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ques.tion tag[kw'estʃən tæg] n expressão interrogativa acrescentada a uma afirmação para sugerir concordância. You can go, can’t you? / você pode ir, não pode?————————question tagoração interrogativa acrescentada ao fim de uma afirmação, sugerindo concordância. -
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[tæɡ] 1. noun1) (a label: a price-tag; a name-tag.) etiqueta2) (a saying or quotation that is often repeated: a well-known Latin tag.) citação3) (something small that is added on or attached: a question-tag such as `isn't it?') apêndice4) (a children's game in which one player chases the others and tries to touch one of them: to play tag.)2. verb(to put a tag or label on something: All the clothes have been tagged.) etiquetar- tag on* * *[tæg] n 1 etiqueta, identificação. 2 rabo, ponta solta, trapo, cauda. 3 ponta metálica em cordão (de sapato). 4 final, fim, estribilho, refrão. 5 apêndice, penduricalho. 6 citação retórica. 7 citação, clichê, chavão. 8 epíteto, rótulo, apelido. 9 placa de licença (automóvel). 10 mecha de cabelo emaranhada. 11 marca de identificação em pichação, assinatura. 12 pegador, pique, pega-pega (jogo infantil). • vt+vi 1 colocar pontas em cordão. 2 marcar preço de mercadoria. 3 juntar, acrescentar. 4 tocar, pegar (no jogo de pegador). question tag oração interrogativa acrescentada ao fim de uma afirmação, sugerindo concordância. to tag along seguir de perto. -
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[tæɡ] 1. noun1) (a label: a price-tag; a name-tag.) rótulo, etiqueta2) (a saying or quotation that is often repeated: a well-known Latin tag.) citação, refrão3) (something small that is added on or attached: a question-tag such as `isn't it?') apêndice4) (a children's game in which one player chases the others and tries to touch one of them: to play tag.)2. verb(to put a tag or label on something: All the clothes have been tagged.) rotular- tag on -
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tag ques.tion[t'æg kwestʃən] n oração interrogativa acrescentada ao fim de uma afirmação, sugerindo concordância, como, por exemplo: you can, can’t you? / você pode, não pode?
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question tag — noun A tag question (qv) • • • Main Entry: ↑question * * * question tag UK US noun [countable] [singular question tag plural … Useful english dictionary
question tag — question tags N COUNT In grammar, a question tag is a very short clause at the end of a statement which changes the statement into a question. For example, in She said half price, didn t she? , the words didn t she are a question tag … English dictionary
question tag — n technical a phrase such as isn t it? , won t it? , or does she? that you add to the end of a statement to make it a question or to check that someone agrees with you, as in the sentence: You re from Hamburg, aren t you? … Dictionary of contemporary English
question tag — question ,tag noun count LINGUISTICS a word or phrase such as isn t it? or haven t you? that you can add to a sentence to make a question … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
question tag — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms question tag : singular question tag plural question tags linguistics a word or phrase such as isn t it? or haven t you? that you can add to a sentence to make a question … English dictionary
question tag — noun (C) technical a phrase such as isn t it? , won t it? , or does she? that you add to the end of a statement to make it a question or to check that someone agrees with you: You re from Hamburg, aren t you? … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
ˈquestion ˌtag — noun [C] linguistics a word or phrase such as ‘isn t it? or ‘haven t you? that you can add to a sentence in order to make a question … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
Tag question — A Tag question (also: question tag) is a grammatical structure in which a declarative statement or an imperative is turned into a question by adding an interrogative fragment (the tag ). The term tag question is generally preferred by American… … Wikipedia
Question tags — ◊ GRAMMAR A question tag is a short phrase that you add to the end of a statement to turn it into a yes/no question. You usually do this when you expect the other person to agree with the statement. For example, if you say It s cold, isn t it? ,… … Useful english dictionary
question tags — ◊ GRAMMAR A question tag is a short phrase that you add to the end of a statement to turn it into a yes/no question. You usually do this when you expect the other person to agree with the statement. For example, if you say It s cold, isn t it? ,… … Useful english dictionary
tag question — noun Etymology: tag (I) : a question (as isn t it in “it s fine, isn t it?” or is it in “Oh it is, is it?”) added to a statement or command (as to gain the assent of or challenge the person addressed) ; also : a sentence ending in a tag question… … Useful english dictionary