playground

noun (an area in which children can play in a park, outside a school etc.) recreio

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[pl'eigraund] n playground, parquinho de diversões.

noun (an area in which children can play in a park, outside a school etc.) playground

[pl'eilænd] n = link=playground playground.

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['æsfælt] n 1 Min asfalto, betume. 2 mistura de asfalto com pedregulho e areia usada para a pavimentação. • vt asfaltar. • adj asfáltico, betuminoso, de asfalto.

1) (something put up as a defence or protection: a barrier between the playground and the busy road.) barreira

2) (something that causes difficulty: His deafness was a barrier to promotion.) barreira

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[b'æriə] n 1 barreira, obstáculo. 2 grade, separação. 3 paliçada, estacada. 4 limite, confim. 5 linha divisória. 6 Electr separador. 7 Hist liça: arena de torneio. • vt+vi 1 barrier off excluir. 2 barrier in cercar, fechar.

1) (a sloping channel for sending down water, rubbish etc.) conduta

2) (a similar structure in a playground, for children to slide down.) escorregadouro

3) (a parachute.) paraquedas

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[ʃu:t] n 1 Amer tubo inclinado, deslizador, calha de transporte. 2 Amer corredeira, cachoeira. 3 rampa, ladeira íngreme. 4 coll pára-quedas.

[pl'ei li:də] n pessoa treinada para organizar, cuidar das crianças no playground.

1) (to amuse oneself: The child is playing in the garden; He is playing with his toys; The little girl wants to play with her friends.) brincar

2) (to take part in (games etc): He plays football; He is playing in goal; Here's a pack of cards - who wants to play (with me)?; I'm playing golf with him this evening.) jogar

3) (to act in a play etc; to act (a character): She's playing Lady Macbeth; The company is playing in London this week.) representar

4) ((of a play etc) to be performed: `Oklahoma' is playing at the local theatre.) ser representado

5) (to (be able to) perform on (a musical instrument): She plays the piano; Who was playing the piano this morning?; He plays (the oboe) in an orchestra.) tocar

6) ((usually with on) to carry out or do (a trick): He played a trick on me.) pregar (partidas)

7) ((usually with at) to compete against (someone) in a game etc: I'll play you at tennis.) jogar com

8) ((of light) to pass with a flickering movement: The firelight played across the ceiling.) saltar

9) (to direct (over or towards something): The firemen played their hoses over the burning house.) dirigir

10) (to put down or produce (a playing-card) as part of a card game: He played the seven of hearts.) jogar

1) (recreation; amusement: A person must have time for both work and play.) divertimento

2) (an acted story; a drama: Shakespeare wrote many great plays.) peça

3) (the playing of a game: At the start of today's play, England was leading India by fifteen runs.) jogo

4) (freedom of movement (eg in part of a machine).) folga

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- player

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[plei] n 1 jogo, partida, disputa. 2 divertimento, brincadeira. 3 folguedo, passatempo. 4 peça teatral ou cinematográfica. a play of Shaw (ou by Shaw) / uma peça de Shaw. 5 Mus execução, interpretação. 6 gracejo. 7 jogatina, modo de jogar. 8 Mech jogo, folga. 9 lance, jogada. 10 atividade, ação, movimento. • vt+vi 1 jogar, disputar. 2 brincar, folgar, divertir-se. 3 tocar (instrumentos musicais), executar. 4 agir, proceder. 5 vibrar, oscilar, tremular. 6 representar, desempenhar. 7 Mech jogar, ter folga. 8 pôr em movimento, movimentar, acionar. 9 bancar, fingir. 10 apostar. 11 imitar. at play em jogo. at the play no teatro. in full play em plena atividade. play in the gear folga no jogo da engrenagem. play of colours jogo de cores. said in play dito por brincadeira. they are played out eles estão esgotados. they play a losing game eles procedem sem chance de sucesso. they played the devil with him eles o maltratavam. to bring into play movimentar, acionar. to give free play to one’s abilities proporcionar ambiente em que alguém possa desenvolver livremente as suas aptidões. to hold in play manter alguém ocupado. to make a play for 1 tentar obter. 2 tentar seduzir. to play about comportar-se sem responsabilidade. to play along cooperar ou concordar com alguém. to play a part 1 ajudar alguém a fazer algo. 2 representar um papel. to play around coll namorar, flertar. to play at 1 participar (de um jogo). 2 brincar com. 3 fazer de conta. to play a trick on pregar uma peça em. to play ball coll cooperar. to play down depreciar, negligenciar. to play fair agir corretamente. to play false enganar, trair. to play first violin ter papel preponderante. to play foul proceder incorretamente. to play horse with coll 1 fazer gato e sapato de. 2 desarrumar, lançar em desordem. to play house brincar de casinha. to play into a person’s hands favorecer alguém. to play off 1 fazer, agir, praticar. 2 dar espetáculo, fazer cenas. 3 fingir. 4 concluir um jogo. to play on (ou upon) tocar de leve, roçar. to play on (ou upon) words fazer trocadilhos. to play out 1 acabar, terminar. 2 fatigar, cansar, exaurir. 3 perder a eficácia. to play politics intrigar, maquinar, tramar. to play safe agir com cautela. to play the field espalhar esforço, interesses, afeições em muitas coisas ao mesmo tempo. to play the fool bancar o bobo. to play the game observar as regras do jogo, agir corretamente. to play the gentleman bancar o cavalheiro. to play the market jogar na bolsa, especular. to play up 1 começar a música. 2 redobrar os esforços. 3 mostrar-se firme e forte perante uma crise ou emergência. 4 destacar, salientar, dar ênfase. 5 enganar, trapacear. 6 provocar. 7 comportar-se de forma a não cooperar. 8 dar problemas, doer. to play up to sl 1 contracenar. 2 apoiar. 3 adular, bajular. to play with 1 brincar com. 2 jogar contra. 3 fazer pouco de. 4 masturbar. to play with fire brincar com fogo.

1) (to (cause to) move or pass along smoothly: He slid the drawer open; Children must not slide in the school corridors.) (fazer) escorregar

2) (to move quietly or secretly: I slid hurriedly past the window; He slid the book quickly out of sight under his pillow.) deslizar

1) (an act of sliding.) escorregadela

2) (a slippery track, or apparatus with a smooth sloping surface, on which people or things can slide: The children were taking turns on the slide in the playground.) escorregadouro

3) (a small transparent photograph for projecting on to a screen etc: The lecture was illustrated with slides.) slide

4) (a glass plate on which objects are placed to be examined under a microscope.) lamela

5) ((also hair-slide) a (decorative) hinged fastening for the hair.) gancho

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- slide-rule

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[slaid] n 1 escorregão, ato de deslizar. 2 escorregador, corrediça, peça corrediça, superfície lisa para deslizar ou escorregar. 3 Amer massa de terra ou neve escorregadia. 4 desabamento. 5 Mech válvula, registro. 6 lâmina (para microscópio). 7 diapositivo. • vt+vi (ps slid, pp slid, slidden) 1 deslizar, escorregar, patinar. 2 fazer deslizar, deslocar empurrando. 3 andar, mover-se quietamente ou em segredo. 4 passar aos poucos. to let things slide deixar piorar. he lets things slide / ele deixa as coisas piorarem. to slide down deslizar para baixo. to slide into passar para, transformar-se em. he slid into the habit / ele acostumou-se aos poucos.

1) (something built of stone, brick, plaster, wood etc and used to separate off or enclose something: There's a wall at the bottom of the garden: The Great Wall of China; a garden wall.) muro

2) (any of the sides of a building or room: One wall of the room is yellow - the rest are white.) parede

- walled

- wall-to-wall

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[wɔ:l] n 1 parede, muro, paredão. 2 fort muralha (também walls). 3 fig barreira, muro. I am up against a brick wall / fig tenho uma montanha (de dificuldades) na minha frente. • vt 1 prover, cercar, dividir ou proteger com parede ou muro, murar, emparedar. 2 fort fortificar. blind dead wall parede sem janelas ou portas. to drive up the wall fazer subir as paredes, deixar muito irritado. to have one’s back to the wall estar encurralado, estar em um beco sem saída. to knock/ bang one’s head against a brick wall tentar o impossível, dar murro em ponta de faca. to wall up fechar com parede. walls have ears as paredes têm ouvidos.

1) (to release steam into the air.) deixar sair vapor

2) (to release or get rid of excess energy, emotion etc: The children were letting off steam by running about in the playground.) gastar energias

1) (something put up as a defence or protection: a barrier between the playground and the busy road.) barreira

2) (something that causes difficulty: His deafness was a barrier to promotion.) obstáculo

1) (a sloping channel for sending down water, rubbish etc.) conduto

2) (a similar structure in a playground, for children to slide down.) escorregador

3) (a parachute.) pára-quedas

1) (to release steam into the air.) soltar vapor

2) (to release or get rid of excess energy, emotion etc: The children were letting off steam by running about in the playground.) gastar energia

1) (to amuse oneself: The child is playing in the garden; He is playing with his toys; The little girl wants to play with her friends.) brincar

2) (to take part in (games etc): He plays football; He is playing in goal; Here's a pack of cards - who wants to play (with me)?; I'm playing golf with him this evening.) jogar

3) (to act in a play etc; to act (a character): She's playing Lady Macbeth; The company is playing in London this week.) representar

4) ((of a play etc) to be performed: `Oklahoma' is playing at the local theatre.) ser representado

5) (to (be able to) perform on (a musical instrument): She plays the piano; Who was playing the piano this morning?; He plays (the oboe) in an orchestra.) tocar

6) ((usually with on) to carry out or do (a trick): He played a trick on me.) pregar (peça)

7) ((usually with at) to compete against (someone) in a game etc: I'll play you at tennis.) jogar com

8) ((of light) to pass with a flickering movement: The firelight played across the ceiling.) dançar, saltitar

9) (to direct (over or towards something): The firemen played their hoses over the burning house.) manobrar

10) (to put down or produce (a playing-card) as part of a card game: He played the seven of hearts.) jogar

1) (recreation; amusement: A person must have time for both work and play.) lazer

2) (an acted story; a drama: Shakespeare wrote many great plays.) peça

3) (the playing of a game: At the start of today's play, England was leading India by fifteen runs.) jogo

4) (freedom of movement (eg in part of a machine).) jogo

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- player

1) (to (cause to) move or pass along smoothly: He slid the drawer open; Children must not slide in the school corridors.) escorregar

2) (to move quietly or secretly: I slid hurriedly past the window; He slid the book quickly out of sight under his pillow.) esgueirar(-se)

1) (an act of sliding.) escorregamento

2) (a slippery track, or apparatus with a smooth sloping surface, on which people or things can slide: The children were taking turns on the slide in the playground.) escorregador

3) (a small transparent photograph for projecting on to a screen etc: The lecture was illustrated with slides.) diapositivo

4) (a glass plate on which objects are placed to be examined under a microscope.) lâmina

5) ((also hair-slide) a (decorative) hinged fastening for the hair.) travessa de cabelo

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- slide-rule

1) (something built of stone, brick, plaster, wood etc and used to separate off or enclose something: There's a wall at the bottom of the garden: The Great Wall of China; a garden wall.) muro, muralha

2) (any of the sides of a building or room: One wall of the room is yellow - the rest are white.) parede

- walled

- wall-to-wall