sporting

1) (of, or concerned with, sports: the sporting world.) do desporto

2) ((negative unsporting) showing fairness and kindness or generosity, especially if unexpected: a sporting gesture.) desportivo

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[sp'ɔ:tiŋ] adj 1 de esporte, esportivo. 2 decente, leal, honrado.

1) (of, or concerned with, sports: the sporting world.) esportivo

2) ((negative unsporting) showing fairness and kindness or generosity, especially if unexpected: a sporting gesture.) elegante

[sp'ɔ:tiŋ tʃa:ns] n coll possibilidade de êxito.

[sp'ɔ:tiŋ gudz] n pl artigos esportivos.

[sp'ɔ:tiŋ haus] n 1 casa de jogo. 2 bordel.

[sp'ɔ:tiŋ nju:z] n notícias esportivas, jornal esportivo.

1) (games or competitions involving physical activity: She's very keen on sport of all kinds.) desporto

2) (a particular game or amusement of this kind: Hunting, shooting and fishing are not sports I enjoy.) desporto

3) (a good-natured and obliging person: He's a good sport to agree to do that for us!) boa praça

4) (fun; amusement: I only did it for sport.) brincadeira

- sporting

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[spɔ:t] n 1 esporte, atletismo. he goes in for sport / ele pratica esporte. 2 divertimento, passatempo, jogo, prazer. 3 brincadeira. 4 zombaria, escárnio. they made sport of him / zombaram dele. 5 esportista, pessoa de qualidades admiráveis. 6 brinquedo, vítima de brincadeira. 7 camarada, bom companheiro, pessoa alegre, pessoa espalhafatosa. he’s a good sport / ele é bom companheiro. 8 Amer coll jogador (de jogos de azar). 9 Biol animal ou planta que varia repentina ou notavelmente do tipo normal. • vt+vi 1 brincar, passar o tempo, divertir-se. 2 zombar, ridicularizar. 3 coll exibir, ostentar. he sported a red tie / ele ostentou uma gravata vermelha. 4 Bot variar notavelmente do tipo normal, sofrer mutação. • adj de esporte, esportivo. be a sport! não seja desmancha-prazeres! he is the sport of every wind fig ele vira a casaca facilmente. sports esporte em geral, jogos esportivos, competições. the sport of kings corrida de cavalos, turfe, hipismo. to sport one’s oak sl isolar-se dos outros. what (capital) sport! que divertimento (formidável)!

1) (games or competitions involving physical activity: She's very keen on sport of all kinds.) esporte

2) (a particular game or amusement of this kind: Hunting, shooting and fishing are not sports I enjoy.) esporte

3) (a good-natured and obliging person: He's a good sport to agree to do that for us!) bom sujeito

4) (fun; amusement: I only did it for sport.) diversão, brincadeira

- sporting

1) (to divide into two or more parts (by force).) quebrar

2) ((usually with off/away) to separate (a part) from the whole (by force).) quebrar

3) (to make or become unusable.) quebrar

4) (to go against, or not act according to (the law etc): He broke his appointment at the last minute.) faltar

5) (to do better than (a sporting etc record).) bater

6) (to interrupt: She broke her journey in London.) interromper

7) (to put an end to: He broke the silence.) quebrar

8) (to make or become known: They gently broke the news of his death to his wife.) comunicar

9) ((of a boy's voice) to fall in pitch.) quebrar

10) (to soften the effect of (a fall, the force of the wind etc).) abrandar

11) (to begin: The storm broke before they reached shelter.) começar

1) (a pause: a break in the conversation.) quebra

2) (a change: a break in the weather.) mudança

3) (an opening.) brecha

4) (a chance or piece of (good or bad) luck: This is your big break.) oportunidade

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- breakable

- breakage

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[breik] n = link=brake brake.¹, acepção 1.

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[breik] n 1 ruptura, quebra, fratura. 2 brecha, racho. 3 fenda, abertura. 4 interrupção, cessação. 5 pausa, intervalo. 6 fuga, saída por meios violentos. 7 mudança repentina ou acentuada (de tempo). 8 Amer baixa súbita (dos preços na bolsa). 9 desvio de direção (de uma bola). 10 fig ruína, quebra. 11 irrupção, ruptura. 12 Amer sl falha, rata, erro. 13 chance, oportunidade. 14 interrupção de corrente. 15 clareira, picada. 16 seqüência de tacadas (jogo de bilhar). 17 Mus ponto de passagem de um registro a outro. 18 Poet cesura. • vt+vi (ps broke, pp broken) 1 quebrar, romper, dividir em pedaços, fraturar, esmagar, despedaçar. she broke her arm / ela fraturou o braço. the toy is broken to pieces / o brinquedo está em pedaços. 2 rachar, romper, lascar, estourar. 3 triturar, moer, desbastar. 4 romper, perturbar, interromper (também Electr). he broke his fast / ele interrompeu o jejum. he broke the silence / ele rompeu o silêncio. 5 Electr desligar. 6 separar, dividir, desunir. 7 ferir, danificar. 8 arruinar, destruir. 9 fazer invalidar (testamento). 10 levar à falência, arruinar financeiramente. he broke the bank / ele quebrou a banca. 11 violar, transgredir, infringir. 12 forçar caminho, penetrar, romper, arrombar. 13 chegar repentinamente, irromper. the sun broke / o sol irrompeu (pelas nuvens). 14 mudar repentinamente. the weather broke / o tempo mudou. 15 Amer baixar subitamente (os preços na bolsa). 16 amortecer, moderar, abrandar. some bushes broke his fall / alguns arbustos amorteceram sua queda. 17 Mus mudar de som ou de registro. 18 mudar de direção (bola). 19 definhar, enfraquecer, quebrantar, depauperar. 20 ceder, amolecer, afrouxar. 21 ser dominado pela tristeza, partir-se (coração). her heart broke / seu coração se partiu. 22 parar, pôr fim. you must break with this bad habit / você deve deixar este mau hábito. 23 degradar, rebaixar. 24 sujeitar, domar, subjugar. his resistance was broken / sua resistência foi subjugada. 25 disciplinar, corrigir. 26 exceder, ultrapassar, superar, quebrar (recorde). 27 iniciar uma escavação para construção. 28 revelar, divulgar, tornar conhecido. 29 Amer correr, atirar-se. 30 desmanchar (noivado). 31 desfazer, desmanchar (coleção etc.). 32 rebentar (ondas, flores, pústulas). 33 raiar, surgir. the day broke / o dia raiou. 34 saltar da água (peixe). 35 mudar de partido. 36 quebrar-se, fragmentar-se, partir-se. 37 desintegrar(-se), dissolver(-se). they broke company / eles dissolveram a sociedade. 38 desencadear-se (tempestade). 39 levantar (acampamento). they broke camp / eles levantaram acampamento. 40 falir, ir à falência. the business broke / o negócio faliu. a cry broke from her lips um grito escapou de seus lábios. break a leg! a) sl merda para você! b) Theat boa sorte! break of the day aurora, amanhecer. at (the) break of day / ao amanhecer. break step! Mil sem cadência! give me a break! me dá um tempo! he broke company ele saiu à francesa. he broke down all restraint ele abandonou todo constrangimento. he broke into a laugh ele rompeu em gargalhadas. her health broke sua saúde piorou. his power was broken down seu poder foi quebrado. his voice broke down sua voz falhou. lucky breaks coll boas oportunidades. she broke in health ela adoeceu. the buoy broke adrift a bóia soltou-se e está à deriva. the horse broke o cavalo mudou de andamento. the machine broke down a máquina encrencou, quebrou. the school breaks up a escola fecha, começam as férias. the supplies broke down os estoques acabaram. they broke (new) ground fig desbravaram novas terras. to break asunder quebrar em pedaços. to break away a) fugir, escapar. he broke away / ele saiu correndo. b) dissolver-se, desaparecer. to break down a) demolir, derrubar. b) sucumbir. c) falhar, não obter êxito. to break forth a) irromper. b) exclamar subitamente. c) brotar, jorrar. to break in a) domar, ensinar, domesticar. b) arrombar, forçar. our house was broken into / nossa casa foi arrombada. c) Press colocar ilustrações no espaço deixado. d) interromper, perturbar. the war broke in upon our peace / a guerra interrompeu nossa paz. to break of bounds fig ultrapassar os limites. to break off a) romper-se. b) cessar, parar, interromper. he broke off / ele parou, interrompeu-se. he broke off the conversation / ele interrompeu a conversação. to break off an engagement desmanchar um noivado. to break one of a habit tirar o vício ou o costume de alguém. to break out a) tirar quebrando. b) desobstruir, livrar. c) irromper problemas na pele. he broke out into hives / sua pele ficou cheia de urticária. d) desabafar-se, expandir-se. he broke out into lamentations / ele rompeu em lamúrias. e) fugir, escapar. he broke out of prison / ele fugiu da cadeia. to break the ice superar as dificuldades iniciais, quebrar o gelo. to break through abrir caminho através de algo. she broke through the crowd / ela abriu caminho na multidão. to break up a) levantar-se, ir embora. b) dissolver (reunião). c) dispersar. the crowd was broken up / a multidão foi dispersada. d) cortar em pedaços (caça). e) abrir, rebentar, romper. f) confundir, desconcertar. g) fragmentar-se, desintegrar-se. his household was broken up / seu lar se desintegrou. she is broken up by grief / ela está alquebrada de desgosto. to break water emergir da água. to break with romper relações com. he broke with his father / ele rompeu relações com o pai.

- contestant

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[k'ɔntest] n 1 competição, torneio, certame. 2 disputa, peleja, discussão, controvérsia, debate. • [kənt'est] vt+vi 1 contestar, impugnar, contradizer, contrariar. 2 debater, discutir, disputar. 3 competir, concorrer, lutar por, tentar ganhar. 4 tomar parte em certame ou torneio.

1) (a fixed piece of furniture etc: We can't move the cupboard - it's a built-in fixture.) acessório fixo

2) (an event, especially sporting, arranged for a certain time: The football team has a fixture on Saturday.) encontro

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[f'ikstʃə] n 1 fixação, fixidez. 2 pessoa ou coisa permanentemente ligada a um lugar. 3 acessório, pertence, instalação. 4 competição esportiva ou peça teatral programada. 5 posição fixa.

1) (the (part of) the fruit of a tree, plant etc from which a new plant may be grown: sunflower seeds; grass seed.) semente

2) (the beginning from which anything grows: There was already a seed of doubt in her mind.) pontinha

3) ((in a sporting competition etc) a seeded player.) jogador escalado

1) ((of a plant) to produce seed: A plant seeds after it has flowered.) dar semente

2) (in golf, tennis etc, to arrange (good players) in a competition so that they do not compete against each other till the later rounds.) escalado, decrépito

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[si:d] n 1 semente, grão. 2 bulbo, broto, muda. 3 germe. 4 semeadura: quantidade de sementes para uma semeação (plantação). 5 esperma, sêmen. • vt+vi 1 semear. 2 espalhar sementes. 3 descaroçar, remover sementes. 4 espalhar, esparramar. to run to seed produzir semente, espigar, fig relaxar, desleixar.

1) (a broad piece of metal, wood etc carried as a protection against weapons.) escudo

2) (something or someone that protects: A thick steel plate acted as a heat shield.) escudo

3) (a trophy shaped like a shield won in a sporting competition etc: My son has won the archery shield.) trofeu

1) (to protect: The goggles shielded the motorcyclist's eyes from dust.) proteger

2) (to prevent from being seen clearly: That group of trees shields the house from the road.) proteger

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[ʃi:ld] n 1 escudo. 2 blindagem. 3 proteção, defesa, amparo. 4 objeto em forma de escudo. • vt+vi 1 proteger, defender, cobrir. 2 servir de escudo, servir de proteção.

1) (to divide into two or more parts (by force).) quebrar

2) ((usually with off/away) to separate (a part) from the whole (by force).) partir

3) (to make or become unusable.) quebrar

4) (to go against, or not act according to (the law etc): He broke his appointment at the last minute.) romper, transgredir

5) (to do better than (a sporting etc record).) quebrar

6) (to interrupt: She broke her journey in London.) interromper

7) (to put an end to: He broke the silence.) romper

8) (to make or become known: They gently broke the news of his death to his wife.) anunciar

9) ((of a boy's voice) to fall in pitch.) quebrar

10) (to soften the effect of (a fall, the force of the wind etc).) abrandar

11) (to begin: The storm broke before they reached shelter.) rebentar

1) (a pause: a break in the conversation.) pausa

2) (a change: a break in the weather.) mudança

3) (an opening.) brecha

4) (a chance or piece of (good or bad) luck: This is your big break.) sorte

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- breakable

- breakage

- contestant

1) (a fixed piece of furniture etc: We can't move the cupboard - it's a built-in fixture.) móvel fixo

2) (an event, especially sporting, arranged for a certain time: The football team has a fixture on Saturday.) competição marcada

1) (the (part of) the fruit of a tree, plant etc from which a new plant may be grown: sunflower seeds; grass seed.) semente

2) (the beginning from which anything grows: There was already a seed of doubt in her mind.) germe

3) ((in a sporting competition etc) a seeded player.) jogador escalado

1) ((of a plant) to produce seed: A plant seeds after it has flowered.) dar semente

2) (in golf, tennis etc, to arrange (good players) in a competition so that they do not compete against each other till the later rounds.) escalar

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- seeded

1) (a broad piece of metal, wood etc carried as a protection against weapons.) escudo

2) (something or someone that protects: A thick steel plate acted as a heat shield.) escudo

3) (a trophy shaped like a shield won in a sporting competition etc: My son has won the archery shield.) troféu

1) (to protect: The goggles shielded the motorcyclist's eyes from dust.) proteger

2) (to prevent from being seen clearly: That group of trees shields the house from the road.) servir de escudo