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1 folly
['foli]plural - follies; noun(foolishness: the follies of youth.) loucura* * *fol.ly[f'ɔli] n (pl follies) 1 loucura, insensatez, doidice, tolice. 2 ato próprio de louco, asneira, leviandade, desatino, disparate. 3 aventura insensata, grande extravagância. 4 construção dispendiosa e considerada inútil. a piece of folly asneira, disparate. -
2 folly
['foli]plural - follies; noun(foolishness: the follies of youth.) desatino -
3 a piece of folly
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4 answer a fool according to his folly!
answer a fool according to his folly!responde ao louco segundo sua loucura!English-Portuguese dictionary > answer a fool according to his folly!
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5 height
[hæit]1) (the distance from the bottom to the top of something: What is the height of this building?; He is 1.75 metres in height.) altura2) (the highest, greatest, strongest etc point: He is at the height of his career; The storm was at its height.) auge3) (the peak or extreme: dressed in the height of fashion; His actions were the height of folly.) ponto culminante4) (a high place: We looked down from the heights at the valley beneath us.) altura(s)•- heighten* * *[hait] n 1 altura. 2 alto, cume, elevação. 3 altitude. 4 latitude. 5 cúmulo, auge, apogeu. the height of folly / o cúmulo da tolice. 6 perfeição. 7 eminência. at its height no auge. -
6 answer
1. noun1) (something said, written or done that is caused by a question etc from another person: She refused to give an answer to his questions.) resposta2) (the solution to a problem: The answer to your transport difficulties is to buy a car.) solução2. verb1) (to make an answer to a question, problem, action etc: Answer my questions, please; Why don't you answer the letter?) responder2) (to open (the door), pick up (the telephone) etc in reponse to a knock, ring etc: He answered the telephone as soon as it rang; Could you answer the door, please?) atender3) (to be suitable or all that is necessary (for): This will answer my requirements.) corresponder4) ((often with to) to be the same as or correspond to (a description etc): The police have found a man answering (to) that description.) corresponder•- answering machine
- answer for
- answerphone* * *an.swer['a:nsə; 'ænsə] n 1 resposta, réplica. 2 retribuição. 3 contestação. 4 solução, resultado. • vt+vi 1 responder, replicar. 2 redargüir, retrucar, contestar. 3 atender, acatar, obedecer, reagir. the maid must answer the bell / a empregada tem de atender à campainha. 4 apresentar solução, dar o resultado (de problemas), resolver. 5 servir, satisfazer. this will answer my purpose / isto servirá aos meus propósitos, isto há de corresponder às minhas finalidades. this answers very well / isto serve bem, isto é muito bom. 6 retribuir. 7 responsabilizar(-se), estar ou tornar(-se) responsável. 8 corresponder a, condizer, estar conforme. this answers to your description / isto corresponde à sua descrição. 9 pagar, expiar. answer a fool according to his folly! responde ao louco segundo sua loucura! he answers back ele responde com insolência. he answers to the name of... ele se chama... in answer to your letter em resposta à sua carta. she knows all the answers ela tem uma língua solta. to answer for responder por, responsabilizar-se por, afiançar. -
7 repent
[rə'pent]1) ((especially in religion) to be sorry for one's past sins.) arrepender-se2) ((with of) to wish that one had not done, made etc: He repented of his generosity.) arrepender-se•- repentant* * *re.pent1[r'i:pənt] adj Bot, Zool rastejante.————————re.pent2[rip'ent] vt+vi arrepender-se, ter arrependimento, estar sentido, estar arrependido. she repented her folly / ela se arrependeu de sua tolice. he will repent of this / ele arrepender-se-á disto. -
8 follies
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10 height
[hæit]1) (the distance from the bottom to the top of something: What is the height of this building?; He is 1.75 metres in height.) altura2) (the highest, greatest, strongest etc point: He is at the height of his career; The storm was at its height.) auge, ponto culminante3) (the peak or extreme: dressed in the height of fashion; His actions were the height of folly.) cúmulo4) (a high place: We looked down from the heights at the valley beneath us.) alto, cume•- heighten
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