you+mistake+me

1) ((with for) to think that (one person or thing) is another: I mistook you for my brother in this bad light.) confundir

2) (to make an error about: They mistook the date, and arrived two days early.) enganar-se

- mistaken

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[mist'eik] n engano, equívoco, erro. • vt+vi (ps mistook, pp mistaken). 1 enganar-se, equivocar. 2 interpretar mal. 3 confundir, errar. by mistake por engano, erradamente. to make a mistake errar, equivocar-se. to mistake for confundir com.

1) ((with for) to think that (one person or thing) is another: I mistook you for my brother in this bad light.) confundir

2) (to make an error about: They mistook the date, and arrived two days early.) enganar-se sobre

- mistaken

1) (to repair; to remove faults etc in (something): There is something wrong with this kettle - can you put it right?) consertar

2) (to put an end to or change (something that is wrong): You've made a mistake in that sum - you'd better put it right.) corrigir

3) (to put (a watch, clock etc) to the correct time.) acertar

4) (to correct (someone who has made a mistake): I thought the meeting was at 2.30, but he put me right.) esclarecer

5) (to make healthy again: That medicine will soon put you right.) pôr bom

1) (to repair; to remove faults etc in (something): There is something wrong with this kettle - can you put it right?) consertar

2) (to put an end to or change (something that is wrong): You've made a mistake in that sum - you'd better put it right.) corrigir

3) (to put (a watch, clock etc) to the correct time.) acertar

4) (to correct (someone who has made a mistake): I thought the meeting was at 2.30, but he put me right.) corrigir

5) (to make healthy again: That medicine will soon put you right.) curar

1) (having an error or mistake(s); incorrect: The child gave the wrong answer; We went in the wrong direction.) errado

2) (incorrect in one's answer(s), opinion(s) etc; mistaken: I thought Singapore was south of the Equator, but I was quite wrong.) errado

3) (not good, not morally correct etc: It is wrong to steal.) errado

4) (not suitable: He's the wrong man for the job.) errado

5) (not right; not normal: There's something wrong with this engine; What's wrong with that child - why is she crying?) errado

- wrongful

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[rɔŋ] n 1 injustiça. 2 pecado, iniqüidade. 3 ofensa, injúria, agravo. 4 dano. 5 mal. 6 crime, delito, erro, transgressão de um preceito legal. • vt 1 ser injusto para com. 2 tratar injustamente. 3 proceder mal, fazer mal a. 4 causar dano ou prejuízo a, prejudicar. 5 enganar, defraudar (of por). 6 ofender, injuriar. 7 violar. 8 desonrar (uma mulher). • adj 1 errado, incorreto, errôneo, falso. you are wrong / você está errado. you hit upon the wrong person / você topou com a pessoa errada. 2 que induz em erro, desacertado. 3 impróprio, inconveniente, inoportuno. 4 injusto. 5 mau, iníquo. 6 indevido. 7 ilegal, em desacordo com a lei. 8 em mau estado ou condição, que não funciona (bem), fora de ordem. 9 insatisfatório. • adv (também wrongly) 1 mal, erradamente, ao contrário, erroneamente, incorretamente, desacertadamente, sem razão. I guessed wrong / não acertei em minha suposição, errei em meu palpite. 2 impropriamente. 3 injustamente. 4 indevidamente. 5 iniquamente. 6 ilegalmente. 7 insatisfatoriamente. a wrong guess uma suposição errônea ou um palpite errado. a wrong letter/ font Typogr erro de composição. don’t put him in the wrong não lhe faça injustiça. don’t put him in the wrong with her não o ponha em desarmonia ou evite que se desentenda com ela ou a hostilize. he got him wrong with Mr. A ele o pôs em descrédito com o Sr. A. he got me in wrong ele me desacreditou, minou meu bom conceito. he is in the wrong box ele está numa maçada, num aperto, em dificuldades. he is the wrong side out ele está mal-humorado. I am wronged sou vítima de uma injustiça. in the wrong a) ter uma visão errônea. b) ter uma posição injusta. it was wrong of him foi um erro dele, ele errou (em agir assim). my watch is/ goes wrong meu relógio está errado, não anda bem. now he laughs at the wrong side of his mouth ele perdeu a vontade de rir. on the wrong side of fifty acima dos cinqüenta. rightly or wrongly justa ou injustamente, com ou sem razão. she took it the wrong way ela levou a mal. she was born on the wrong side of the blanket sl ela é filha ilegítima. she was born on the wrong side of the tracks ela nasceu na parte pobre da cidade. something is wrong with this barometer (algo em) este barômetro não está em ordem. the wrong side a) o avesso (pano, tecido). b) o reverso (da medalha). the wrong side out ao avesso. the wrong thing o errado, a coisa errada. they can prove you wrong eles lhe podem provar que você está errado. they told him wrong eles lhe deram informação errada. to be barking up the wrong tree dar murro em ponta de faca, tentar fazer algo sem nenhuma chance de sucesso. to be caught on the wrong foot ter de agir quando não se está preparado. to do wrong agir ilegalmente, imoralmente. to do wrong to someone, to do someone wrong cometer uma injustiça com, ser injusto com. he did me wrong / ele cometeu uma injustiça para comigo, foi injusto. to get hold of the wrong end of the stick entender errado completamente. we got hold of the wrong end of the stick / fig nós pegamos o bonde errado, demos um pulo errado. to get in wrong with, to get on the wrong side of causar antagonismo em, causar má impressão em. we got in wrong with them / nós lhes causamos má impressão. to get out of bed on the wrong side levantar com o pé esquerdo (estar de mau humor). he has got out of bed on the wrong side / ele se levantou com o pé esquerdo (está de mau humor). to get wrong entender mal, não entender, interpretar mal. don’t get me wrong / não me entenda mal. to go wrong a) sair errado, acabar mal. b) errar. c) tomar um mau caminho, desencaminhar. d) funcionar mal. his lungs went wrong / ele começou a sofrer dos pulmões, ficou tuberculoso. to right a wrong corrigir uma injustiça, fazer justiça. to start/ get off on the wrong foot começar mal. two wrongs don’t make a right um erro não justifica o outro. we were in the wrong nós estávamos sem a razão, estávamos errados. we wrong him in thinking that... somos injustos com ele pensando que... what’s wrong? o que há de errado? o que aconteceu? what’s wrong with a cigarette? que tal um cigarro? what’s wrong with N.? o que há com N.? you got it wrong você o entendeu, calculou ou interpretou mal, você se enganou.

1) (used in questions, exclamations etc to indicate what the speaker considers probable: Surely she's finished her work by now!; You don't believe what she said, surely?) de certeza

2) (without doubt, hesitation, mistake or failure: Slowly but surely we're achieving our aim.) seguramente

3) ((in answers) certainly; of course: `May I come with you?' `Surely!') claro

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[ʃ'uəli] adv seguramente, certamente, realmente, de fato. surely you are not cold? / você não pode estar sentindo frio. surely you wont’t leave now? / claro que você não vai embora agora. it surely cannot be him / seguramente não pode ser ele. slowly but surely devagar, mas certo.

1) (up till now: He hasn't telephoned yet; Have you finished yet?; We're not yet ready.) ainda

2) (used for emphasis: He's made yet another mistake / yet more mistakes.) ainda

3) ((with a comparative adjective) even: a yet more terrible experience.) ainda

- as yet

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[jet] adv 1 ainda. 2 até agora, até o momento, por ora. 3 já, agora. 4 também. 5 outra vez, de novo, novamente. 6 demais, além. 7 ainda mais. 8 mesmo. • conj contudo, mas, não obstante, porém, no entanto. as yet até agora. have you done yet? você já acabou? nor yet tampouco. not just yet não justamente agora. not yet ainda não. yet again outra vez, novamente. yet a moment só mais um momento. yet more ainda mais. yet why? mas por quê? you will rue it yet! você ainda se arrependerá!

1) (used in questions, exclamations etc to indicate what the speaker considers probable: Surely she's finished her work by now!; You don't believe what she said, surely?) com certeza

2) (without doubt, hesitation, mistake or failure: Slowly but surely we're achieving our aim.) com segurança

3) ((in answers) certainly; of course: `May I come with you?' `Surely!') certamente, claro

1) (to forgive or pardon: Excuse me - can you tell me the time?; I'll excuse your carelessness this time.) desculpar

2) (to free (someone) from a task, duty etc: May I be excused from writing this essay?) dispensar

- excusable

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[ikskj'u:s] n 1 escusa, desculpa, apologia, perdão. he advanced an excuse / ele apresentou sua escusa. he offered an excuse / ele pediu desculpa. 2 pretexto, alegação. he always makes excuses / ele tem sempre desculpas, ele sempre inventa pretextos. 3 justificação. he has an excuse for his mistake / ele tem uma desculpa para o seu engano. 4 escapatória, subterfúgio, evasiva. • [ikskj'u:z] vt 1 desculpar, escusar, perdoar. excuse my haste / desculpe minha pressa. excuse my saying so / não leve a mal se eu lho digo. I beg to be excused / peço desculpar-me. he can be excused all his errors / todos os seus erros lhe podem ser perdoados. 2 justificar. I can’t excuse his behaviour / eu não posso desculpar o seu comportamento. 3 pretextar. 4 dispensar, isentar. I was excused from attendance / fui dispensado de comparecer. he was excused the tax / perdoaram-lhe o imposto.

1) (the inner side, or the part or space within: The inside of this apple is quite rotten.) interior

2) (the stomach and bowels: He ate too much and got a pain in his inside(s).) entranhas

1) (to, in, or on, the inside: The door was open and he went inside; She shut the door but left her key inside by mistake.) por dentro

2) (in a house or building: You should stay inside in such bad weather.) lá dentro

1) ((sometimes (especially American) with of) within; to or on the inside of: She is inside the house; He went inside the shop.) dentro de

2) ((sometimes with of) in less than, or within, a certain time: He finished the work inside (of) two days.) lá dentro

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- inside out

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['insaid] n 1 interior, parte interna, lado interno. 2 conteúdo, entranhas. take the inside out of that glass! / emborque o copo. 3 coll órgãos internos do corpo, vísceras. • adj 1 que está dentro, interior, interno. 2 sl particular, secreto, confidencial. 3 sl no meio ou pertencente a um grupo ou a uma companhia. 4 coll preso, detido. • [ins'aid] adv dentro, no meio, para dentro, no interior. • prep dentro, dentro dos limites de. he did the job inside of an hour / ele executou o serviço em menos de uma hora. inside out às avessas. on the inside do lado de dentro. the inside of a week quase uma semana inteira. to be on the inside track levar vantagem. to know something inside out coll saber de trás para a frente.

1) (anything said or done to cause laughter: He told/made the old joke about the elephant in the refrigerator; He dressed up as a ghost for a joke; He played a joke on us and dressed up as a ghost.) partida

2) (something that causes laughter or amusement: The children thought it a huge joke when the cat stole the fish.) piada

1) (to make a joke or jokes: They joked about my mistake for a long time afterwards.) brincar

2) (to talk playfully and not seriously: Don't be upset by what he said - he was only joking.) brincar

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- joker

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[dʒouk] n 1 chiste, gracejo, brincadeira, graça, pilhéria, troça. she cannot see a joke, she cannot take a joke / ela não gosta de gracejos, ela não é amiga de brincadeiras. I do not see the joke / não sei qual é a graça. 2 pândega, pagode, ridículo. • vt+vi 1 troçar, chacotear, gracejar, brincar, galhofar, pilheriar. you are joking / você não está falando sério, você está brincando. 2 ridicularizar, zombar. a practical joke peça, travessura, trote (telefone). in joke de brincadeira. it’s no joke é sério. to be/ go beyond a joke perder a graça, ficar preocupante. to tell a joke contar uma anedota.

1) ((with to) tending to have, get, suffer from etc: This road is liable to flooding; He is liable to pneumonia.) sujeito a

2) (possibly or probably about (to do something or to happen): Watch the milk - it's liable to boil over.) propenso a

3) (legally responsible (for): The airline is liable to you for any damage to your luggage.)

4) (likely to get (a fine, a punishment): Do not litter! Offenders are liable to fines of up to $100.)

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- liability

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[l'aiəbəl] adj 1 sujeito a. we are all liable to make a mistake / todos estamos sujeitos a errar. 2 responsável por. 3 propenso. to be liable for ser responsável por. to be liable to duty estar sujeito a imposto.

1) (the inner side, or the part or space within: The inside of this apple is quite rotten.) interior

2) (the stomach and bowels: He ate too much and got a pain in his inside(s).) entranhas

1) (to, in, or on, the inside: The door was open and he went inside; She shut the door but left her key inside by mistake.) dentro

2) (in a house or building: You should stay inside in such bad weather.) dentro

1) ((sometimes (especially American) with of) within; to or on the inside of: She is inside the house; He went inside the shop.) dentro de

2) ((sometimes with of) in less than, or within, a certain time: He finished the work inside (of) two days.) dentro de

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- inside out

1) (having an error or mistake(s); incorrect: The child gave the wrong answer; We went in the wrong direction.) errado

2) (incorrect in one's answer(s), opinion(s) etc; mistaken: I thought Singapore was south of the Equator, but I was quite wrong.) errado

3) (not good, not morally correct etc: It is wrong to steal.) errado

4) (not suitable: He's the wrong man for the job.) errado

5) (not right; not normal: There's something wrong with this engine; What's wrong with that child - why is she crying?) errado

- wrongful

1) (up till now: He hasn't telephoned yet; Have you finished yet?; We're not yet ready.) ainda, até agora

2) (used for emphasis: He's made yet another mistake / yet more mistakes.) ainda

3) ((with a comparative adjective) even: a yet more terrible experience.) ainda

- as yet