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to play (on) the fiddle

  • 1 fiddle

    ['fidl] 1. noun
    1) (a violin: She played the fiddle.) violino
    2) (a dishonest business arrangement: He's working a fiddle over his taxes.) aldrabice
    2. verb
    1) (to play a violin: He fiddled while they danced.) tocar violino
    2) ((with with) to make restless, aimless movements: Stop fiddling with your pencil!) brincar
    3) (to manage (money, accounts etc) dishonestly: She has been fiddling the accounts for years.) aldrabar
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    - fiddler crab
    - on the fiddle
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    fid.dle
    [f'idəl] n violino, rabeca. • vt+vi 1 tocar rabeca, tocar violino. to play (on) the fiddle / tocar violino. 2 mexer ou tocar nervosamente um objeto. 3 ajustar uma máquina ou outro objeto para que funcione. 4 remexer, bulir. 5 intrometer-se. 6 burlar, trapacear, fraudar. to be on the fiddle / ganhar dinheiro desonestamente. fit as a fiddle em boa forma, bem-disposto. he is fiddleing while Rome burns ele não está tratando o problema com a seriedade devida, ele está fazendo primeiro coisas sem importância, ele está fingindo que não há nada errado. to fiddle about ou around 1 vadiar, perder tempo fazendo coisas sem importância. 2 movimentar coisas várias vezes para arranjar uma posição satisfatória. 3 mexer ou tocar algo com os dedos com pequenos movimentos nervosos. to fiddle away perder tempo, vadiar. to play second fiddle ocupar uma posição menos importante, ser subordinado a.

    English-Portuguese dictionary > fiddle

  • 2 fiddle

    ['fidl] 1. noun
    1) (a violin: She played the fiddle.) violino
    2) (a dishonest business arrangement: He's working a fiddle over his taxes.) burla
    2. verb
    1) (to play a violin: He fiddled while they danced.) tocar violino
    2) ((with with) to make restless, aimless movements: Stop fiddling with your pencil!) remexer
    3) (to manage (money, accounts etc) dishonestly: She has been fiddling the accounts for years.) burlar
    •
    - fiddler crab - on the fiddle

    English-Portuguese (Brazil) dictionary > fiddle

  • 3 to play the second fiddle

    to play the second fiddle
    fig ter um papel de segunda ordem.

    English-Portuguese dictionary > to play the second fiddle

  • 4 second

    I 1. ['sekənd] adjective
    1) (next after, or following, the first in time, place etc: February is the second month of the year; She finished the race in second place.) segundo
    2) (additional or extra: a second house in the country.) segundo
    3) (lesser in importance, quality etc: She's a member of the school's second swimming team.) segundo
    2. adverb
    (next after the first: He came second in the race.) segundo
    3. noun
    1) (a second person, thing etc: You're the second to arrive.) segundo
    2) (a person who supports and helps a person who is fighting in a boxing match etc.) auxiliar
    4. verb
    (to agree with (something said by a previous speaker), especially to do so formally: He proposed the motion and I seconded it.) apoiar
    5. noun
    (a secondary school.) escola secundária
    - secondly
    - secondary colours
    - secondary school
    - second-best
    - second-class
    - second-hand
    - second lieutenant
    - second-rate
    - second sight
    - second thoughts
    - at second hand
    - come off second best
    - every second week
    - month
    - second to none     II ['sekənd] noun
    1) (the sixtieth part of a minute: He ran the race in three minutes and forty-two seconds.) segundo
    2) (a short time: I'll be there in a second.) instante
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    sec.ond1
    [s'ekənd] adj 1 segundo, segunda. she was born on the second of may / ela nasceu no dia 2 de maio. 2 inferior, secundário. 3 subordinado. 4 outro, diferente. • adv secundariamente, em segundo lugar. on second thoughts depois de pensar bem. to become second nature tornar-se uma segunda natureza. to be second cousins ser primos em segundo grau. to be/ to stand second to none equiparar-se aos melhores. to play the second fiddle fig ter um papel de segunda ordem. to try a second time tentar novamente.
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    sec.ond2
    [s'ekənd] n 1 segundo, 1/60 de um minuto, de tempo ou de ângulo. 2 instante, momento. 3 Mus segunda: intervalo de tempo entre duas notas. I’ll join you in a second / estarei aí num instante.
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    sec.ond3
    [s'ekənd] n 1 padrinho no duelo. 2 ajudante, auxiliar. • vt 1 secundar, assistir, auxiliar, suportar. 2 apoiar, aprovar. 3 agir como ajudante.

    English-Portuguese dictionary > second

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