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1 gossip
['ɡosip] 1. noun1) (talk about other people's affairs, not always truthful: I never pay any attention to gossip.) bisbilhotice2) (a chat: She dropped in for a cup of coffee and a gossip.) dois dedos de prosa3) (a person who listens to and passes on gossip: She's a dreadful gossip.) bisbilhoteiro2. verb1) (to pass on gossip.) bisbilhotar2) (to chat.) cavaquear•- gossipy- gossip column* * *gos.sip[g'ɔsip] n 1 bisbilhotice, tagarelice, mexerico, fofoca. 2 bisbilhoteiro, mexeriqueiro, tagarela. • vi bisbilhotar, mexericar, palrar, tagarelar. -
2 gossip
['ɡosip] 1. noun1) (talk about other people's affairs, not always truthful: I never pay any attention to gossip.) mexerico, bisbilhotice2) (a chat: She dropped in for a cup of coffee and a gossip.) bate-papo3) (a person who listens to and passes on gossip: She's a dreadful gossip.) mexeriqueiro2. verb1) (to pass on gossip.) mexericar2) (to chat.) conversar•- gossipy- gossip column -
3 talk
[to:k] 1. verb1) (to speak; to have a conversation or discussion: We talked about it for hours; My parrot can talk (= imitate human speech).) falar2) (to gossip: You can't stay here - people will talk!) falar3) (to talk about: They spent the whole time talking philosophy.) falar sobre2. noun1) ((sometimes in plural) a conversation or discussion: We had a long talk about it; The Prime Ministers met for talks on their countries' economic problems.) conversa2) (a lecture: The doctor gave us a talk on family health.) palestra3) (gossip: Her behaviour causes a lot of talk among the neighbours.) mexerico4) (useless discussion; statements of things a person says he will do but which will never actually be done: There's too much talk and not enough action.) conversa•- talking book
- talking head
- talking-point
- talk show
- talking-to
- talk back
- talk big
- talk down to
- talk someone into / out of doing
- talk into / out of doing
- talk someone into / out of
- talk into / out of
- talk over
- talk round
- talk sense/nonsense
- talk shop* * *[tɔ:k] n 1 conversa, conversação. 2 conferência, discurso, conselho. 3 fala. 4 boato, rumor. it’s the talk of the town / é o assunto da cidade. 5 tagarelice, palra. • vt+vi 1 falar, conversar, dizer. 2 levar a, influenciar. money talks / dinheiro convence. 3 discutir. 4 consultar, conferenciar. 5 manifestar-se, explicar. 6 palrar, tagarelar. let’s talk it over conversemos (seriamente) sobre o assunto. now you are talking isto, sim, que é proposta. small talk conversa superficial. talking of it falando nisso. talk is cheap! falar é fácil! to talk against time falar para preencher o tempo. to talk away matar o tempo com conversa amigável, Brit coll jogar conversa fora. to talk back dar uma resposta rude. to talk big sl contar vantagem. to talk down to tratar de modo superior. to talk into persuadir. to talk of falar sobre, discutir, mencionar. don’t talk of it! / nem fale disto! to talk politics discutir sobre política. to talk round a) falar sem chegar ao assunto. b) convencer, persuadir. to talk sense falar com juízo. to talk someone down não deixar falar, calar. to talk someone out of convencer alguém. he won’t be talked out of it / não se deixa levar na conversa. to talk someone’s head off sl falar demais. to talk tall gabar-se, vangloriar-se. to talk to falar com. I talked to him / falei (seriamente) com ele. to talk turkey falar francamente. to talk with falar para dar instruções, admoestar ou persuadir. you can talk! coll você fala de barriga cheia! -
4 talk
[to:k] 1. verb1) (to speak; to have a conversation or discussion: We talked about it for hours; My parrot can talk (= imitate human speech).) falar2) (to gossip: You can't stay here - people will talk!) falar, comentar3) (to talk about: They spent the whole time talking philosophy.) discutir2. noun1) ((sometimes in plural) a conversation or discussion: We had a long talk about it; The Prime Ministers met for talks on their countries' economic problems.) discussão2) (a lecture: The doctor gave us a talk on family health.) conferência3) (gossip: Her behaviour causes a lot of talk among the neighbours.) comentário, falatório4) (useless discussion; statements of things a person says he will do but which will never actually be done: There's too much talk and not enough action.) falação•- talking book - talking head - talking-point - talk show - talking-to - talk back - talk big - talk down to - talk someone into / out of doing - talk into / out of doing - talk someone into / out of - talk into / out of - talk over - talk round - talk sense/nonsense - talk shop -
5 rumour
['ru:mə]1) (a piece of news or a story passed from person to person, which may not be true: I heard a rumour that you had got a new job.) rumor2) (general talk or gossip: Don't listen to rumour.) boato* * *ru.mour[r'u:mə] n rumor, boato (of acerca de). • vt espalhar, propalar boatos. it is rumoured that dizem que. rumour has it, the rumour runs corre, circula o boato. to spread rumours espalhar boatos. -
6 scandal
['skændl]1) (something that is considered shocking or disgraceful: The price of such food is a scandal.) escândalo2) (an outburst of public indignation caused by something shocking or disgraceful: Her love affair caused a great scandal amongst the neighbours; They kept the matter secret, in order to avoid a scandal.) escândalo3) (gossip: all the latest scandal.) mexerico•- scandalise
- scandalous
- scandalously* * *scan.dal[sk'ændəl] n 1 escândalo. 2 desgraça, desonra. 3 difamação, calúnia, mexerico. • vt 1 desonrar. 2 difamar. to raise a scandal fazer um escândalo. -
7 snippet
[-pit]noun (a little piece, especially of information, gossip etc: a snippet of news.) pedaço* * *snip.pet[sn'ipit] n pedaço pequeno, fragmento (de notícia ou informação). -
8 rumour
['ru:mə]1) (a piece of news or a story passed from person to person, which may not be true: I heard a rumour that you had got a new job.) rumor2) (general talk or gossip: Don't listen to rumour.) boato -
9 scandal
['skændl]1) (something that is considered shocking or disgraceful: The price of such food is a scandal.) escândalo2) (an outburst of public indignation caused by something shocking or disgraceful: Her love affair caused a great scandal amongst the neighbours; They kept the matter secret, in order to avoid a scandal.) escândalo3) (gossip: all the latest scandal.) mexerico•- scandalise - scandalous - scandalously -
10 snippet
[-pit]noun (a little piece, especially of information, gossip etc: a snippet of news.) fragmento
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