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1 despair
[di'speə] 1. verb(to lose hope (of): I despair of ever teaching my son anything.) desesperar2. noun1) (the state of having given up hope: He was filled with despair at the news.) desespero2) ((with the) something which causes someone to despair: He is the despair of his mother.) desespero* * *de.spair[disp'ɛə] n 1 desesperação, desespero, falta de esperança, desesperança. 2 pessoa ou coisa que causa desespero. • vi desesperar, tirar a esperança a, causar desespero, desanimar, descoroçoar. in despair desesperado. out of despair em desespero, desesperadamente. to drive someone to despair levar alguém ao desespero. -
2 despair
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3 in despair
in despairdesesperado. -
4 out of despair
out of despairem desespero, desesperadamente. -
5 to drive someone to despair
to drive someone to despairlevar alguém ao desespero. -
6 to wring one’s hands in despair
to wring one’s hands in despairtorcer as mãos em desespero.English-Portuguese dictionary > to wring one’s hands in despair
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7 to yield to despair
to yield to despairentregar-se ao desespero. -
8 abandon
[ə'bændən]1) (to leave, not intending to return to: They abandoned the stolen car.) abandonar2) (to give (oneself) completely to: He abandoned himself to despair.) entregar-se•- abandonment* * *a.ban.don1[əb'ændən] vt 1 abandonar, deixar por completo, ceder. he abandoned him to his fate / ele o deixou à mercê de seu destino. he must abandon the plan / ele precisa abandonar o seu plano. 2 desertar, desamparar. the children were abandoned by their parents / as crianças foram abandonadas pelos pais. 3 entregar, conceder. don’t abandon yourself to despair / não se entregue ao desespero. 4 renunciar.————————a.ban.don2[əb'ændən] n desembaraço, liberalidade, despreocupação. -
9 groan
[ɡrəun] 1. verb(to produce a deep sound (because of pain, unhappiness etc): He groaned when he heard that he had failed his exam; The table was groaning with food (= there was a great deal of food on it).) gemer2. noun(a deep sound: a groan of despair.) gemido* * *[groun] n gemido, suspiro. • vt+vi 1 gemer, suspirar. 2 sofrer, estar sobrecarregado. 3 vergar. the table groaned under its weight a mesa vergou-se sob seu peso. to fetch a groan soltar um suspiro profundo. to groan down vencer pelo cansaço. -
10 picture
['pik ə] 1. noun1) (a painting or drawing: This is a picture of my mother.) retrato2) (a photograph: I took a lot of pictures when I was on holiday.) foto3) (a cinema film: There's a good picture on at the cinema tonight.) filme4) ((with the) a symbol or perfect example (of something): She looked the picture of health/happiness.) imagem5) ((with a) a beautiful sight: She looked a picture in her new dress.) beleza6) (a clear description: He gave me a good picture of what was happening.) descrição2. verb(to imagine: I can picture the scene.) imaginar- put someone / be in the picture- put / be in the picture
- the pictures* * *pic.ture[p'iktʃə] n 1 pintura, tela, cena, retrato, quadro. she is as pretty as a picture / ela é linda como um quadro. 2 desenho, ilustração. 3 fotografia. 4 descrição. 5 imagem, semelhança, cópia. he is the picture of despair / ele é a imagem do desespero. 6 filme cinematográfico. 7 imagem mental. 8 exemplo, corporificação. 9 fig pintura, pessoa ou coisa muito bonita. the hat is a picture! / o chapéu é um sonho! 10 situação, conjuntura. 11 pictures Brit cinema. • vt 1 pintar, retratar. 2 desenhar, ilustrar. 3 descrever, narrar. 4 imaginar, conceber. a picture of a child uma beleza de criança. just picture to yourself imagine só. to be in (the) picture estar bem informado, estar por dentro. to be out of the picture a) estar por fora. b) estar relegado ao segundo plano. to be the very picture of ser a perfeita imagem de. to come into picture aparecer, surgir, tornar-se conhecido ou afamado. to draw a picture of desenhar um quadro de, descrever pormenorizadamente. to get the picture compreender, entender, ficar a par da situação. to look the very picture of health estar vendendo saúde. -
11 wring
[riŋ]past tense, past participle - wrung; verb1) (to force (water) from (material) by twisting or by pressure: He wrung the water from his soaking-wet shirt.) torcer2) (to clasp and unclasp (one's hands) in desperation, fear etc.) torcer•- wringer- wringing wet* * *[riŋ] n 1 torcedura, torção. 2 espremedura. 3 aperto. 4 prensa (de queijo), espremedor de fruta. • vt+vi (ps, pp wrung) 1 torcer(-se), retorcer(-se). I’d like to wring his neck / tenho vontade de torcer-lhe o pescoço, estou furioso com ele. 2 espremer. 3 prensar (up). 4 apertar (mão). 5 distender, luxar. 6 contorcer, desfigurar (rosto). 7 arrancar à força ( from de). 8 virar, volver (pescoço). 9 extorquir ( out of de). 10 oprimir, hostilizar, atormentar, torturar. he wrung me by the hand ele me apertou a mão. I gave his hand a wring, I gave him a wring of the hand dei-lhe um aperto de mão. to wring off arrancar torcendo. to wring one’s hands in despair torcer as mãos em desespero. to wring out espremer torcendo. to wring someone’s heart/ soul cortar o coração de alguém. it wrings my heart / faz-me doer o coração, corta-me o coração. to wring something’s neck matar algo (algum animal) torcendo o pescoço. he wrung the hen’s neck / ele torceu o pescoço da galinha. to wring water out from the washing tirar água da roupa lavada espremendo-a. wrung with fustigado, atormentado por. you can’t wring blood from a stone você não pode tirar leite das pedras, você não pode tirar dinheiro de um sovina. -
12 yield
[ji:ld] 1. verb1) (to give up; to surrender: He yielded to the other man's arguments; He yielded all his possessions to the state.) render(-se)2) (to give way to force or pressure: At last the door yielded.) ceder3) (to produce naturally, grow etc: How much milk does that herd of cattle yield?) produzir2. noun(the amount produced by natural means: the annual yield of wheat.) produção* * *[ji:ld] n 1 rendimento, lucro, produto. 2 producão. • vt+vi 1 render. 2 produzir. 3 dar, conceder, consentir, permitir, aquiescer, autorizar. 4 entregar(-se), capitular, render-se, deixar (para o inimigo). 5 ceder (pressão, peso). 6 submeter(-se), sujeitar(-se). 7 descobrir, revelar (segredo). to yield an abatement conceder um desconto. to yield place to ceder lugar a, arranjar lugar para. to yield to conditions concordar com condições. to yield to despair entregar-se ao desespero. to yield to temptation cair em tentação. to yield to the times conformar-se com os tempos. to yield up revelar, divulgar. to yield up the ghost entregar a alma, morrer. -
13 tear one's hair
(to show great irritation or despair.) arrancar os cabelos -
14 abandon
[ə'bændən]1) (to leave, not intending to return to: They abandoned the stolen car.) abandonar2) (to give (oneself) completely to: He abandoned himself to despair.) entregar-se•- abandonment -
15 groan
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16 tear one's hair
(to show great irritation or despair.) arrancar os próprios cabelos
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