fool+(verb)

1) (to deceive: She completely fooled me with her story.) enganar

2) ((often with about or around) to act like a fool or playfully: Stop fooling about!) brincar

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[fu:l] n 1 louco, bobo, tolo, néscio, parvo, insensato, imbecil. I was fool enough to consent / fui tolo bastante para consentir. 2 bufão, bobo. 3 trouxa, joguete, ingênuo, ludíbrio. • vt+vi 1 bobear, fazer o papel de tolo, doidejar, brincar, desapontar, desperdiçar o tempo, folgar, gracejar. 2 fazer de tolo, fazer escárnio de, chasquear, zombar de. 3 enganar, burlar, engazopar, embrulhar, fraudar, trapacear. a big fool um perfeito idiota. a fool and his money are soon parted o tolo e seu dinheiro logo se separam. April Fool’s Day, All Fool’s Day dia primeiro de abril, dia da mentira. don’t make a fool of yourself não se faça de tolo. no fool like an old one não há tolo como tolo velho. to be a fool for one’s pains perder o tempo. to be nobody’s fool ser esperto, ser astuto. to fool about, Amer, coll to fool around a) vadiar. b) sl prevaricar, ter aventura sexual especialmente adulterina. c) sl flertar. to fool away malbaratar, desperdiçar. to fool on someone pregar uma peça a alguém. to fool someone of his money apanhar o dinheiro de alguém, com astúcia e velhacaria. to fool with não tratar seriamente, brincar irresponsavelmente. to make a fool of fazer de tolo. to make a fool of oneself fazer-se ridículo, fazer asneira. to play the fool fazer papel de bobo.

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[fu:l] n doce de fruta com nata batida.

1) (to deceive: She completely fooled me with her story.) lograr

2) ((often with about or around) to act like a fool or playfully: Stop fooling about!) brincar

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1) (not to forbid or prevent: He allowed me to enter; Playing football in the street is not allowed.) permitir

2) ((with for) to take into consideration when judging or deciding: These figures allow for price rises.) dar margem

3) (to give, especially for a particular purpose or regularly: His father allows him too much money.) dar

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[əl'au] vt+vi 1 permitir, consentir, tolerar, possibilitar. he allows him time for payment / ele lhe concede um prazo para o pagamento. 2 dar, conceder, conferir. his father allows him 200 £ a year / seu pai lhe concede 200 libras por ano. 3 admitir, reconhecer. I allow that you are right in that / admito sua razão quanto a isto. 4 aprovar, autorizar. 5 descontar. 6 tomar em consideração, levar em conta. you must allow for the short memory of human beings / você precisa fazer concessões em consideração à má memória dos seres humanos. 7 deduzir, conceder abatimento. 8 pôr em conta, acrescentar. 9 deixar acontecer, causar sofrimentos ou prejuízos por descuido ou negligência. allow me! permita-me!, licença! an allowed fool um bobo reconhecido. smoking is not allowed here é proibido fumar neste recinto.

1) (something said, written or done that is caused by a question etc from another person: She refused to give an answer to his questions.) resposta

2) (the solution to a problem: The answer to your transport difficulties is to buy a car.) solução

1) (to make an answer to a question, problem, action etc: Answer my questions, please; Why don't you answer the letter?) responder

2) (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?) atender

3) (to be suitable or all that is necessary (for): This will answer my requirements.) corresponder

4) ((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

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['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.

1) (soft or fluid matter (especially blood) formed into a solid mass: a clot of blood.) coágulo

2) (a fool or an idiot.) idiota

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[klɔt] n 1 coágulo, grumo. 2 adj Brit coll tolo, idiota. • vt+vi coagular, formar grumos. clot of blood coágulo de sangue. clotted cream nata azeda. clotted milk coalhada. clotted nonsense pura besteira.

- consummation

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[k'ɔnsəmeit] vt+vi 1 consumar, completar. 2 realizar. • [kəns'∧mit] adj completo, perfeito, consumado. a consummate beauty / uma beleza perfeita. a consummate fool / um bobo completo.

1) (the last or farthest part of the length of something: the house at the end of the road; both ends of the room; Put the tables end to end (= with the end of one touching the end of another); ( also adjective) We live in the end house.) extremidade

2) (the finish or conclusion: the end of the week; The talks have come to an end; The affair is at an end; He is at the end of his strength; They fought bravely to the end; If she wins the prize we'll never hear the end of it (= she will often talk about it).) fim

3) (death: The soldiers met their end bravely.) fim

4) (an aim: What end have you in view?) finalidade

5) (a small piece left over: cigarette ends.) resto

- ending

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[end] n 1 fim: a) termo, conclusão. at the end of May / em fins de maio. to the end of the earth / até o fim do mundo. to come to an end / chegar ao fim, terminar, finalizar. to come to a bad end / acabar mal. b) parada, terminal, ponto final. c) objetivo, finalidade. the end justifies the means / o fim justifica os meios. they fought to the bitter end / lutaram até ao fim. d) resultado, efeito, conseqüência. to what end? / para que fim? e) morte, destruição. f) resto, retalho, fragmento, sobra. g) Tech ponto, parte frontal. h) extremidade. 2 Amer Ftb jogador de ponta ou extrema. 3 uma das partes específicas de uma empresa ou negócio. • vt+vi 1 acabar, concluir, terminar. all’s well that ends well / tudo está bem quando acaba bem. he ended by eating the cake / ele acabou comendo o bolo. it ended in marriage / acabou em casamento. it ended in nothing / acabou em nada. Braz acabou em pizza. 2 finalizar, parar. 3 destruir, matar, morrer. 4 ser ou formar o fim. • adj final. at a loose end sem trabalho, desempregado, sem ocupação, sem rumo. from one end to the other do começo ao fim. he gained his end ele conseguiu o que almejava. his hair stands on end ele está de cabelo em pé (medo). I am at my wit’s end não sei mais o que fazer, estou desesperado. in the end no fim, finalmente. loose ends pontas soltas, pontos não resolvidos. no end of trouble um sem-número de preocupações. odds and ends bugigangas. she has it all at her fingers’ ends ela tem tudo na ponta da língua, sabe de cor e salteado. three days on end três dias consecutivos. to be at an end estar no fim. to be no end of a fool ser um tolo incorrigível. to be the thin end of the wedge ser apenas o começo. to get hold of the wrong end of the stick enganar-se redondamente. to go off the deep end fig perder as estribeiras, perder o autocontrole. to keep one’s end up não se deixar vencer, não perder o ânimo. to make an end of encerrar, pôr um termo. to make both ends meet viver de acordo com suas rendas, equilibrar o orçamento, conseguir chegar ao fim do mês. to no end em vão, inútil. to put an end to pôr fim. to rain for days on end chover durante dias a fio. to turn end over soçobrar.

1) (to amuse oneself: The child is playing in the garden; He is playing with his toys; The little girl wants to play with her friends.) brincar

2) (to take part in (games etc): He plays football; He is playing in goal; Here's a pack of cards - who wants to play (with me)?; I'm playing golf with him this evening.) jogar

3) (to act in a play etc; to act (a character): She's playing Lady Macbeth; The company is playing in London this week.) representar

4) ((of a play etc) to be performed: `Oklahoma' is playing at the local theatre.) ser representado

5) (to (be able to) perform on (a musical instrument): She plays the piano; Who was playing the piano this morning?; He plays (the oboe) in an orchestra.) tocar

6) ((usually with on) to carry out or do (a trick): He played a trick on me.) pregar (partidas)

7) ((usually with at) to compete against (someone) in a game etc: I'll play you at tennis.) jogar com

8) ((of light) to pass with a flickering movement: The firelight played across the ceiling.) saltar

9) (to direct (over or towards something): The firemen played their hoses over the burning house.) dirigir

10) (to put down or produce (a playing-card) as part of a card game: He played the seven of hearts.) jogar

1) (recreation; amusement: A person must have time for both work and play.) divertimento

2) (an acted story; a drama: Shakespeare wrote many great plays.) peça

3) (the playing of a game: At the start of today's play, England was leading India by fifteen runs.) jogo

4) (freedom of movement (eg in part of a machine).) folga

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[plei] n 1 jogo, partida, disputa. 2 divertimento, brincadeira. 3 folguedo, passatempo. 4 peça teatral ou cinematográfica. a play of Shaw (ou by Shaw) / uma peça de Shaw. 5 Mus execução, interpretação. 6 gracejo. 7 jogatina, modo de jogar. 8 Mech jogo, folga. 9 lance, jogada. 10 atividade, ação, movimento. • vt+vi 1 jogar, disputar. 2 brincar, folgar, divertir-se. 3 tocar (instrumentos musicais), executar. 4 agir, proceder. 5 vibrar, oscilar, tremular. 6 representar, desempenhar. 7 Mech jogar, ter folga. 8 pôr em movimento, movimentar, acionar. 9 bancar, fingir. 10 apostar. 11 imitar. at play em jogo. at the play no teatro. in full play em plena atividade. play in the gear folga no jogo da engrenagem. play of colours jogo de cores. said in play dito por brincadeira. they are played out eles estão esgotados. they play a losing game eles procedem sem chance de sucesso. they played the devil with him eles o maltratavam. to bring into play movimentar, acionar. to give free play to one’s abilities proporcionar ambiente em que alguém possa desenvolver livremente as suas aptidões. to hold in play manter alguém ocupado. to make a play for 1 tentar obter. 2 tentar seduzir. to play about comportar-se sem responsabilidade. to play along cooperar ou concordar com alguém. to play a part 1 ajudar alguém a fazer algo. 2 representar um papel. to play around coll namorar, flertar. to play at 1 participar (de um jogo). 2 brincar com. 3 fazer de conta. to play a trick on pregar uma peça em. to play ball coll cooperar. to play down depreciar, negligenciar. to play fair agir corretamente. to play false enganar, trair. to play first violin ter papel preponderante. to play foul proceder incorretamente. to play horse with coll 1 fazer gato e sapato de. 2 desarrumar, lançar em desordem. to play house brincar de casinha. to play into a person’s hands favorecer alguém. to play off 1 fazer, agir, praticar. 2 dar espetáculo, fazer cenas. 3 fingir. 4 concluir um jogo. to play on (ou upon) tocar de leve, roçar. to play on (ou upon) words fazer trocadilhos. to play out 1 acabar, terminar. 2 fatigar, cansar, exaurir. 3 perder a eficácia. to play politics intrigar, maquinar, tramar. to play safe agir com cautela. to play the field espalhar esforço, interesses, afeições em muitas coisas ao mesmo tempo. to play the fool bancar o bobo. to play the game observar as regras do jogo, agir corretamente. to play the gentleman bancar o cavalheiro. to play the market jogar na bolsa, especular. to play up 1 começar a música. 2 redobrar os esforços. 3 mostrar-se firme e forte perante uma crise ou emergência. 4 destacar, salientar, dar ênfase. 5 enganar, trapacear. 6 provocar. 7 comportar-se de forma a não cooperar. 8 dar problemas, doer. to play up to sl 1 contracenar. 2 apoiar. 3 adular, bajular. to play with 1 brincar com. 2 jogar contra. 3 fazer pouco de. 4 masturbar. to play with fire brincar com fogo.

1) (to behave in a certain way as a result of something: How did he react when you called him a fool?; He reacted angrily to the criticism; Hydrogen reacts with oxygen to form water.) reagir

2) ((with against) to behave or act in a certain way in order to show rejection of: Young people tend to react against their parents.) reagir

3) ((with to) to be affected, usually badly, by (a drug etc): I react very badly to penicillin.) ter reacção

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[ri'ækt] vi 1 reagir, ter um efeito sobre o que age. 2 voltar ao estado ou nível inicial. 3 Chem reagir, combinar. to react against rebelar-se. to react on ter efeito sobre. unkindness reacts on the unkind / a malevolência recai sobre o malévolo.

1) (to bring (the foot) down with force (on the ground): He stamped his foot with rage; She stamped on the insect.) bater

2) (to print or mark on to: He stamped the date at the top of his letter; The oranges were all stamped with the exporter's name.) carimbar

3) (to stick a postage stamp on (a letter etc): I've addressed the envelope but haven't stamped it.) selar

1) (an act of stamping the foot: `Give it to me!' she shouted with a stamp of her foot.) batida

2) (the instrument used to stamp a design etc on a surface: He marked the date on the bill with a rubber date-stamp.) carimbo

3) (a postage stamp: He stuck the stamps on the parcel; He collects foreign stamps.) selo

4) (a design etc made by stamping: All the goods bore the manufacturer's stamp.) marca

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[stæmp] n 1 ato de bater (o pé), batida de pé. 2 pilão (para britar pedra). 3 britador, moinho. 4 carimbo, cunho, timbre, sinete. 5 marca, impressão, matriz, timbre, selo. his work bears the stamp of genius / sua obra mostra o cunho do gênio. 6 selo, estampilha. to put a stamp on the letter / selar a carta. 7 expressão, sinal, traço. 8 tipo, caráter, temperamento, espécie. he set his stamp upon his period / ele imprimiu seu caráter à sua época. • vt+vi 1 bater o pé (com força). 2 andar com passos pesados. 3 gravar, fixar (na memória). 4 bater, esmagar, pisar, quebrar, britar. 5 imprimir, estampar, gravar, cunhar. it was stamped on his mind / estava gravado na sua memória. 6 caracterizar, identificar, carimbar. that stamped him as a fool / isso o caracterizou como tolo. 7 selar, estampilhar. 8 recortar com punção. a woman of her stamp uma mulher do seu caráter. food stamp vale alimentação. rubber stamp carimbo de borracha. to stamp down pisar, apagar pisando. to stamp out a) estampar. b) fig aniquilar, erradicar.

1) (soft or fluid matter (especially blood) formed into a solid mass: a clot of blood.) coágulo

2) (a fool or an idiot.) bobo

1) (to behave in a certain way as a result of something: How did he react when you called him a fool?; He reacted angrily to the criticism; Hydrogen reacts with oxygen to form water.) reagir

2) ((with against) to behave or act in a certain way in order to show rejection of: Young people tend to react against their parents.) reagir

3) ((with to) to be affected, usually badly, by (a drug etc): I react very badly to penicillin.) reagir

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