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1 let down
1) (to lower: She let down the blind.) baixar2) (to disappoint or fail to help when necessary etc: You must give a film show at the party - you can't let the children down (noun let-down); She felt he had let her down by not coming to see her perform.) desapontar3) (to make flat by allowing the air to escape: When he got back to his car, he found that some children had let his tyres down.) esvaziar4) (to make longer: She had to let down the child's skirt.) baixar -
2 let down
1) (to lower: She let down the blind.) baixar, descer2) (to disappoint or fail to help when necessary etc: You must give a film show at the party - you can't let the children down (noun let-down); She felt he had let her down by not coming to see her perform.) decepcionar, desapontar3) (to make flat by allowing the air to escape: When he got back to his car, he found that some children had let his tyres down.) esvaziar4) (to make longer: She had to let down the child's skirt.) encompridar -
3 cool down
1) (to make or become less warm: Let your food cool down a bit!) arrefecer2) (to make or become less excited or less emotional: He was very angry but he's cooled down now.) acalmar -
4 cool down
1) (to make or become less warm: Let your food cool down a bit!) esfriar2) (to make or become less excited or less emotional: He was very angry but he's cooled down now.) acalmar(-se) -
5 settle down
1) (to (cause to) become quiet, calm and peaceful: He waited for the audience to settle down before he spoke; She settled the baby down at last.) sossegar(-se)2) (to make oneself comfortable: She settled (herself) down in the back of the car and went to sleep.) acomodar-se3) (to begin to concentrate on something, eg work: He settled down to (do) his schoolwork.) começar a -
6 settle down
1) (to (cause to) become quiet, calm and peaceful: He waited for the audience to settle down before he spoke; She settled the baby down at last.) acalmar(-se)2) (to make oneself comfortable: She settled (herself) down in the back of the car and went to sleep.) acomodar(-se)3) (to begin to concentrate on something, eg work: He settled down to (do) his schoolwork.) começar -
7 damp down
1) (to make (a fire) burn more slowly.) amortecer2) (to reduce, make less strong: He was trying to damp down their enthusiasm.) abafar -
8 damp down
1) (to make (a fire) burn more slowly.) abafar2) (to reduce, make less strong: He was trying to damp down their enthusiasm.) diminuir -
9 tone down
(to make or become softer, less harsh etc: He toned down some of his criticisms.) abrandar* * *tone downreduzir, diminuir. -
10 boil down to
(to amount to; to indicate as a final analysis or judgement: It all boils down to money; What it boils down to is that you have to make a choice between family and career.) -
11 calm down
(to make or become calm: He tried to calm her down by giving her some brandy; Calm down!) acalmar -
12 boil down to
(to amount to; to indicate as a final analysis or judgement: It all boils down to money; What it boils down to is that you have to make a choice between family and career.) -
13 calm down
(to make or become calm: He tried to calm her down by giving her some brandy; Calm down!) acalmar -
14 flag down
past tense, past participle - flagged; verb (to wave at (a car etc) in order to make it stop: We flagged down a taxi.) acenar -
15 get down
(to make (a person) sad: Working in this place really gets me down.) deprimir -
16 pin down
(to make (someone) give a definite answer, statement, opinion or promise: I can't pin him down to a definite date for his arrival.) prender -
17 play down
(to try to make (something) appear less important: He played down the fact that he had failed the exam.) diminuir -
18 slow down/up
(to make or become slower: The police were warning drivers to slow down; The fog was slowing up the traffic.) abrandar -
19 take down
(to make a note or record of: He took down her name and address.) assentar -
20 take (someone) down a peg (or two)
(to make (a proud person) more humble: We must find some way of taking her down a peg or two.) fazer baixar a cristaEnglish-Portuguese dictionary > take (someone) down a peg (or two)
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