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1 frustrate
1) (to make (someone) feel disappointed, useless etc: Staying at home all day frustrated her.) frustrar2) (to make useless: His efforts were frustrated.) frustrar•- frustrated* * *frus.trate[fr∧str'eit] vt+vi frustrar: a) malograr, enganar a expectativa de, baldar. b) contrariar, opor-se a. c) decepcionar. -
2 frustrate
1) (to make (someone) feel disappointed, useless etc: Staying at home all day frustrated her.) frustrar2) (to make useless: His efforts were frustrated.) baldar•- frustrated -
3 destroy
[di'stroi]1) (to put an end to or make useless; to ruin: Vandals destroyed the painting.) destruir2) (to kill (animals): This poison destroys rats.) exterminar•* * *de.stroy[distr'ɔi] vt 1 destruir, desfazer, abater, aniquilar, despedaçar. 2 assolar, desolar. 3 arrasar, demolir, arruinar. 4 exterminar, extirpar. 5 matar. 6 anular, frustrar, provar ser falso. -
4 neutralise
verb (to make useless or harmless usually by causing an opposite effect.) neutralizar* * *neu.tral.ise[nj'u:trəlaiz] vt 1 neutralizar, anular. 2 contrabalançar. -
5 neutralize
verb (to make useless or harmless usually by causing an opposite effect.) neutralizar* * *neu.tral.i.ze[nj'u:trəlaiz] vt = link=neutralise neutralise. -
6 destroy
[di'stroi]1) (to put an end to or make useless; to ruin: Vandals destroyed the painting.) destruir2) (to kill (animals): This poison destroys rats.) exterminar• -
7 neutralise
verb (to make useless or harmless usually by causing an opposite effect.) neutralizar -
8 neutralize
verb (to make useless or harmless usually by causing an opposite effect.) neutralizar -
9 spoil
[spoil]past tense, past participles - spoiled, spoilt; verb1) (to damage or ruin; to make bad or useless: If you touch that drawing you'll spoil it.) estragar2) (to give (a child etc) too much of what he wants and possibly make his character, behaviour etc worse by doing so: They spoil that child dreadfully and she's becoming unbearable!) estragar•- spoils- spoilt
- spoilsport* * *[spɔil] n 1 (também spoils pl) espólio, presa (de guerra). 2 pilhagem, saque. 3 cargos, posições preenchidas por protegidos políticos. • vt+vi (ps+pp spoilt, spoiled) 1 arruinar, danificar, estragar, destruir. your news spoilt my appetite / perdi o apetite por causa das suas notícias. 2 deteriorar, estragar-se, apodrecer. 3 estragar (o caráter), corromper. 4 saquear, pilhar, roubar. 5 estragar (crianças) com mimos, mimar. 6 frustrar, baldar. he’s spoiling for it coll ele está louco atrás disto. spare the rod and spoil the child criança mimada, criança estragada. -
10 use
I [ju:z] verb1) (to employ (something) for a purpose: What did you use to open the can?; Use your common sense!) usar2) (to consume: We're using far too much electricity.) usar•- usable- used
- user
- user-friendly
- user guide
- be used to something
- be used to
- used to II [ju:s]1) (the act of using or state of being used: The use of force to persuade workers to join a strike cannot be justified; This telephone number is for use in emergencies.) uso2) (the/a purpose for which something may be used: This little knife has plenty of uses; I have no further use for these clothes.) uso3) ((often in questions or with negatives) value or advantage: Is this coat (of) any use to you?; It's no use offering to help when it's too late.) uso4) (the power of using: She lost the use of her right arm as a result of the accident.) uso5) (permission, or the right, to use: They let us have the use of their car while they were away.) uso•- useful- usefulness
- usefully
- useless
- be in use
- out of use
- come in useful
- have no use for
- it's no use
- make good use of
- make use of
- put to good use
- put to use* * *[ju:s] n 1 uso. he made use of this book / ele fez uso deste livro. 2 prática. 3 praxe, usança, hábito, costume. 4 ritual. 5 aplicação, emprego. 6 função, serventia. we have no use for it / não usamos isso, não é de proveito para nós. 7 utilidade, finalidade. there is no use in ringing up, it is no use to ring up / não adianta telefonar, é inútil telefonar. she was of some use in laying the table / ela se mostrou útil, pondo a mesa. 8 modo de usar. 9 necessidade. it is of no use to shout/gritar aqui não adianta nada. 10 tratamento, trato. 11 vantagem, proveito. 12. usufruto. • [ju:z] vt+vi 1 usar. I used it for a journey / usei-o, gastei-o para uma viagem. 2 praticar. 3 habituar, acostumar, costumar. 4 aproveitar(-se), servir(-se), utilizar(-se), explorar. they used him badly / trataram-no mal. 5 gastar, consumir, esgotar. 6 aplicar, empregar. 7 manusear. 8 tratar. for rough use para serviço pesado. for use para uso. in use em uso, usual, de praxe. to be used to... estar acostumado a... to use up gastar, esgotar. used to... costumava... I used to go on Sundays / eu costumava ir aos domingos. he used not to like fish / ele não gostava de peixe (mas agora gosta). didn’t she use to live in the country? / ela não morava no campo? you didn’t use to smoke / você não costumava fumar. -
11 spoil
[spoil]past tense, past participles - spoiled, spoilt; verb1) (to damage or ruin; to make bad or useless: If you touch that drawing you'll spoil it.) estragar2) (to give (a child etc) too much of what he wants and possibly make his character, behaviour etc worse by doing so: They spoil that child dreadfully and she's becoming unbearable!) mimar, estragar•- spoils- spoilt - spoilsport -
12 use
I [ju:z] verb1) (to employ (something) for a purpose: What did you use to open the can?; Use your common sense!)2) (to consume: We're using far too much electricity.)•- usable- used - user - user-friendly - user guide - be used to something - be used to - used to II [ju:s]1) (the act of using or state of being used: The use of force to persuade workers to join a strike cannot be justified; This telephone number is for use in emergencies.)2) (the/a purpose for which something may be used: This little knife has plenty of uses; I have no further use for these clothes.)3) ((often in questions or with negatives) value or advantage: Is this coat (of) any use to you?; It's no use offering to help when it's too late.)4) (the power of using: She lost the use of her right arm as a result of the accident.)5) (permission, or the right, to use: They let us have the use of their car while they were away.)•- useful- usefulness - usefully - useless - be in use - out of use - come in useful - have no use for - it's no use - make good use of - make use of - put to good use - put to use
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