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| Traduções principais |
| bait n | uncountable (angling: food to attract fish) | isca sf |
| | (POR) | isco sm |
| | The fishing shop sells a variety of lures and bait. |
| | A loja de pesca vendia uma variedade de iscas e chamariz. |
| bait n | figurative, uncountable (lure) (figurado) | isca sf |
| | (POR) | isco sm |
| | The office used the promotion as bait to convince Mark to commit fraud. |
| | O escritório usou a promoção como isca para convencer Mark a cometer fraude. |
| bait [sth]⇒ vtr | (attach lure to: fishing hook) | iscar vt |
| | The way you bait your hook may determine how many fish you catch. |
| | O jeito que você iscar seu anzol pode determinar quantos peixes você pega. |
| bait [sb]⇒ vtr | figurative (lure) | atrair vt |
| | The undercover policeman baited a criminal and caught him committing the crime. |
| | O policial disfarçado atraiu o criminoso e o pegou cometendo o crime. |
| bait [sth]⇒ vtr | (set dogs upon: an animal) | atiçar vt |
| | In Elizabethan times, people baited bears for entertainment. |
| bait [sb]⇒ vtr | figurative (torment, tease) | atormentar vt |
| | The little boy baited his sister until she cried. |
| | O garotinho atormentou sua irmã até ela chorar. |
| bait [sb] vtr | figurative (tempt, seduce) | atrair, seduzir vt |
| | Jasmine hoped to bait a rich man with her showy clothes. |
| | Jasmine esperava atrair um homem rico com suas roupas chamativas. |
| Traduções complementares |
| bait n | archaic (stop for food during journey) (viagem: pausa para alimento) | pausa sf |
| | The carriage paused to let the passengers out for a bait. |
| bait n | figurative (temptation) | tentação sf |
| | | engodo sm |
| | I refuse to give in to the bait of chocolate cake, no matter what! |
| bait⇒ vi | archaic (stop for food during journey) (viagem a cavalo) | apear vt |
| | | quedar vt |
| | The travelers decided to bait at mid-day. |
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