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1 prevent
[pri'vent](to stop (someone doing something or something happening): He prevented me from going.) impedir- preventive* * *pre.vent[priv'ent] vt+vi 1 frustrar, evitar. 2 impedir, obstar. the rain prevented his coming / a chuva impediu sua vinda. 3 prevenir (from, de). -
2 prevent
[pri'vent](to stop (someone doing something or something happening): He prevented me from going.) impedir- preventive -
3 bar
1. noun1) (a rod or oblong piece (especially of a solid substance): a gold bar; a bar of chocolate; iron bars on the windows.) barra2) (a broad line or band: The blue material had bars of red running through it.) barra3) (a bolt: a bar on the door.) tranca4) (a counter at which or across which articles of a particular kind are sold: a snack bar; Your whisky is on the bar.) balcão5) (a public house.) bar6) (a measured division in music: Sing the first ten bars.) compasso7) (something which prevents (something): His carelessness is a bar to his promotion.) obstáculo8) (the rail at which the prisoner stands in court: The prisoner at the bar collapsed when he was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment.) banco dos réus2. verb1) (to fasten with a bar: Bar the door.) trancar2) (to prevent from entering: He's been barred from the club.) excluir3) (to prevent (from doing something): My lack of money bars me from going on holiday.) impedir3. preposition(except: All bar one of the family had measles.) excepto- barmaid- barman
- bar code* * *[ba:] n 1 barra, vergalhão. a bar of soap / uma barra de sabão. 2 trave, tranca. 3 barreira, obstáculo. 4 faixa, listra. 5 compasso, ritmo. 6 traço na pauta musical que indica o compasso. 7 bar, balcão de bar. 8 cancelo: grade de tribunal ou corte. 9 profissão ou cargo de advogado. he was called to the bar / ele foi admitido como advogado no foro. 10 advogados, advocacia. 11 corte de justiça. 12 tribunal. 13 bocado, parte do freio. 14 Jur exceção. 15 barra, banco de areia. 16 Her barra: listão horizontal de brasão. 17 Vet barra: espaço nos maxilares entre os dentes caninos e os molares. 18 divisa militar. 19 Electr resistência. • vt 1 colocar trave ou tranca, barrar, trancar, fechar. 2 bloquear, obstruir. 3 excluir, excetuar. 4 cercar, gradear. 5 impedir, obstar. 6 confinar, listrar: marcar com faixas ou listras. 7 Mus marcar com traços de compasso. 8 proibir, vedar. 9 pôr de lado. 10 objetar a. 11 Jur opor exceção a. • prep exceto, fora, salvo. bar one! fora um!, menos um! bar of rest Mus sinal de pausa. behind bars preso. double bar Mus traço final. ( horizontal) bar barra fixa (para ginástica). parallel bars barras paralelas. the bar of God o juízo final. to bar out impedir de entrar, excluir. to bar up fechar com grade, cercar. to be at the bar a) advogar no foro. b) estudar direito. to cross the bars esticar as canelas. -
4 bar
1. noun1) (a rod or oblong piece (especially of a solid substance): a gold bar; a bar of chocolate; iron bars on the windows.) barra2) (a broad line or band: The blue material had bars of red running through it.) barra, faixa3) (a bolt: a bar on the door.) tranca4) (a counter at which or across which articles of a particular kind are sold: a snack bar; Your whisky is on the bar.) bar5) (a public house.) bar6) (a measured division in music: Sing the first ten bars.) compasso7) (something which prevents (something): His carelessness is a bar to his promotion.) barreira8) (the rail at which the prisoner stands in court: The prisoner at the bar collapsed when he was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment.) banco de réus2. verb1) (to fasten with a bar: Bar the door.) trancar2) (to prevent from entering: He's been barred from the club.) barrar3) (to prevent (from doing something): My lack of money bars me from going on holiday.) impedir3. preposition(except: All bar one of the family had measles.) exceto- barmaid- barman - bar code -
5 hold back
1) (to refuse to tell someone (something): The police were convinced the man was holding something back.) esconder2) (to prevent from happening, being seen etc, with an effort: The little girl succeeded in holding back her tears.) reter3) (to prevent from making progress: I meant to finish cleaning the house but the children have held me back all morning.) empatar -
6 hold back
1) (to refuse to tell someone (something): The police were convinced the man was holding something back.) esconder2) (to prevent from happening, being seen etc, with an effort: The little girl succeeded in holding back her tears.) esconder3) (to prevent from making progress: I meant to finish cleaning the house but the children have held me back all morning.) impedir -
7 shield
[ʃi:ld] 1. noun1) (a broad piece of metal, wood etc carried as a protection against weapons.) escudo2) (something or someone that protects: A thick steel plate acted as a heat shield.) escudo3) (a trophy shaped like a shield won in a sporting competition etc: My son has won the archery shield.) trofeu2. verb1) (to protect: The goggles shielded the motorcyclist's eyes from dust.) proteger2) (to prevent from being seen clearly: That group of trees shields the house from the road.) proteger* * *[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. -
8 shield
[ʃi:ld] 1. noun1) (a broad piece of metal, wood etc carried as a protection against weapons.) escudo2) (something or someone that protects: A thick steel plate acted as a heat shield.) escudo3) (a trophy shaped like a shield won in a sporting competition etc: My son has won the archery shield.) troféu2. verb1) (to protect: The goggles shielded the motorcyclist's eyes from dust.) proteger2) (to prevent from being seen clearly: That group of trees shields the house from the road.) servir de escudo -
9 restrain
[rə'strein](to prevent from doing something; to control: He was so angry he could hardly restrain himself; He had to be restrained from hitting the man; He restrained his anger with difficulty.) conter* * *re.strain[ristr'ein] vt 1 conter, reter, reprimir, refrear, retrair. 2 impedir, estorvar, atalhar. 3 dominar, controlar, restringir, limitar. 4 encarcerar. -
10 stop
[stop] 1. past tense, past participle - stopped; verb1) (to (make something) cease moving, or come to rest, a halt etc: He stopped the car and got out; This train does not stop at Birmingham; He stopped to look at the map; He signalled with his hand to stop the bus.) parar2) (to prevent from doing something: We must stop him (from) going; I was going to say something rude but stopped myself just in time.) parar3) (to discontinue or cease eg doing something: That woman just can't stop talking; The rain has stopped; It has stopped raining.) parar4) (to block or close: He stopped his ears with his hands when she started to shout at him.) tapar5) (to close (a hole, eg on a flute) or press down (a string on a violin etc) in order to play a particular note.) tapar6) (to stay: Will you be stopping long at the hotel?) permanecer2. noun1) (an act of stopping or state of being stopped: We made only two stops on our journey; Work came to a stop for the day.) paragem2) (a place for eg a bus to stop: a bus stop.) paragem3) (in punctuation, a full stop: Put a stop at the end of the sentence.) ponto4) (a device on a flute etc for covering the holes in order to vary the pitch, or knobs for bringing certain pipes into use on an organ.) registo5) (a device, eg a wedge etc, for stopping the movement of something, or for keeping it in a fixed position: a door-stop.) calço•- stoppage- stopper
- stopping
- stopcock
- stopgap
- stopwatch
- put a stop to
- stop at nothing
- stop dead
- stop off
- stop over
- stop up* * *[stɔp] n 1 parada, ato de parar, interrupção, obstrução, suspensão, interrupção. 2 obstáculo, impedimento, empecilho. 3 ponto, lugar de parada, estação. 4 Mech lingüeta, trava, alavanca, ferrolho. 5 Gram ponto. 6 Mus chave, registro (de órgão), buraco, furo (de clarinete, flauta, etc.). 7 fim. 8 Phon consoante explosiva. 9 estada, demora, permanência. 10 Opt diafragma. • vt+vi 1 parar, fazer parar. 2 pôr fim a, cessar, cortar. 3 interromper, paralisar, deter, suspender, prevenir, abolir, reprimir. 4 coll deter-se, hospedar-se, alojar-se. 5 cessar, desistir, pausar. 6 tapar, fechar (buraco). 7 arrolhar, encerrar. 8 bloquear, obstruir, tapar, vedar. 9 refrear, deter. 10 desligar. 11 obturar (dente). 12 estancar (sangue), pôr fim, acabar com. 13 pontuar, fazer uso da pontuação. 14 interceptar. 15 Mus pontear, fazer pausa. 16 reter, sustar, suspender (pagamento). 17 ficar, demorar-se. 18 aparar (golfe). • interj alto! pare! a badly stopped composition uma composição mal pontuada. dead stop parada total. he stops at nothing ele não respeita nada ou ninguém, ele não tem escrúpulos. full stop Gram ponto final. pit stop a) sl parada para ir ao toalete. b) Auto parada no box. stop it! pára com isso. they came to a stop pararam. they stopped for my husband ficaram para esperar meu marido. they stopped for tea ficaram para tomar chá. to pull all the stops out remover todos os empecilhos, fazer o melhor possível para que algo aconteça. to stop at hospedar-se em, deter-se em. to stop by fazer uma visita rápida. to stop dead ou short parar de repente. to stop down Phot fechar o diafragma. to stop in a) ficar em casa. b) Amer fazer uma visita rápida. to stop in bed ficar na cama. to stop off Amer interromper a viagem. to stop on permanecer por mais tempo. to stop out a) demorar. b) ficar fora (de casa) até mais tarde. to stop over Amer parar, fazer escala. to stop up a) ficar acordado. b) impedir, bloquear. c) preencher, obturar. we put a stop to it pusemos um fim a isto. we stopped his mouth tapamos-lhe a boca, satisfizemo-lo. whistle stop sl cidade pequena, vilarejo. -
11 restrain
[rə'strein](to prevent from doing something; to control: He was so angry he could hardly restrain himself; He had to be restrained from hitting the man; He restrained his anger with difficulty.) conter -
12 stop
[stop] 1. past tense, past participle - stopped; verb1) (to (make something) cease moving, or come to rest, a halt etc: He stopped the car and got out; This train does not stop at Birmingham; He stopped to look at the map; He signalled with his hand to stop the bus.) parar2) (to prevent from doing something: We must stop him (from) going; I was going to say something rude but stopped myself just in time.) impedir, deter3) (to discontinue or cease eg doing something: That woman just can't stop talking; The rain has stopped; It has stopped raining.) parar4) (to block or close: He stopped his ears with his hands when she started to shout at him.) tapar5) (to close (a hole, eg on a flute) or press down (a string on a violin etc) in order to play a particular note.) obstruir, pontear6) (to stay: Will you be stopping long at the hotel?) ficar2. noun1) (an act of stopping or state of being stopped: We made only two stops on our journey; Work came to a stop for the day.) parada, interrupção2) (a place for eg a bus to stop: a bus stop.) parada3) (in punctuation, a full stop: Put a stop at the end of the sentence.) ponto4) (a device on a flute etc for covering the holes in order to vary the pitch, or knobs for bringing certain pipes into use on an organ.) registro5) (a device, eg a wedge etc, for stopping the movement of something, or for keeping it in a fixed position: a door-stop.) calço•- stoppage- stopper - stopping - stopcock - stopgap - stopwatch - put a stop to - stop at nothing - stop dead - stop off - stop over - stop up -
13 dazzle
['dæzl]1) ((of a strong light) to prevent from seeing properly: I was dazzled by the car's headlights.) encandear2) (to affect the ability of making correct judgements: She was dazzled by his charm.) ofuscar•- dazzling* * *daz.zle[d'æzəl] n 1 deslumbramento, deslumbre, ofuscação da vista por muita luz. 2 fig fascinação. 3 modo de camuflar navios. • vt 1 deslumbrar, encandear, turvar a vista momentaneamente pela ação de muita luz. 2 fascinar, encantar, maravilhar-se, ficar deslumbrado. -
14 obliterate
[ə'blitəreit]1) (to cover, to prevent from being visible: The sand-storm obliterated his footprints.) apagar2) (to destroy completely: The town was obliterated by the bombs.) arrasar* * *ob.lit.er.ate[əbl'itəreit] vt 1 obliterar, apagar, remover. 2 destruir. 3 eliminar, suprimir. -
15 suppress
[sə'pres]1) (to defeat or put a stop to (eg a rebellion).) reprimir2) (to keep back or stifle: She suppressed a laugh.) conter3) (to prevent from being published, known etc: to suppress information.) suprimir•* * *sup.press[səpr'es] vt 1 suprimir, anular, eliminar, cortar. 2 subjugar, dominar, oprimir, esmagar. 3 impedir, reprimir, segurar. 4 omitir, ocultar, abafar. 5 paralisar, estancar, reter, extinguir. to suppress a book proibir um livro. -
16 do out of
(to prevent from getting, especially by using dishonest methods: My boss tried to do me out of a day's holiday.) esbulhar -
17 hush up
(to prevent from becoming known to the general public: The affair was hushed up.) silenciar -
18 keep off
1) (to stay away: There are notices round the bomb warning people to keep off; The rain kept off and we had sunshine for the wedding.) estar ausente2) (to prevent from getting to or on to (something): This umbrella isn't pretty, but it keeps off the rain.) evitar -
19 lock in
(to prevent from getting out of a building etc by using a lock: She found she was locked in, and had to climb out of the window.) trancar -
20 lock out
(to prevent from getting into a building etc by using a lock: Don't lock yourself out (of the house) by forgetting to take your key with you.) trancar a porta contra
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