| Traduções principais |
| lead [sb]⇒ vtr | (guide) (orientar) | conduzir, guiar vt |
| | The tour guide leads the people through the city. |
| | Este guia conduz as pessoas pela cidade. |
| lead [sb] in [sth] vtr + prep | (head) | conduzir vt |
| | The priest leads the congregation in prayer. |
| | O padre conduz a congregação em oração. |
| lead [sb/sth]⇒ vtr | (command) | comandar vt |
| | The general leads his troops well, so they do what he orders. |
| | O general comanda as suas tropas bem, por isso elas fazem o que ele ordena. |
| lead [sth]⇒ vtr | (head, manage) | liderar vt |
| | | conduzir vt |
| | The chief inspector leads the investigation. |
| | O inspetor chefe lidera a investigação. |
| lead to [sth] vi + prep | (take you to) | levar a vt + prep |
| | (informal) | dar em vt + prep |
| | This road leads to the forest. |
| lead to [sth] vi + prep | figurative (bring about) | levar a vt + prep |
| | | provocar vt |
| | (formal) | ocasionar vt |
| | The employee's habitual tardiness led to his dismissal. |
| | Drinking too much alcohol can lead to liver disease. |
| | O atraso habitual do funcionário levou à sua demissão. Beber demais pode levar à doença hepática. |
| lead [sb] to [sth] vtr + prep | (direct) | guiar, conduzir, dirigir vt |
| | Lead them to agreement with logical arguments. |
| | Guie-os a um acordo com argumentos lógicos. |
| lead [sb] to do [sth] v expr | (cause, prompt) (figurado) | levar vt |
| | | induzir vt |
| | Jennifer's interest in animals led her to becoming a vet. |
| | O interesse de Jennifer em animais a levou a se tornar uma veterinária. |
| lead [sth] vtr | (go ahead) (estar à frente) | liderar vt |
| | The German cyclist is currently leading the race. |
| | O ciclista alemão está atualmente liderando a corrida. |
| lead [sth] vtr | (live) (viver) | levar vt |
| | My grandfather led a hard life. |
| | Meu avô levava uma vida dura. |
| lead n | (chemistry: element) (química) | chumbo sm |
| | The screen was made of lead to prevent X-rays from passing through. |
| | A tela era feita de chumbo para evitar a passagem de raios X. |
| lead n | (pencil: graphite) | grafite sm |
| | | grafita sf |
| | The lead broke on this pencil, so I have to sharpen it. |
| | O grafite deste lápis quebrou, por isso tenho de apontá-la. |
| Traduções complementares |
| lead adj | (principal) | principal adj |
| | The lead speaker brought the audience to its feet with his wit. The lead story in the paper is about the bribery scandal. |
| | O orador principal deixou a audiência aos seus pés com seu humor espirituoso. A reportagem principal do jornal é sobre o escândalo de suborno. |
| lead adj | (first; in front of others) | primeiro adj |
| | | da liderança loc adj |
| | The lead runner was on second base. |
| | Quem é o primeiro colocado? |
| lead adj | (American Football pass: made into space) (passe ofensivo: na direção do gol adversário) | ofensivo adj |
| | The lead pass arrived at midfield just as the receiver got there. |
| | O passe ofensivo chegou a meio campo logo que o receptor chegou lá. |
| lead n | (weight made of lead) (de chumbo) | peso sm |
| | Pass me those two leads please. I need to weigh this down. |
| | Me dê aqueles dois pesos por favor. Preciso pesar isto aqui. |
| lead n | informal (shot, bullets) (figurado, tiros de arma de fogo) | chumbo sm |
| | The gangster filled his rival with lead. |
| | O gângster encheu seu rival de chumbo. |
| lead n | (printing: line spacing metal) (divisória de chumbo nas prensas para dividir o âmbito) | chumbo sm |
| | The typesetter cut a lead to fit the line, and put it in the composing stick. |
| lead n | (printing: line space) (impressão) | entrelinha sf |
| | Add another lead between those lines, so there will be more separation between them. |
| the lead n | (first place) | liderança, dianteira sf |
| | Ben hadn't trained for the race, so the lead wasn't a position he expected to find himself in. |
| | Ele tomou a liderança após a primeira hora de corrida. |
| lead n | (margin) (margem) | liderança, dianteira sf |
| | | diferença sf |
| | He had a lead of three minutes over the next runner. |
| the lead n | (competitor: in front of others) (pessoa na liderança) | líder smf |
| | The lead is a Nigerian runner. |
| lead n | (clue, indication) (indício) | pista sf |
| | The investigator caught the thief after finding the important lead. |
| the lead n | (principal role) (cinema) | protagonista smf |
| | Do you know who is going to play the lead in this movie? The lead in the film was a famous actress. |
| | Você sabe quem vai ser o protagonista neste filme? A protagonista deste filme é uma atriz famosa. |
| lead n | (journalism: introduction) (jornalismo: introdução) | lide, lead sm |
| | The article's lead stated all the main facts. |
| lead n | (example) (exemplo) | comando sm |
| | Follow my lead, and you will be a success. |
| lead n | (leadership) | liderança sm |
| | | comando sm |
| | The whole team followed his lead. |
| | O time inteiro seguiu sua liderança. |
| lead n | (cards: playing first) (baralho) | mão sf |
| | John took the lead and played first. |
| lead n | (cards: right to play first) | mão sf |
| | It is your lead. Go ahead and play. |
| lead n | (cards: suit played first) | mão sf |
| | The lead was an ace of hearts. |
| lead n | (electricity: connecting wire) (eletricidade) | cabo condutor sm |
| | First, connect the red lead to the brown connector. |
| lead n | (head start) (precedência) | vantagem sf |
| | The hunter gave the target a lead of about a metre. |
| lead n | UK (leash for a dog) | guia sm |
| | | coleira sf |
| | Dogs must be kept on a lead at all times in this park. |
| lead n | (business: potential customer) (marketing, cliente em potencial) | lead sm |
| | Max uses social media to generate leads for his business. |
| lead n | (business: opportunity) (negócios, oportunidade) | lead sm |
| | Rita, who works in Sales, spends her day on the phone chasing up leads. |
| lead n | (horse leg placement at canter) (equitação) | base sf |
| | If your horse begins to tire, changing the lead to its right leg may help. |
lead,
lead line,
US also: lead rope n | (horse: rope for leading) (equitação) | buçal de corda loc sm |
| | The rider attached the lead to the horse's halter. |
| lead⇒ vi | (go first) | guiar, conduzir vt |
| | If you lead, I'll follow. |
| | Você pode guiar o caminho para o estádio e eu o acompanho? |
| lead vi | (be ahead of others) (estar na liderança) | liderar v int |
| | The runner leads by thirty metres. |
| lead vi | (take the offensive) | tomar a ofensiva expres v |
| | The boxer led with his left fist. |
| lead vi | (baseball: runner's movement) (beisebol) | avançar v int |
| | | adiantar-se vp |
| | Runners often lead with two outs. |
| lead vi | (guide dance partner) (dança) | conduzir, levar v int |
| | I don't know this dance. You will have to lead. |
| lead [sth]⇒ vtr | (influence) (influenciar) | conduzir vt |
| | | induzir vt |
| | The president is able to lead public opinion with his comments to the press. |
| lead [sth] vtr | (cards: play first) (jogo de baralho) | jogar a mão expres v |
| | He led an ace of hearts. |
| lead [sth] vtr | (aim a gun) | mirar vt |
| | Lead the target by a foot or two. |
| lead [sb]⇒ vtr | (throw ball ahead of [sb]) (jogar a bola à frente de) | direcionar vt |
| | Don't throw the ball where he is, you need to lead him by throwing ahead of him. |
| lead [sb] vtr | (hold advantage over) (estar com vantagem de) | estar na frente expres v |
| | He led the other runner by 30 meters. |
| lead [sb/sth]⇒ vtr | (music: conduct a group) (música: conduzir) | reger vt |
| | The conductor has led this orchestra for two years. |
| lead [sth]⇒ vtr | (cards: play first) (jogo de baralho) | jogar primeiro expres v |
| | You lead this hand. Throw your card. |
| lead [sb]⇒ vtr | (dance partner: guide) (dança) | guiar, conduzir vt |
| | He gracefully lead his partner in the waltz. |
| lead [sb] to [sth] vtr + prep | (prompt to mention) | levar a vt + prep |
| | All of which leads me to my next point, which is that the project cannot possibly be completed on time. |
Locuções verbais
lead | LED |
| lead [sth/sb] away vtr phrasal sep | (guide elsewhere) | afastar-se vp |
| | | conduzir para longe expres v |
| | | levar para longe expres v |
| | A police officer put the man in handcuffs and led him away. |
| lead back vi phrasal | (card games) (jogo de cartas) | jogar o mesmo naipe loc v |
| lead [sth/sb] back vtr phrasal sep | (show way to original location) | mostrar o caminho de volta loc v |
| | I've forgotten the way to the hotel: could someone lead me back, please? |
| lead into [sth] vtr phrasal insep | (be prelude to) | levar a vt + prep |
| | Opening titles lead into a movie. |
| lead off vi phrasal | (baseball: begin) (beisebol) | abrir v int |
| | | iniciar v int |
| lead off vi phrasal | US, figurative (begin a meeting) | começar v int |
| | | abrir v int |
| | | iniciar v int |
| | Let's lead off by introducing ourselves. |
| lead off from [sth] vi phrasal + prep | (room: adjoin) | juntar v int |
| lead off into [sth] vi phrasal + prep | (room: continue into) | juntar v int |
| lead on vi phrasal | (go first, show the way) | conduzir, guiar v int |
| | "Lead on!" she said, and I showed her along the corridor. |
| | "Conduza!", disse ela e eu a levei pelo corredor. |
| lead [sb] on vtr phrasal sep | informal, figurative (mislead) | enganar, iludir vt |
| | I thought he loved me, but he was just leading me on. |
| | Eu pensei que ele me amava, mas ele só estava me enganando. |
| lead on to [sth] vtr phrasal insep | (progress to) | dar sequência a vt + sf + prep |
| | We hope that this early success will lead on to further triumphs. |
| lead [sb] out vtr phrasal sep | (guide to the exit) | mostrar a saída expres v |
| lead up to [sth] vi phrasal + prep | (events: come before) (eventos) | preceder vt |
| | The days leading up to the wedding were so busy, with many details to finalise. |
| lead up to [sth] vi phrasal + prep | (events: culminate in) | levar a vt + prep |
| | | culminar em vt + prep |
| | In court, the police officer recounted the events leading up to the defendant's arrest. |
| lead up to [sth] vi phrasal + prep | (introduce: a subject) (assunto, tópico) | introduzir vt |
| | The speaker led up to the topic by telling the audience about some of the historical background. |
| | Tessa kept beating about the bush and her brothers wondered what she was leading up to. |
| lead with [sth] vtr phrasal insep | (begin with a subject) | começar com vt + prep |
| lead with [sth] vtr phrasal insep | (boxing: start attack with) | dar ataque inicial expres v |
Formas compostas:
lead | LED |
dog leash,
also UK: dog lead n | (lead for a canine) | coleira sf |
| | As Jack was always running off with other dogs, we have to put him on a dog leash when we take him for a walk now. |
extension cord (US),
extension lead (UK) n | (electronics) | extensão sf |
| follow [sb]'s lead v expr | (do the same as [sb] else) | copiar |
| | The leader of the exercise class wanted us to follow her lead. |
| get the lead out v expr | figurative, slang (hurry) (apressar-se) | tirar o pé do freio expres v |
| in the lead adv | (winning) (competição: vencer) | na liderança, na frente loc adv |
| | Up by thirteen points over the hated Bears, the Wolves are currently in the lead. |
| in the lead-up adv | (in the period before) (no período anterior) | anteriormente adj |
| in the lead-up to [sth] expr | (in the period before) (antes de algo) | precedentes à, anteriores à adj + prep |
| | This change was reflected in the opinion polls conducted in the lead up to the election. |
| lead [sb] astray vtr + adv | figurative (tempt into bad behaviour) (figurado) | desviar-se vp |
| | Young people can so easily be led astray by false values. |
| lead [sb] astray vtr + adv | figurative (mislead) | enganar vt |
| | The conman led investors in the scheme astray with promises of easy profit. |
| lead balloon n | figurative (total failure) | fracasso absoluto sm + adj |
| lead by example v expr | (behave as you wish others to do) | dar o exemplo expres v |
| | If you want your children to be compassionate, lead by example. |
lead [sb] down the garden path,
lead [sb] up the garden path v expr | informal, figurative (deceive) | desencaminhar, enganar vt |
| | I never suspected he was just leading me down the garden path. |
| lead mining n | (excavation for lead) | mineração de chumbo loc sf |
| | Much of the countryside has been scarred by the lead mining that used to take place. |
| lead pencil n | (graphite pencil) | lápis de grafite loc sm |
| | When I was a child I accidentally stabbed my leg with a lead pencil and you can still see the mark today! |
| lead poisoning n | (illness caused by exposure to lead) | envenenamento por chumbo loc sm |
| | Removing old lead-based paintwork without wearing a mask can cause lead poisoning. |
| | Lead poisoning can cause serious developmental problems in children. |
| lead role n | (central acting part) | papel principal |
| | My son got the lead role in the school play. |
| lead singer n | (main singer in a popular music group) (cantor principal) | vocalista sm, sf |
| | He's always wanted to be the lead singer in a rock band. |
| lead the way v expr | (serve as guide) | mostrar o caminho expres |
| | John knows where we are going, so he will lead the way. |
| lead the way v expr | figurative (be the first to do [sth]) (figurado) | abrir caminho expres |
| | Ford led the way into mass-produced automobiles. |
| lead time n | (time between design and finished product) | tempo útil sm + adj |
| | You didn't give me enough lead time to finish this project. |
| | Você não me deu tempo útil suficiente para terminar esse projeto. |
| lead [sb] to believe v expr | often passive (mislead into thinking) | fazer alguém acreditar expres v |
| | The financial advisor led me to believe that my investments were safe. |
| lead-free adj | (without lead) | sem chumbo loc adv |
| Nota: With a hyphen before a noun. |
| lead-in n | (introduction) | introdução sf |
| | | preparação sf |
| | Every day this news program always starts with the anchor reading the same lead-in. |
| lead-off adj | US (first, beginning) | inicial adj |
| lead-up n | (preceding events, action) | evento anterior sm + adj |
| | The politician made promises in the lead-up to the election that he failed to keep once he came to power. |
| limb lead n | (electrocardiography) | eletrodo sm |
| limb lead n as adj | (relating to a limb lead) | de eletrodo adj |
| retractable lead n | (point of a propelling pencil) (ponta de uma lapiseira) | ponta retrátil loc sf |
| | A pencil with retractable lead is great because you don't have to sharpen it. |
| sales lead n | (potential customer) | cliente potencial sm, sf |
| | | comprador sm |
strain at the leash (US),
strain at the lead (UK) v expr | (dog: pull against lead) | esticar a coleira expres v |
| | | puxar a coleira expres v |
| | The dog was so determined to chase the cat, it was straining at the leash. |
| take the lead v expr | (race: in first place) | tomar a frente expres v |
| | | tomar a liderança expres v |
| | With a burst of speed, Jack took the lead in the race. |
| take the lead v expr | figurative (take the initiative) | tomar a iniciativa expres v |
| take the lead on [sth] v expr | (take the initiative on) | tomar a iniciativa de expres v + prep |
team leader,
team lead n | ([sb] who manages a group) | líder de equipe sm, sf |
| | | chefe de equipe sm |
| | As team leader, Paul ensures that each member of his team has clear targets and is motivated to work towards them. |
unleaded,
lead-free,
lead free adj | (vehicle fuel: without lead) (gasolina) | sem chumbo loc adj |
| | This car only runs on unleaded gasoline. |
unleaded,
lead-free,
lead free n | informal (lead-free vehicle fuel) | combustível sem chumbo loc sm |
| | Fill it with unleaded, please. |