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face-saving

  • 1 face-saving

    adjective (of something which helps a person not to look stupid or not to appear to be giving in: He agreed to everything we asked and as a face-saving exercise we offered to consult him occasionally.) /para salvar as aparências
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    face-sav.ing
    [f'eis seiviŋ] adj ato ou exemplo para preservar a dignidade e o prestígio de alguém.

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  • 2 face-saving

    adjective (of something which helps a person not to look stupid or not to appear to be giving in: He agreed to everything we asked and as a face-saving exercise we offered to consult him occasionally.) que salva as aparências

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  • 3 face

    [feis] 1. noun
    1) (the front part of the head, from forehead to chin: a beautiful face.) rosto
    2) (a surface especially the front surface: a rock face.) superfície
    3) (in mining, the end of a tunnel etc where work is being done: a coal face.) frente
    2. verb
    1) (to be opposite to: My house faces the park.) dar para
    2) (to turn, stand etc in the direction of: She faced him across the desk.) enfrentar
    3) (to meet or accept boldly: to face one's fate.) enfrentar
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    - - faced
    - facial
    - facing
    - facecloth
    - facelift
    - face-powder
    - face-saving
    - face value
    - at face value
    - face the music
    - face to face
    - face up to
    - in the face of
    - lose face
    - make/pull a face
    - on the face of it
    - put a good face on it
    - save one's face
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    [feis] n 1 face: a) cara, rosto. b) fisionomia, semblante. c) careta. d) Poet presença. 2 aspecto: a) vista, configuração, aparência. b) situação ou estado de certos assuntos, idéias ou questões. 3 expressão de atitude moral: a) descaramento, audácia, atrevimento. b) dignidade, prestígio. 4 parte principal ou dianteira de alguma coisa: a) frente. b) fachada, paramento de parede. c) parte anterior de uma pedra aparelhada. d) lugar de extração numa galeria de mina. e) Tech espelho. 5 parte principal ou lateral de alguma coisa: a) anverso de cristais ou moedas. b) mostrador de relógio. c) Typogr olho de tipo. d) Geol fácies. e) Geom face, superfície de um sólido plano. f) face (de porca). g) corte (de lâmina, faca, etc.). • vt 1 encarar, enfrentar, afrontar, apresentar-se. he must face the facts / ele tem de encarar os fatos. 2 fazer face a, opor-se, resistir. to face the enemy / encarar (ou enfrentar) o inimigo. 3 ficar em frente de. the window faces the garden / a janela dá para o jardim. 4 defrontar-se com. to be faced with ruin / estar diante da derrota, da destruição, da falência. 5 virar de face para cima (por exemplo, cartas). 6 orientar uma casa em relação aos pontos cardeais. 7 voltar-se para, estar com a frente para. 8 Tech facear, fazer faces ou lados em, polir. about face! meia-volta volver! before my face diante dos meus olhos. boldface Typogr negrito. for his fair face pelos seus lindos olhos. full face vista de frente. half face perfil. in face of mediante. in the face of diante de, em face de, em virtude de. in the face of the day às claras, abertamente. left face! à esquerda volver! on the face of it a julgar pela aparência. right face! à direita volver! she made up her face ela maquilou o rosto. to carry two faces ter duas caras, ser ambíguo. to face about, left, right fazer meia-volta, esquerda volver, direita volver. to face down 1 alisar. 2 fig suster com audácia ou imprudência. to face out persistir descaradamente. to face out a lie mentir desavergonhadamente. to face the music Amer enfrentar as conseqüências, aceitar o inevitável destemidamente. to face up to enfrentar corajosamente. to flee from someone’s face fugir de alguém. to fly into one’s face atacar alguém. to fly into the face of decency pecar contra a decência. to have a face of fingir. to have the face to do something ter o atrevimento de fazer alguma coisa. to look a person in the face encarar alguém. to lose face desprestigiar-se, ser humilhado. to make a face fazer caretas. to put a good (bold) face on enfrentar algo com coragem. to put a new face on dar novo aspecto. to save one’s face salvar as aparências. to set one’s face against opor-se tenazmente. to shut the door in a person’s face bater a porta na cara de alguém.

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  • 4 face

    [feis] 1. noun
    1) (the front part of the head, from forehead to chin: a beautiful face.) rosto
    2) (a surface especially the front surface: a rock face.) face
    3) (in mining, the end of a tunnel etc where work is being done: a coal face.) frente de trabalho
    2. verb
    1) (to be opposite to: My house faces the park.) dar de frente para
    2) (to turn, stand etc in the direction of: She faced him across the desk.) encarar
    3) (to meet or accept boldly: to face one's fate.) enfrentar
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    - - faced
    - facial - facing - facecloth - facelift - face-powder - face-saving - face value - at face value - face the music - face to face - face up to - in the face of - lose face - make/pull a face - on the face of it - put a good face on it - save one's face

    English-Portuguese (Brazil) dictionary > face

  • 5 save

    I 1. [seiv] verb
    1) (to rescue or bring out of danger: He saved his friend from drowning; The house was burnt but he saved the pictures.) salvar
    2) (to keep (money etc) for future use: He's saving (his money) to buy a bicycle; They're saving for a house.) fazer economias
    3) (to prevent the using or wasting of (money, time, energy etc): Frozen foods save a lot of trouble; I'll telephone and that will save me writing a letter.) poupar
    4) (in football etc, to prevent the opposing team from scoring a goal: The goalkeeper saved six goals.) defender
    5) (to free from the power of sin and evil.) salvar
    6) (to keep data in the computer.)
    2. noun
    ((in football etc) an act of preventing the opposing team from scoring a goal.) defesa
    - saving
    - savings
    - saviour
    - saving grace
    - savings account
    - savings bank
    - save up     II [seiv] preposition, conjunction
    (except: All save him had gone; We have no news save that the ship reached port safely.) salvo
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    save1
    [seiv] n o que foi salvo, economia. • vt+vi 1 salvar. he saved my life / ele salvou minha vida. 2 guardar, preservar, resguardar, proteger, abrigar. God save the King! / Deus guarde o rei! 3 colher, recolher, armazenar, juntar, guardar. 4 economizar, poupar. he saved a lot of money / ele economizou muito dinheiro. 5 fazer economias, juntar dinheiro. he’s saving money / ele está economizando dinheiro. 6 prevenir, evitar. 7 Theol salvar, livrar (dos pecados). 8 cuidar, conservar. to save appearances salvar as aparências. to save one’s face escapar de uma humilhação.
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    save2
    [seiv] prep exceto, salvo. • conj a não ser que, exceto. he invited all save my friend / ele convidou todos exceto meu amigo. save for com exceção de, salvo. save that a menos que, só que, a não ser que.

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  • face-saving — UK US adjective [before noun] ► intended to prevent someone from feeling embarrassed or having to admit that they are wrong: a face saving compromise/exercise/deal » The European Commission agreed a face saving compromise to defuse a bitter… …   Financial and business terms

  • face-saving — face .saving adj [only before noun] a face saving action or arrangement prevents you from losing other people s respect ▪ a face saving compromise …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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  • face-saving — [fās′sā΄viŋ] adj. preserving or intended to preserve one s dignity, self respect, or good reputation * * * See face saver. * * * …   Universalium

  • face-saving — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ preserving one s reputation or dignity …   English terms dictionary

  • face-saving — [fās′sā΄viŋ] adj. preserving or intended to preserve one s dignity, self respect, or good reputation …   English World dictionary

  • face-saving — adjective maintaining dignity or prestige (Freq. 1) a face saving compromise • Similar to: ↑helpful * * * ˈface saving [face saving] adjective …   Useful english dictionary

  • face-saving — I. adj The note was a face saving idea. II. noun Face saving is not helped by too many invented excuses. See: save face, face saver …   Словарь американских идиом

  • face-saving — ADJ: ADJ n A face saving action is one which prevents damage to your reputation or the loss of people s respect for you. The decision appears to be a face saving compromise which will allow the government to remain in office …   English dictionary

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