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1 a burnt child fears the fire
a burnt child fears the firefig criança queimada teme o fogo.English-Portuguese dictionary > a burnt child fears the fire
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2 allay
[ə'lei](to make less: He allayed her fears.) acalmar* * *al.lay[əl'ei] vt+vi 1 acalmar, tranqüilizar, aquietar. 2 aliviar, suavizar. 3 diminuir, atenuar, moderar. -
3 burnt
[-t]past tense, past participles; = burn* * *[bə:nt] adj queimado. it tastes burnt / tem gosto de queimado. a burnt child fears the fire fig criança queimada teme o fogo. -
4 confide
(to tell one's private thoughts to someone: He confided in his brother; He confided his fears to his brother.) confiar- confident
- confidential
- confidentiality
- confidentially
- confiding
- confidingly
- in confidence* * *con.fide[kənf'aid] vt+vi 1 confiar: a) entregar em confiança. b) fiar(-se) em, ter confiança em. you can confide in him / pode confiar nele. 2 contar como segredo, segredar. -
5 dispel
[di'spel]past tense, past participle - dispelled; verb(to drive away: His words dispelled our fears.) afastar* * *dis.pel[disp'el] vt+vi 1 dispersar-se, dissipar-se, espalhar-se. 2 afastar, expelir, banir. 3 afastar cuidados ou medo. -
6 fear
[fiə] 1. noun((a) feeling of great worry or anxiety caused by the knowledge of danger: The soldier tried not to show his fear; fear of water.) medo2. verb1) (to feel fear because of (something): She feared her father when he was angry; I fear for my father's safety (= I am worried because I think he is in danger).) temer2) (to regret: I fear you will not be able to see him today.) lamentar•- fearful- fearfully
- fearless
- fearlessly
- for fear of
- in fear of* * *[fiə] n 1 medo, temor, susto, receio, apreensão. there is no fear of his forgetting / não há perigo de que ele esqueça. 2 terror, pavor. to put the fear of God into someone / intimidar alguém, ameaçar alguém com uma punição severa. 3 preocupação, ansiedade. he goes in constant fear of his life / ele está em constante receio pela sua vida. 4 pessoa ou coisa que causa medo. 5 reverência, respeito. • vt+vi 1 temer, ter medo de, recear. he fears making debts / ele receia endividar-se. 2 temer: reverenciar. 3 estar apreensivo, preocupado, hesitar em, não se atrever a. they feared for their children / eles receavam por seus filhos. for fear of accidents para evitar acidentes. for fear of losing it para não perdê-lo. never fear, fear not não se preocupe, não tenha medo. no fear não há perigo, não é provável. to be in fear of ter medo de. to be in fear of one’s life recear pela própria vida. to fear God temer a Deus. to stand in fear of ter medo de. without fear or favor imparcialmente, justamente. -
7 groundless
adjective (without reason: Your fears are groundless.) infundamentado* * *ground.less[gr'aundlis] adj 1 sem motivo, sem razão. 2 fig infundado. groundless fear medo infundado. -
8 idle
1. adjective1) (not working; not in use: ships lying idle in the harbour.) inactivo2) (lazy: He has work to do, but he's idle and just sits around.) desocupado3) (having no effect or result: idle threats.) vão4) (unnecessary; without good reason or foundation: idle fears; idle gossip.) vão2. verb1) (to be idle or do nothing: On holiday they just idled from morning till night.) preguiçar2) (of an engine etc, to run gently without doing any work: They kept the car engine idling while they checked their position with the map.) rodar•- idler- idleness
- idly
- idle away* * *i.dle['aidəl] vt+vi 1 ficar à toa, perder tempo. 2 trabalhar sem carga (motor). • adj 1 inativo, desocupado. 2 ineficiente, inútil. 3 indolente, preguiçoso, negligente. to idle away the time perder o tempo à toa. to run idle Eng trabalhar sem carga. -
9 quell
[kwel]1) (to put an end to (a rebellion etc) by force.) sufocar2) (to put an end to, or take away (a person's fears etc).) saciar* * *[kwel] vt 1 suprimir, subjugar, dominar. 2 mitigar, acalmar, abrandar. -
10 realise
1) (to know; to understand: I realize that I can't have everything I want; I realized my mistake.) reconhecer2) (to make real; to make (something) come true: He realized his ambition to become an astronaut; My worst fears were realized.) realizar3) (to make (money) by selling something: He realized $60,000 on the sale of his apartment.) lucrar•- realisation* * *re.al.ise[r'iəlaiz] vt 1 perceber, constatar, conceber, imaginar, compreender. 2 realizar, efetuar, concretizar. 3 resultar (em lucro). to realise the drift compreender o sentido. -
11 realize
1) (to know; to understand: I realize that I can't have everything I want; I realized my mistake.) reconhecer2) (to make real; to make (something) come true: He realized his ambition to become an astronaut; My worst fears were realized.) realizar3) (to make (money) by selling something: He realized $60,000 on the sale of his apartment.) lucrar•- realisation* * *re.al.ize[r'iəlaiz] vt = link=realise realise. -
12 reassure
[riə'ʃuə](to take away the doubts or fears of: The woman was worried about the dangers of taking aspirins, but her doctor reassured her.) tranquilizar- reassuring
- reassuringly* * *re.as.sure[ri:əʃ'uə] vt 1 ressegurar (contra riscos). 2 tranqüilizar. 3 renovar a confiança de. -
13 vanquish
['væŋkwiʃ](to defeat or conquer: You must vanquish your fears.) dominar* * *van.quish[v'æŋkwiʃ] vt 1 vencer, superar, dominar, subjugar, derrotar. 2 reprimir, conter. -
14 laugh at
(to make it obvious that one regards something or someone as humorous, ridiculous or deserving scorn: Everyone will laugh at me if I wear that dress!; The others laughed at his fears.) rir-se de -
15 play on
(to make use of (someone's feelings, fears etc): He played on my sympathy until I lent him $10.) abusar -
16 quieten
1) ((often with down) to make or become quiet: I expect you to quieten down when I come into the classroom.) calar-se2) (to remove or lessen (a person's fears, doubts etc).) acalmar -
17 allay
[ə'lei](to make less: He allayed her fears.) aplacar -
18 confide
(to tell one's private thoughts to someone: He confided in his brother; He confided his fears to his brother.) confiar- confident - confidential - confidentiality - confidentially - confiding - confidingly - in confidence -
19 dispel
[di'spel]past tense, past participle - dispelled; verb(to drive away: His words dispelled our fears.) dissipar -
20 groundless
adjective (without reason: Your fears are groundless.) infundado
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