to+drive+a+car

1) (to control or guide (a car etc): Do you want to drive (the car), or shall I?) guiar

2) (to take, bring etc in a car: My mother is driving me to the airport.) levar

3) (to force or urge along: Two men and a dog were driving a herd of cattle across the road.) tanger

4) (to hit hard: He drove a nail into the door; He drove a golf-ball from the tee.) bater

5) (to cause to work by providing the necessary power: This mill is driven by water.) impulsionar

1) (a journey in a car, especially for pleasure: We decided to go for a drive.) passeio

2) (a private road leading from a gate to a house etc: The drive is lined with trees.) caminho

3) (energy and enthusiasm: I think he has the drive needed for this job.) energia

4) (a special effort: We're having a drive to save electricity.) campanha

5) (in sport, a hard stroke (with a golf-club, a cricket bat etc).) pancada

6) ((computers) a disk drive.)

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- driver

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[draiv] n 1 passeio de carro, auto, etc. 2 percurso, distância a percorrer de carro, auto, etc. 3 estrada para carros. 4 entrada para carros em moradias. 5 ato de conduzir, dirigir, guiar. 6 condução de gado em manadas. 7 pressão, esforço, atividade, energia, impulso, empenho, dinamismo. 8 ímpeto, impulso, pulsão, necessidade instintiva. 9 Golf tacada ou movimento da bola. 10 Mil ataque, assalto, avanço. 11 força motriz, movimento, rodagem, mecanismo de engrenagem, acionamento, transmissão, propulsão. 12 Comp unidade de disco. 13 galeria de mina. 14 competições de jogos de cartas. • vt+vi (drove, driven) 1 impelir, empuxar, empurrar alguma coisa com força, empurrar para diante, impulsar, fazer caminhar para diante, forçar. 2 conduzir, guiar, dirigir (cavalos, carro, navio, etc.), levar. 3 ir de carro, auto, etc., passear de carro, etc., prosseguir. 4 constranger, compelir, forçar, coagir. 5 lançar, propulsar, acionar, pôr em movimento. 6 perfurar, arrastar por atrito, encunhar, cravar. 7 escovar (um túnel). 8 Naut desgarrar. 9 instar, seduzir, incitar, induzir, conduzir, levar a. 10 realizar, efetuar, levar a efeito. 11 mover-se com grande força (chuva, vento). 12 rebater (bola) no golfe. disk drive Comp unidade de disco. to drive a good ( bad) bargain fazer um bom (mau) negócio. to drive a hard bargain ser firme nas negociações. to drive a nail in cravar um prego. to drive a nail into someone’s coffin contribuir para a ruína ou fracasso de alguém. to drive ashore arrojar à costa. to drive asunder apartar, separar à força. to drive at 1 tender a, aludir, insinuar. 2 trabalhar em. to drive at full speed guiar a toda velocidade. to drive a thing into a person inculcar alguma coisa em alguém. to drive away expelir, expulsar, fazer sair, afugentar, afastar-se, partir em carro. to drive back rechaçar, repulsar, reconduzir em carro, etc., voltar de carro, etc. to drive by friction arrastar por atrito. to drive home 1 ir para casa de carro. 2 cravar um prego com um martelo. 3 fazer com que seja claramente compreendido. to drive in, into inserir à força, fincar, fazer entrar a marteladas. to drive it home to mostrar, forçar a acreditar. to drive into a corner colocar em situação difícil, encurralar. to drive off 1 partir, ir-se embora em carro, etc. 2 expelir, rechaçar. 3 Golf dar a primeira tocada. to drive on seguir adiante, levar em frente, empurrar, incentivar. to drive out 1 expelir, expulsar, fazer sair. 2 sair ou passear em carro, etc. to drive pigs to market roncar, ressonar. to drive someone mad/ crazy 1 enlouquecer, levar à loucura. 2 fig exasperar, irritar, deixar louco. to drive someone out of his senses/ out of his mind deixar maluco. to drive someone round the bend exasperar, enlouquecer. to drive to leeward desgarrar, desviar de rumo. to drive up the prices fazer subir os preços, elevar os preços. to drive up to passar de carro por algum lugar.

1) (to control or guide (a car etc): Do you want to drive (the car), or shall I?) dirigir

2) (to take, bring etc in a car: My mother is driving me to the airport.) levar de carro

3) (to force or urge along: Two men and a dog were driving a herd of cattle across the road.) conduzir

4) (to hit hard: He drove a nail into the door; He drove a golf-ball from the tee.) bater

5) (to cause to work by providing the necessary power: This mill is driven by water.) impulsionar

1) (a journey in a car, especially for pleasure: We decided to go for a drive.) passeio de carro

2) (a private road leading from a gate to a house etc: The drive is lined with trees.) caminho

3) (energy and enthusiasm: I think he has the drive needed for this job.) ímpeto

4) (a special effort: We're having a drive to save electricity.) campanha

5) (in sport, a hard stroke (with a golf-club, a cricket bat etc).) tacada

6) ((computers) a disk drive.) drive

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- driver

1) (to leave or go away in a car etc: He got into a van and drove off.) arrancar

2) (to keep away: to drive off flies.) afastar

3) (in golf, to make the first stroke from the tee.) jogar

1) (to carry on driving a car etc: Drive on - we haven't time to stop!) seguir em frente

2) (to urge strongly forward: It was ambition that drove him on.) incentivar

adjective (that one may drive through (and do something without getting out of the car): a drivethrough bank/restaurant/zoo.)

1) (to leave or go away in a car etc: He got into a van and drove off.) arrancar

2) (to keep away: to drive off flies.) afugentar

3) (in golf, to make the first stroke from the tee.) tacada inicial

1) (to carry on driving a car etc: Drive on - we haven't time to stop!) avançar

2) (to urge strongly forward: It was ambition that drove him on.) impulsionar

adjective (that one may drive through (and do something without getting out of the car): a drivethrough bank/restaurant/zoo.)

1) (to be able to: You can do it if you try hard.) conseguir

2) (to know how to: Can you drive a car?) saber

3) ((usually may) to have permission to: You can go if you behave yourself.) poder

4) (used in questions to indicate surprise, disbelief etc: What can he be doing all this time?) poder

- canned

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[kæn; kən] v aux (ps could) poder, ser capaz de, ter a faculdade de, ter a possibilidade de, ter a autorização para, estar em condições de, sentir inclinação para, saber fazer alguma coisa. I cannot, I can’t / não posso. what can I do for you? / em que lhe posso ser útil? he could have done it / ele podia tê-lo feito. as happy as happy could be sobremodo feliz.

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[kæn] n 1 lata, vasilha (de metal). 2 caneca. 3 canecada: porção que uma caneca comporta. 4 Amer prisão. he spent ten years in the can for robbery / ele passou dez anos na prisão por causa de roubo. 5 Amer banheiro. • vt (ps and pp canned) 1 enlatar, meter em lata. 2 Amer sl demitir. can opener abridor de latas. can that stuff! sl não fale bobagem! it is in the can está terminado (um trabalho). to carry the can Brit pagar o pato, assumir a culpa.

- competence

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[k'ɔmpitənt] adj 1 competente, apto, capacitado. 2 qualificado, legalmente autorizado. 3 idôneo. 4 suficiente. 5 apropriado, adequado. 6 permitido, admissível.

1) (past tense of can: They asked if I could drive a car; I said I couldn't; She asked if she could go.) poder

2) (used to express a possibility: I could go but I'm not going to; I could do it next week if you helped me.) poder

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- could have

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[kud] vt+vi sp of can.

- license

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[l'aisəns] n = link=license license.

1) (to be able to: You can do it if you try hard.) conseguir

2) (to know how to: Can you drive a car?) saber

3) ((usually may) to have permission to: You can go if you behave yourself.) poder

4) (used in questions to indicate surprise, disbelief etc: What can he be doing all this time?) poder

- canned

- competence

1) (past tense of can: They asked if I could drive a car; I said I couldn't; She asked if she could go.)

2) (used to express a possibility: I could go but I'm not going to; I could do it next week if you helped me.)

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- could have

- license

[k'a:hɔp] n garçom ou garçonete de restaurante drive-in.

1) (rate of moving: a slow speed; The car was travelling at high speed.) velocidade

2) (quickness of moving.) velocidade

1) ((past tense, past participles sped [sped] speeded) to (cause to) move or progress quickly; to hurry: The car sped/speeded along the motorway.) deslocar(-se) com velocidade

2) ((past tense, past participle speeded) to drive very fast in a car etc, faster than is allowed by law: The policeman said that I had been speeding.) conduzir com excesso de velocidade

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- speeding

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[spi:d] n 1 velocidade, rapidez. 2 marcha, engrenagem. 3 arch sorte, prosperidade. • vt+vi (ps+pp sped) 1 apressar-se, correr, andar depressa. he sped his way / ele saiu correndo. 2 fazer andar depressa. 3 acelerar. 4 ajudar, promover. 5 transportar rapidamente, despachar às pressas. 6 arch dar sorte. 7 coll anfetamina. at full speed em velocidade máxima. God speed thee! arch Deus o ajude! vá com Deus! high speed alta velocidade. how have you sped? como tem passado? more haste, less speed devagar se vai ao longe. second speed Auto segunda marcha. to speed up acelerar, apressar.

1) (rate of moving: a slow speed; The car was travelling at high speed.) velocidade

2) (quickness of moving.) rapidez

1) ((past tense, past participles sped [sped] speeded) to (cause to) move or progress quickly; to hurry: The car sped/speeded along the motorway.) ir em alta velocidade

2) ((past tense, past participle speeded) to drive very fast in a car etc, faster than is allowed by law: The policeman said that I had been speeding.) exceder-se na velocidade

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- speeding

1) (a noise as of heavy things breaking or falling on something hard: I heard a crash, and looked round to see that he'd dropped all the plates.) estrondo

2) (a collision: There was a crash involving three cars.) choque

3) (a failure of a business etc: the Wall Street crash.) queda

4) (a sudden failure of a computer: A computer crash is very costly.)

1) (to (cause to) fall with a loud noise: The glass crashed to the floor.) esmigalhar-se

2) (to drive or be driven violently (against, into): He crashed (his car); His car crashed into a wall.) bater

3) ((of aircraft) to land or be landed in such a way as to be damaged or destroyed: His plane crashed in the mountains.) cair

4) ((of a business) to fail.) falir

5) (to force one's way noisily (through, into): He crashed through the undergrowth.) penetrar

6) ((of a computer) to stop working suddenly: If the computer crashes, we may lose all our files.)

- crash-helmet

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[kræʃ] n 1 estampido, estrondo, estrépito. 2 impacto, colisão, queda estrepitosa. 3 acidente de avião. •vt+vi 1 estalar, estrondear. 2 ir de encontro a, cair com estrépito. 3 despedaçar-se, estatelar-se. 4 Amer sl penetrar, furar uma festa. to crash into espatifar-se no solo, aterrissar de maneira que o avião sofra danos.

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[kræʃ] n tecido de linho ou algodão grosseiro usado para tapeçaria, toalhas, etc.