| Traduções principais |
| clean adj | (not dirty) | limpo adj |
| | I need to put on a clean shirt. |
| | Preciso vestir uma camisa limpa. |
| clean [sth]⇒ vtr | (wash, sanitize [sth]) | limpar vt |
| | I always use bleach when I clean the kitchen. |
| | Eu uso sempre lixívia quando limpo a cozinha. |
| clean [sth] vtr | (organize, tidy [sth]) | limpar vt |
| | | arrumar vt |
| | | faxinar vt |
| | Clean your room and put away your clothes! |
| | Limpe seu quarto e guarde suas roupas! |
clean off [sth],
clean [sth] off vtr + adv | (dirt: remove) | limpar vt |
| | | remover vt |
| | I hosed the car down to clean off the dirt. |
| | Dei uma mangueirada no carro para limpar a sujeira. |
| clean [sth] off [sth] vtr + prep | (dirt, etc.: remove from) | limpar vt |
| | I cleaned the mud off my boots. |
| | Limpei a lama das minhas botas. |
| clean⇒ vi | (remove dirt, sanitize) | fazer a faxina expres v |
| | | limpar v int |
| | Your kitchen is immaculate, so I know you must like to clean. |
| | Sua cozinha está impecável, portanto sei que você deve gostar de fazer a faxina. |
| clean [sth] off [sth] vtr + prep | (tidy away, remove) | tirar vt |
| | (formal) | remover vt |
| | The waiter came and cleaned the plates off the table. |
| | O garçom veio e tirou os pratos da mesa. |
| Traduções complementares |
| clean adj | (pure, uncontaminated) | puro, limpo adj |
| | The sample is completely clean, with no contamination. |
| | A amostra está completamente limpa, sem contaminação. |
| clean adj | (design: sleek, neatly defined) (bem delineado) | limpo adj |
| | The sculpture has very clean lines. |
| | A escultura tem linhas muito limpas. |
| clean adj | (sum: total, complete) (total, líquido) | limpo adj |
| | The robbers got away with a clean million. |
| | Os ladrões fugiram com um milhão limpo. |
| clean adj | (legible) | legível adj |
| | The office needs a clean copy of the form. |
| | O escritório precisa de uma cópia legível do formulário. |
| clean adj | (behavior: decent, pure) | limpo adj |
| | | decente adj |
| | I expect clean behaviour from all of you, so don't dance too closely. |
| | Espero um comportamento limpo de todos vocês, portanto não dancem muito perto. |
| clean adj | (fair) (justo) | limpo adj |
| | The referee wants a clean fight. |
| | O árbitro quer uma luta limpa. |
| clean adj | figurative, informal (drug-free) (livre de drogas) | limpo adj |
| | My friend has been clean for one year. |
| | Meu amigo está limpo há um ano. |
| clean adj | figurative (wholesome) | sadio adj |
| | Our family enjoys clean entertainment. |
| | Nossa família gosta de entretenimento sadio. |
| clean adj | (without irregularity) (sem irregularidades) | regular adj |
| | The saw made a clean cut through the tree. |
| | A serra fez um corte regular na árvore. |
| clean adj | (simple) (esmerado, apurado) | limpo adj |
| | His writing style is clean, without excessive verbal ornaments. |
| | Seu estilo de escrita é limpo, sem ornamentos verbais excessivos. |
| clean adj | (without interference) | sem interferência loc adv |
| | The thieves made a clean getaway. |
| | Os ladrões fizeram uma fuga sem interferências. |
| clean adj | (language: without obscenity) (sem obscenidades) | limpo adj |
| | Keep your language clean, and leave the dirty words out of your talk. |
| | Mantenha sua boca limpa e deixe os palavrões fora da conversa. |
| clean adv | informal (honestly) | limpo adv |
| | No one will play cards with him because he doesn't play clean. |
| | Ninguém joga cartas com ele porque ele não joga limpo. |
| clean adv | informal (completely) | completamente adv |
| | | completamente adv |
| | It's her birthday, and I clean forgot. |
| | É o aniversário dela, e eu esqueci completamente. |
| clean vi | (organize, tidy) | faxinar v int |
| | My house is disorganized because I hate cleaning. |
| | Minha casa está desorganizada porque eu detesto faxinar. |
| clean [sth] of [sth] vtr + prep | (empty of contents) (acabar com o conteúdo de algo) | limpar vt |
| | Birds cleaned the trees of fruit. |
| | Os pássaros limparam as árvores frutíferas. |
Locuções verbais
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| clean [sth] out vtr phrasal sep | (place: clean) | limpar vt |
| | (BRA) | dar faxina loc v |
| | Jack cleaned out the stables and fed the horses. |
| clean [sth] out vtr phrasal sep | (place: empty) | esvaziar vt |
| | If you don't clean out the garage soon I won't be able to park my car. |
| | Se você não esvaziar a garagem, logo eu não vou mais conseguir guardar meu carro. |
| clean [sth] out vtr phrasal sep | (items: clear) | livrar-se loc v |
| | I cleaned out all the children's old toys and gave them to charity. |
| | Eu me livrei de todos os brinquedos velhos das crianças, doando-os para a caridade. |
| clean [sb/sth] out vtr phrasal sep | figurative, slang (take all money) (BRA, informal, sem dinheiro) | deixar duro expres v |
| | (POR, informal, gíria) | ficar liso; ficar sem nada; ficar de mãos a abanar; ficar só com a camisa no pêlo expres v |
| | Their business failed and cleaned them out. |
| | O negócio deles faliu e os deixou duro. |
| clean [sb] out vtr phrasal sep | figurative, slang (win all of [sb]'s money) (tomar todo o dinheiro) | limpar vt |
| | The blackjack tables cleaned me out. |
| | As mesas de blackjack me deixaram limpo. |
| clean up vi phrasal | (make things clean) | fazer uma limpeza expres |
| | (informal) | dar uma limpada expres |
| | We have to clean up before the guests arrive. |
| | Temos de fazer uma limpeza antes dos convidados chegarem. |
clean [sb/sth] up,
clean up [sb/sth] vtr phrasal sep | (remove dirt) | limpar vt |
| | Clean up your face and change your clothes before dinner. |
| | Limpe seu rosto e troque suas roupas antes do almoço. |
| clean up vi phrasal | figurative, slang (win, make: lot of money) (figurado, gíria) | limpar vt |
| | (BR, figurado, gíria) | fazer a rapa expres |
| | He really cleaned up at the poker table. |
| | Ele realmente limpou a mesa de pôquer. |
| clean up vi phrasal | figurative, slang (stop abusing drugs) (figurado, informal) | ficar limpo expres |
| | (informal) | largar as drogas, parar com as drogas expres |
| | Ralph promised to clean up and be a better husband. |
| | Ralph prometeu ficar limpo e ser um marido melhor. |
clean [sth] up,
clean up [sth] vtr phrasal sep | figurative, slang (rid of undesirable things) (figurado) | fazer uma limpeza loc v |
| | The governor vowed to clean up the state and put an end to the trafficking rings. |
| | O governador votou para fazer uma limpeza no estado e pôr um fim nas redes de tráfico. |
Formas compostas:
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| clean bill of health n | (medicine: [sb] is healthy) (medicina: pessoa saudável) | atestado de boa saúde expres |
| | The doctor has given me a clean bill of health. |
| clean bill of health n | figurative (confirmation: [sth] is ok) (figurado: para objetos) | atestado de boa saúde sm |
| | It's good to see the building project has a clean bill of health. |
clean checkup,
clean check-up n | US (confirmation of good health) | atestado de boa saúde loc sm |
| | He was worried by a chest pain but the cardiologist gave him a clean checkup. |
| clean driving licence n | UK (driver's permit: no penalty points) (BRA) | carteira de motorista sem observação loc sf |
| | (POR) | carta de condução sem incidentes loc sf |
| | | carteira sem multas loc sf |
| | A clean driving licence lowers insurance costs. |
| clean energy n | (non-polluting fuel source) (fonte de combustível não poluente) | energia limpa loc sf |
| | Hydrogen is considered a form of clean energy. |
| clean getaway n | informal (successful escape) | fuga limpa loc sf |
| clean hands npl | figurative (lack of guilt) (figurativo - falta de culpa) | mãos limpas loc sf pl |
| | The party is searching for someone with clean hands to run for the office. |
| clean hands npl | (hands that are free of dirt) | mãos limpas loc sf pl |
| | You should have clean hands before you eat. |
| clean house vtr + n | (do housework) | fazer faxina loc v |
| | Now that spring has come, it's time to clean house. |
| clean house vtr + n | figurative (office: change personnel) (figurado) | fazer faxina loc v |
| | When staffing his office, the first thing a new president does is clean house. |
| clean house n | (home: free of dirt) | casa limpa loc sf |
| | Trevor tried to cheer me up by saying that women with clean houses are boring. |
| clean room n | (room that is free of dust and dirt) | sala limpa loc sf |
| | Hotel guests expect to find a clean room when they check in. |
| clean room n | (laboratory: sterile environment) (laboratório) | sala esterilizada loc sf |
| | Hardware manufacturing requires a clean room for creating central-processing chips. |
| clean sheet n | figurative, UK (sports: shutout game) | vitória sem sofrer nenhum gol expres |
| | The goalie managed his third clean sheet of the season. |
| clean sheet n | UK, figurative (clean slate) (figurado) | tábua rasa sf |
| clean sheet n | figurative, UK (clean slate: unblemished record) | ficha limpa sf |
| | | jogo limpo sm |
| | The cyclist was never caught cheating or doping; she had a clean sheet throughout her career. |
| clean slate n | US, figurative (clean sheet: unblemished record) (figurado, recomeçar do zero) | novo começo expres |
| a clean sweep n | (thorough clearing-up) | faxina completa loc sf |
| | Before leaving the campground, we did a clean sweep of the site. |
| a clean sweep n | (overwhelming victory) | vitória arrasadora loc sf |
| a clean sweep n | (thorough reform, change) | mudança radical loc sf |
| clean up your act v expr | informal (behave properly) | mudar de atitude expres v |
| clean-cut adj | (lines: sharply defined) (arquitetura, desenho: distinto e claro) | simples adj |
| | | bem definido loc adj |
| | Modernist architects abandoned the frills and ornamentation of the Victorian and Edwardian eras in favor of simple shapes and clean-cut lines. |
| clean-cut adj | figurative (man: neat, respectable-looking) (homem) | bem-apessoado, bem-parecido adj |
| | People trusted him because he had that clean-cut Boy Scout image. |
| | As pessoas confiavam nele porque ele tinha aquela aparência bem-apessoada (or: bem-parecida) de escoteiro. |
| clean-shaven adj | (man: no beard, stubble) (de cara raspada) | sem barba nenhuma loc adj |
| | He usually wears a beard in the winter but goes clean shaven during the summer months. |
| | Ele costuma usar barba no inverno, mas passa o tempo sem barba nenhuma durante os meses de verão. |
cleanup,
clean-up n | (getting rid of dirt, mess) | limpeza sf |
| | The kids' clean-up of the room left a lot to be desired. |
| | A limpeza do quarto das crianças deixou muito a desejar. |
cleanup,
clean-up n as adj | (to get rid of dirt, mess) | de limpeza loc adj |
| | After the festival, the cleanup operation took two days. |
| | Depois do festival, a operação de limpeza levou dois dias. |
| come clean vi + adj | informal (confess) | pôr a limpo expres |
| | | confessar-se vp |
| | If the culprit comes clean, the rest of the class can go home. |
| come clean about [sth] vi + adj | informal (confess to [sth]) | confessar v int |
| | | botar a limpo expres v |
| | You might feel better if you go to your boss and just come clean about what you did. |
| dry-clean [sth]⇒ vtr | (clean using chemicals) | lavagem a seco loc sf |
| | I won't buy any clothes that I have to have dry-cleaned. |
| keep your nose clean expr | figurative, informal (behave well) | comporte-se vp |
| | The probation officer told the newly released prisoner to keep his nose clean. |
| make a clean breast of [sth] v expr | (confess [sth]) | confessar, desabafar vt |
| pick [sth] clean vtr + adj | (remove meat from a bone) | descarnar vt |
| | The hyenas picked the bones clean. |
| | As hienas descarnaram os ossos sem deixar vestígios de carne. |
| spot clean [sth] vtr | (remove stain, mark) (remover a mancha ou marca de algo) | limpar mancha expres v |
| | | remover mancha expres v |
squeaky-clean,
squeaky clean adj | (extremely clean) | limpíssimo, imaculado, impecável adj |
| Nota: A hyphen is used when the adjective precedes the noun. |
squeaky-clean,
squeaky clean adj | figurative (person: wholesome) (figurado: pessoa) | correta, íntegra, imaculada adj |
| | (informal) | certinha adj |
| Nota: A hyphen is used when the adjective precedes the noun. |
start with a clean slate,
also UK: start with a clean sheet v expr | figurative (be allowed a fresh start) (recomeço) | partir de uma folha em branco expres |
| wipe [sth] clean v expr | (clean by rubbing) | esfregar vt |
| wipe the slate clean v expr | figurative (begin afresh) (figurado: recomeçar) | começar do zero expres |
| | Let's just wipe the slate clean and forget about past mistakes. |
| with clean hands adv | figurative (innocently) (figurado: inocente) | de mãos limpas loc adv |
| | She went into the court room with clean hands. |