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1 foolishly
adverb estupidamente* * *fool.ish.ly[fu':liʃli] adv tolamente, loucamente, nesciamente, ridiculamente. -
2 foolishly
adverb tolamente -
3 act
[ækt] 1. verb1) (to do something: It's time the government acted to lower taxes.) agir2) (to behave: He acted foolishly at the meeting.) portar-se3) (to perform (a part) in a play: He has acted (the part of Romeo) in many theatres; I thought he was dying, but he was only acting (= pretending).) representar2. noun1) (something done: Running away is an act of cowardice; He committed many cruel acts.) acto2) ((often with capital) a law: Acts of Parliament.) decreto3) (a section of a play: `Hamlet' has five acts.) acto4) (an entertainment: an act called `The Smith Family'.) número•- acting- actor
- act as
- act on
- act on behalf of / act for
- in the act of
- in the act
- put on an act* * *act1[ækt] n 1 ato, ação. 2 feito, procedimento, obra. 3 divisão de uma peça teatral. 4 número de programa (circo, variedades). 5 decreto, lei, decisão legislativa. 6 auto, documento. • vi 1 agir, atuar, proceder. 2 funcionar. this lock won’t act / esta fechadura não funciona. 3 portar-se, conduzir-se. 4 comportar-se, fingir-se, simular. 5 influir, influenciar, produzir efeito. the medicine did not act / o remédio não fez efeito. 6 desempenhar (um papel), representar. the play acts well / a peça agrada, a peça desenvolve-se bem no palco. act and deed documento legal. act of faith ato de fé. act of God força maior. act of grace ato de clemência. act of Parliament ata de parlamento. in the act em flagrante. to act as, to act for substituir, fazer o serviço de, desempenhar o papel de. to act by agir para com (uma pessoa). to act on, upon ter efeito sobre, influenciar. to act out expressar em ações. children act out what they see / as crianças expressam em ações o que vêem. to act up 1 agir de maneira diferente do normal ou esperado. 2 comportar-se de maneira volúvel. 3 apresentar defeito. my washer often acts up / minha lavadora apresenta defeito com freqüência. to act up to agir de acordo com.————————act2 -
4 adulation
[ædju'leiʃən](foolishly excessive praise: The teenager's adulation of the pop-group worried her parents.) adulação* * *ad.u.la.tion[ædjul'eiʃən] n adulação, lisonja. -
5 babble
['bæbl] 1. verb1) (to talk indistinctly or foolishly: What are you babbling about now?) palrar2) (to make a continuous and indistinct noise: The stream babbled over the pebbles.) rumorejar2. noun(such talk or noises.) tagarelice* * *bab.ble[b'æbəl] n 1 fala ininteligível. 2 conversa tola. 3 murmúrio. 4 linha cruzada ao telefone. • vt+vi 1 balbuciar. 2 exprimir-se confusamente. 3 falar demasiadamente. -
6 fool
[fu:l] 1. noun(a person without sense or intelligence: He is such a fool he never knows what to do.) tolo2. verb1) (to deceive: She completely fooled me with her story.) enganar2) ((often with about or around) to act like a fool or playfully: Stop fooling about!) brincar•- foolish- foolishly
- foolishness
- foolhardy
- foolhardiness
- foolproof
- make a fool of
- make a fool of oneself
- play the fool* * *fool1[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.————————fool2[fu:l] n doce de fruta com nata batida. -
7 headlong
adjective, adverb1) (moving forwards or downwards, with one's head in front: a headlong dive into the pool of water; He fell headlong into a pool of water.) de cabeça2) ((done) without thought or delay, often foolishly: a headlong rush; He rushes headlong into disaster.) impetuosamente* * *head.long[h'ədlɔŋ] adj 1 de ponta-cabeça. 2 impetuoso. 3 apressado, precipitado. 4 abrupto, escarpado. • adv 1 apressadamente. 2 impetuosamente. 3 abruptamente. -
8 push
[puʃ] 1. verb1) (to press against something, in order to (try to) move it further away: He pushed the door open; She pushed him away; He pushed against the door with his shoulder; The queue can't move any faster, so stop pushing!; I had a good view of the race till someone pushed in front of me.) empurrar2) (to try to make (someone) do something; to urge on, especially foolishly: She pushed him into applying for the job.) incitar3) (to sell (drugs) illegally.) passar2. noun1) (a movement of pressure against something; a thrust: She gave him a push.) empurrão2) (energy and determination: He has enough push to do well in his job.) dinamismo•- push-chair
- pushover
- be pushed for
- push around
- push off
- push on
- push over* * *[puʃ] n 1 empurrão, empuxão, repelão. give him a push / dê-lhe um empurrão. 2 esforço, tentativa. we made a push for the money / esforçamo-nos para obter o dinheiro. you should have another push for it / você deveria tentá-lo novamente. 3 emergência, conjuntura, dificuldade, apuro. 4 estocada. 5 impulso, estímulo. 6 apertão. 7 arremetida, investida, acometimento. 8 coll energia, dinamismo. 9 Mech compressão. 10 botão de pressão. • vt+vi 1 empurrar, empuxar. 2 impulsionar, fazer seguir. 3 arremeter, investir, acometer. 4 impelir, instigar, incitar. 5 estender, alargar, dilatar. 6 pressionar. 7 ativar, levar avante. she brought it to the last push / ela levou a situação ao extremo. 8 apressar, acelerar. 9 importunar, amolar. 10 abrir caminho. 11 esforçar-se, porfiar. 12 coll vender drogas. don’t push! não amole! don’t push it too far! não abuse! he pushed his way ele abriu seu caminho à força. I can do it at a push vou fazê-lo mas com dificuldade. push off! saia! retire-se! to push about, to push around dar ordens de maneira insultuosa, humilhar. to push ahead progredir. to push aside não dar importância. to push away, to push back repelir, rechaçar. to push in furar fila. to push off 1 desatracar. 2 fig começar, principiar, iniciar. 3 queimar, torrar (mercadorias). to push on 1 incitar, instigar. 2 apressar, acelerar. 3 continuar algo depois de uma pausa. to push open abrir empurrando (porta). to push out pôr para fora, produzir. to push over derrubar (uma pessoa). to push through levar a cabo, fazer com que seja aceito. to push up forçar a alta (preços). -
9 waffle
I 1. ['wofl] verb(to talk on and on foolishly, pretending that one knows something which one does not: This lecturer will waffle on for hours.) palavrear2. noun(talk of this kind: His speech was pure waffle. He has no idea what he's talking about.) palavrórioII ['wofəl] noun(a flat cake baked in a special appliance that leaves a pattern of squares on it: Waffles are usually eaten with ice cream, syrup or jam.)* * *waf.fle1[w'ɔfəl] n Brit waffle: tipo de panqueca assada e comida com geléia ou calda.————————waf.fle2[w'ɔfəl] n palavras vazias, lugar-comum. • vi 1 Brit encher de palavras vazias, Braz, sl enrolar, encher lingüiça. 2 Amer estar indeciso, não ter opinião formada. -
10 lose one's head
(to become angry or excited, or to act foolishly in a crisis.) perder a cabeça -
11 act
[ækt] 1. verb1) (to do something: It's time the government acted to lower taxes.) agir2) (to behave: He acted foolishly at the meeting.) comportar-se3) (to perform (a part) in a play: He has acted (the part of Romeo) in many theatres; I thought he was dying, but he was only acting (= pretending).) representar2. noun1) (something done: Running away is an act of cowardice; He committed many cruel acts.) ato2) ((often with capital) a law: Acts of Parliament.) lei3) (a section of a play: `Hamlet' has five acts.) ato4) (an entertainment: an act called `The Smith Family'.) número•- acting- actor - act as - act on - act on behalf of / act for - in the act of - in the act - put on an act -
12 adulation
[ædju'leiʃən](foolishly excessive praise: The teenager's adulation of the pop-group worried her parents.) adulação -
13 babble
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14 fool
[fu:l] 1. noun(a person without sense or intelligence: He is such a fool he never knows what to do.) tolo2. verb1) (to deceive: She completely fooled me with her story.) lograr2) ((often with about or around) to act like a fool or playfully: Stop fooling about!) brincar•- foolish- foolishly - foolishness - foolhardy - foolhardiness - foolproof - make a fool of - make a fool of oneself - play the fool -
15 headlong
adjective, adverb1) (moving forwards or downwards, with one's head in front: a headlong dive into the pool of water; He fell headlong into a pool of water.) de cabeça2) ((done) without thought or delay, often foolishly: a headlong rush; He rushes headlong into disaster.) de cabeça -
16 lose one's head
(to become angry or excited, or to act foolishly in a crisis.) perder a cabeça -
17 push
[puʃ] 1. verb1) (to press against something, in order to (try to) move it further away: He pushed the door open; She pushed him away; He pushed against the door with his shoulder; The queue can't move any faster, so stop pushing!; I had a good view of the race till someone pushed in front of me.) empurrar2) (to try to make (someone) do something; to urge on, especially foolishly: She pushed him into applying for the job.) impelir3) (to sell (drugs) illegally.) passar droga2. noun1) (a movement of pressure against something; a thrust: She gave him a push.) empurrão2) (energy and determination: He has enough push to do well in his job.) ímpeto•- push-chair - pushover - be pushed for - push around - push off - push on - push over -
18 waffle
I 1. ['wofl] verb(to talk on and on foolishly, pretending that one knows something which one does not: This lecturer will waffle on for hours.) tagarelar2. noun(talk of this kind: His speech was pure waffle. He has no idea what he's talking about.) verborragiaII ['wofəl] noun(a flat cake baked in a special appliance that leaves a pattern of squares on it: Waffles are usually eaten with ice cream, syrup or jam.)
См. также в других словарях:
Foolishly — Fool ish*ly, adv. In a foolish manner. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
foolishly — [adv] idiotic, without due consideration absurdly, ill advisedly, imprudently, incautiously, indiscreetly, injudiciously, mistakenly, short sightedly, stupidly, unwisely; concepts 401,542,544 Ant. carefully, cautiously, sensibly, thoughtfully,… … New thesaurus
foolishly — adverb a) In a foolish manner. He dressed foolishly to entertain the children. b) Without good judgment. Foolishly, he had decided that, because a home was the best investment, two homes were even better … Wiktionary
foolishly — adv. Foolishly is used with these verbs: ↑believe … Collocations dictionary
foolishly — foolish ► ADJECTIVE ▪ lacking good sense or judgement; silly or unwise. DERIVATIVES foolishly adverb foolishness noun … English terms dictionary
foolishly — adverb without good sense or judgment He acted foolishly when he agreed to come • Syn: ↑unwisely • Ant: ↑wisely • Derived from adjective: ↑foolish … Useful english dictionary
foolishly — adverb see foolish … New Collegiate Dictionary
foolishly — See foolish. * * * … Universalium
foolishly — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. stupidly, irrationally, idiotically, senselessly, witlessly, fatuously, inanely, injudiciously, imprudently, unwisely, weakmindedly, unintelligently, uncomprehendingly, mistakenly, illogically, ill advisedly, insanely,… … English dictionary for students
foolishly — adv. stupidly, in a silly manner … English contemporary dictionary
foolishly — fool·ish·ly … English syllables
