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1 humorous
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2 humorous
adjective (funny; amusing: a humorous situation/remark.) humorístico -
3 Hum
1. past tense, past participle - hummed; verb1) (to make a musical sound with closed lips: He was humming a tune to himself.) cantarolar2) (to make a similar sound: The bees were humming round the hive.) zumbir3) (to be active: Things are really humming round here.) aquecer2. noun(a humming sound: I could hear the hum of the machines; a hum of conversation.) zumbido* * *humorous(ly) -
4 amusing
adjective (rather funny or humorous: an amusing story.) divertido* * *a.mus.ing[əmj'u:ziŋ] adj divertido, recreativo, que causa alegria. -
5 dryly
adverb (in a quiet, restrained (and humorous) manner: He commented drily on the untidiness of the room.) com ironia* * *dry.ly, dri.ly[dr'aili] adv secamente, asperamente, friamente, causticamente. -
6 facetious
[fə'si:ʃəs](not serious; intended to be funny or humorous: a facetious remark.) brincalhão/faceto, engraçadinho (como o Redondo!)- facetiousness* * *fa.ce.tious[fəs'i:ʃəs] adj que faz brincadeiras ou zombarias inoportunas. -
7 farcical
adjective (completely ridiculous, and therefore usually humorous: The whole idea was farcical.) ridículo* * *far.ci.cal[f'a:sikəl] adj ridículo, cômico. -
8 humour
['hju:mə] 1. noun1) (the ability to amuse people; quickness to spot a joke: He has a great sense of humour.) humor2) (the quality of being amusing: the humour of the situation.) cómico2. verb(to please (someone) by agreeing with him or doing as he wishes: There is no point in telling him he is wrong - just humour him instead.) fazer a vontade- humorist- humorous
- humorously
- humorousness
- - humoured* * *hu.mour[hj'u:mə] n Brit 1 humor, veia cômica, graça. 2 temperamento, gênio. 3 capricho. 4 brincadeira. 5 Physiol humor: líquido orgânico. • vt condescender, ceder a, adaptar-se a. good humour bom humor. ill humour mau humor. I must humour him preciso animá-lo, preciso fazer-lhe a vontade. in the humour for disposto a. out of humour indisposto, de mau humor. -
9 limerick
['limərik](a type of humorous poem with five lines, the third and fourth lines being shorter than the others.) poema* * *lim.er.ick[l'imərik] n espécie de poema leve ou humorístico de cinco versos anapésticos com três pés no primeiro, segundo e quinto versos, dois pés no terceiro e quarto versos, e esquema de rima aabba. -
10 spoof
[spu:f](a ridiculous imitation, intended to be humorous.) mistificação* * *[spu:f] n sl 1 imitação, paródia, sátira. 2 engano, logro. • vt+vi satirizar sutilmente, enganar, lograr. -
11 wit
[wit]1) (humour; the ability to express oneself in an amusing way: His plays are full of wit; I admire his wit.) graça2) (a person who expresses himself in a humorous way, tells jokes etc: He's a great wit.) humorista3) (common sense, inventiveness etc: He did not have the wit to defend himself.) senso•- witless- - witted
- witticism
- witty
- wittily
- wittiness
- at one's wits' end
- keep one's wits about one
- live by one's wits
- frighten/scare out of one's wits
- out of one's wits* * *wit1[wit] n 1 juízo. 2 capacidade ou faculdade mental (geralmente wits). he has quick wits / ele é de rápida compreensão. 3 razão, inteligência viva. 4 destreza, habilidade. have you not the wits to do it? / será que você não tem habilidade para fazer isto? 5 finura, perspicácia, agudeza, sagacidade. 6 engenho, aptidão. 7 entendimento, imaginação. 8 graça, humor, chiste. 9 pessoa espirituosa. 10 brincalhão. 11 wits sabedoria, juízo. she is out of her wits / ela perdeu o juízo. don’t lose your wits in an emergency! / não fique desorientado numa emergência! don’t drive me out of my wits! / não me faça enlouquecer! brevity is the soul of wit brevidade é a alma do saber. he has not his wits about him ele não está com a cabeça no lugar. he lives by his wits ele vive de expedientes. I am at my wit’s end não sei mais o que fazer. it sharpened his wits isto tornou-o mais esperto. to have a ready wit ser espirituoso. to sacre/terrify someone out of their wits, to frighten the wits out of someone amedrontar, apavorar alguém.————————wit2 -
12 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 -
13 amusing
adjective (rather funny or humorous: an amusing story.) divertido -
14 dryly
adverb (in a quiet, restrained (and humorous) manner: He commented drily on the untidiness of the room.) ironicamente -
15 facetious
[fə'si:ʃəs](not serious; intended to be funny or humorous: a facetious remark.) brincalhão- facetiousness -
16 farcical
adjective (completely ridiculous, and therefore usually humorous: The whole idea was farcical.) ridículo, cômico -
17 humour
['hju:mə] 1. noun1) (the ability to amuse people; quickness to spot a joke: He has a great sense of humour.) humor2) (the quality of being amusing: the humour of the situation.) cômico2. verb(to please (someone) by agreeing with him or doing as he wishes: There is no point in telling him he is wrong - just humour him instead.) fazer a vontade de- humorist- humorous - humorously - humorousness - - humoured -
18 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 de -
19 limerick
['limərik](a type of humorous poem with five lines, the third and fourth lines being shorter than the others.) quintilha humorística -
20 spoof
[spu:f](a ridiculous imitation, intended to be humorous.) paródia
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