((of prices, stocks, trade etc) to become less; to lose value suddenly: Business has slumped.) baixar repentinamente

1) (a sudden fall in value, trade etc: a slump in prices.) baixa repentina

2) (a time of very bad economic conditions, with serious unemployment etc; a depression: There was a serious slump in the 1930s.) depressão, recessão

noun (an illness, usually not serious or dangerous: Children often have minor ailments.) indisposição

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['eilmənt] n doença, indisposição.

1) (with plenty of (fresh) air: an airy room.) arejado

2) (light-hearted and not serious: an airy disregard for authority.) leviano

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['ɛəri] adj 1 aéreo, atmosférico. 2 etéreo, rarefeito. 3 leve, tênue, vaporoso. 4 gracioso, delicado. 5 alegre, airoso, animado. 6 ligeiro, vivo. 7 batido pela brisa, ventoso, arejado. 8 como ar, no ar. 9 irreal, ilusório. 10 afetado. 11 orgulhoso.

1) (not good; not efficient: He is a bad driver; His eyesight is bad; They are bad at tennis (= they play tennis badly).) mau

2) (wicked; immoral: a bad man; He has done some bad things.) mau

3) (unpleasant: bad news.) mau

4) (rotten: This meat is bad.) estragado

5) (causing harm or injury: Smoking is bad for your health.) mau

6) ((of a part of the body) painful, or in a weak state: She has a bad heart; I have a bad head (= headache) today.) doente

7) (unwell: I am feeling quite bad today.) mal

8) (serious or severe: a bad accident; a bad mistake.) grave

9) ((of a debt) not likely to be paid: The firm loses money every year from bad debts.) não pago

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[bæd] n o que é ruim, qualidade má, quer física ou moral. • adj (compar worse, sup worst) 1 ruim, mau, inferior. 2 malvado, perverso, iníquo. 3 desagradável, incômodo, dolorido, pungente. 4 desfavorável, inoportuno. 5 ofensivo, injurioso. bad language / linguagem de baixo calão, palavrões. 6 sem valor, imprestável. 7 defeituoso, imperfeito, falho. 8 falso, não-válido. bad coin / moeda falsa. 9 estragado, podre. 10 Amer hostil, perigoso, assassino. bad blood / coll ser hostil, zangado. 11 nocivo, prejudicial. 12 enfermo, adoentado. bad finger / dedo ferido ou doente. she is very bad / ela está muito doente, ela está passando mal. 13 triste, pesaroso. 14 severo, intenso forte: a bad cold / um forte resfriado. act in bad faith agir desonestamente, de má fé. feel bad about estar aborrecido ou envergonhado. from bad to worse de mal a pior. he feels bad about sl ele fica zangado ou sentido. he had a bad time of it ele passou mal. he is badly off ele está em má situação (financeira). he went to the bad coll ele perdeu-se. I am in his bad books não sou cotado com ele. in a bad temper zangado, mal-humorado. I take the bad with the good tomo as coisas como são. not bad coll não é mau, serve. not a bad joke / uma boa piada. that is too bad é pena. that is very bad isto é muito mau. to make the best of a bad job fazer o melhor possível em circunstâncias difíceis. 3 £ to the bad (side of the account) 3 libras esterlinas de prejuízo. with a bad grace de má vontade.

1) (not well, efficiently or satisfactorily: He plays tennis very badly.) mal

2) (to a serious or severe extent: He badly needs a haircut; The dress is badly stained.) muito

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[b'ædli] adv 1 mal, não bem. 2 coll muitíssimo, urgentemente. he badly wants his tea / ele deseja muito o seu chá. 3 de maneira ruim, com maldade, perversamente. 4 coll muito, ardentemente.

1) (a loud noise, like eg swords striking together: the clash of metal on metal.) clangor

2) (a serious disagreement or difference: a clash of personalities.) choque

3) (a battle: a clash between opposing armies.) confronto

4) ((of two or more things) an act of interfering with each other because of happening at the same time: a clash between classes.) incompatibilidade

1) (to strike together noisily: The cymbals clashed.) bater

2) (to fight (in battle): The two armies clashed at the mouth of the valley.) defrontar-se

3) (to disagree violently: They clashed over wages.) entrar em conflito

4) (to interfere (with something or each other) because of happening at the same time: The two lectures clash.) sobrepor-se

5) ((of colours) to appear unpleasant when placed together: The (colour of the) jacket clashes with the (colour of the) skirt.) berrar com

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[klæʃ] n 1 estrondo, estrépito, som de choque, som metálico. 2 choque, colisão. 3 conflito, desacordo, discordância, oposição. • vt+vi 1 estrepitar, estrondear. 2 bater, colidir, chocar-se com estrondo. 3 bater, fechar com estrondo. 4 discordar, colidir, entrar em conflito. 5 não combinar, estar em desarmonia (de cores). 6 ir de encontro a, impedir, opor-se a.

- constitution

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[k'ɔnstitju:t] vt 1 constituir, fazer parte de, compreender, formar, compor. 2 eleger, nomear, constituir. 3 estabelecer, instituir. this constitutes a precedent / isto constitui um precedente. 4 promulgar, decretar. to be constituted ser constituído de.