| Traduções complementares |
| cold adj | figurative (unfriendly) (figurado) | frio sm |
| | While he is cold in public, those who know him understand that he is still a nice person. |
| | Apesar de ele ser frio em público, aqueles que o conhecem sabem que ele ainda é uma pessoa legal. |
| cold adj | figurative (indifferent) | frio adj |
| | | indiferente adj |
| | My boss was cold to my idea of a new product line. |
| | Meu chefe ficou indiferente com a ideia de uma nova linha de produtos. |
| cold adj | (dead) | morto adj |
| | When the police arrived, they discovered two cold bodies. |
| | Quando os policiais chegaram, acharam dois mortos. |
| cold adj | informal (out cold: unconscious) | inconsciente adj |
| | | inerte adj |
| | The boxer was knocked cold and the match was stopped. |
| | Depois de ser atingido na cabeça, o jogador ficou inconsciente por cinco minutos. |
| cold adj | figurative (rational, unemotional) | frio adj |
| | | objetivo adj |
| | The judge's cold reasoning followed the law but enraged the victim's family. |
| | O raciocínio frio do juiz seguiu a lei, mas enfureceu a família da vitima. |
| cold adj | figurative (sexually: frigid) | frígida adj |
| | | fria adj |
| | He wanted to make love to her, but found her very cold. |
| | Ele queria fazer amor com ela, mas a achava muito frígida. |
| cold adj | figurative (far from target) (figurado) | frio adj |
| | | errado adj |
| | His guesses at the answer continued to be cold. He really had no idea. |
| | Suas suposições de resposta continuaram frias. Ele realmente não sabia de nada. |
| cold adj | figurative (unprepared) | despreparado adj |
| | (figurado) | frio adj |
| | He's not ready to go into the game. He's still cold. |
| | Ele não está pronto para entrar no jogo. Ele ainda está despreparado. |
| cold adv | (unprepared) | desaquecido adj |
| | | frio adj |
| | When the star player was injured, his backup went in cold. He had no time to get ready. |
| | Quando o craque se machucou, seu reserva ficou desaquecido. Ele não teve tempo de se preparar. |
| cold adv | (unintroduced) (ligação) | sem aviso prévio loc adv |
| | | frio adv |
| | The salesman was given no leads, and had to call potential customers cold. |
| | O vendedor não recebeu nenhuma indicação e teve que ligar para os clientes sem aviso prévio. |
| cold adv | US (completely) | congelado adj |
| | | inerte adj |
| | | inexpressivo adj |
| | He stopped cold after seeing the body. |
| | Ele congelou depois de ver o corpo. |
Formas compostas:
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| bad cold n | (severe cold virus) | resfriado forte sm + adj |
| | She's home with a bad cold. |
| bitter cold n | (weather: freezing) | frio enregelante loc sm |
| | The older she gets, the less she can tolerate the bitter cold. |
| bitterly cold adj | (intensely cold) | gélido adj |
| | You need very warm clothing to survive the bitterly cold weather in the Arctic. |
| blow hot and cold v expr | figurative (waver, vacillate) | mudar de ideia expres |
| blue with cold adj | (skin: discolored by cold) (figurado) | roxo de frio loc adj |
| break out in a cold sweat v expr | (perspire, have chills) (perspirar de medo, nervoso) | suar frio, começar a suar frio expres |
catch a cold,
catch cold,
take a cold v expr | (contract cold virus) | pegar um resfriado, ficar constipado expres v |
| | | constipar-se vp |
| | If you go out in this rain without a coat you're liable to catch a cold. |
catch your death,
catch your death of cold v expr | informal (catch a bad cold) | pegar uma gripe forte vt + sf |
| cold as ice adj | (very cold) (muito frio) | frio como gelo loc adj |
| | The sodas from the vendor on the beach were as cold as ice. |
| cold brew n | (coffee made with cool water) | café gelado sm + adj |
| cold brew adj | (coffee: made with cool water) | de café gelado loc adj |
| cold buffet n | (meal: self-service, cold foods) | bufê frio loc sm |
| | The cold buffet was impressive but there was little choice for vegetarians. |
| cold call n | (unsolicited sales visit or phone call) (telefonema para venda não solicitado) | chamada fria sf + adj |
| | I got my start in sales by making door-to-door cold calls. |
| cold calling n | (making unsolicited sales calls) (estrang) | telemarketing sm |
| | | prática das chamadas frias loc sf |
| | Do you prefer to make your sales contacts by cold calling or direct mail? |
| cold comfort n | (small, ineffective consolation) (consolo pouco satisfatório) | pequeno consolo loc sfm |
| | The pension, though not insubstantial, was cold comfort to the widow of such a loving husband. |
cold cream,
cold-cream n | (skincare product) (estrangeirismo) | cold cream loc sm |
| | | creme de beleza loc sm |
| | Her only bad habit was putting cold cream on her face before coming to bed. |
| cold cuts npl | chiefly US (meat served cold) (carnes servidas frias) | frios sm pl |
| | The buffet included a selection of cold cuts. |
| cold feet n | (loss of courage) | amarelar expres |
| | Everyone gets nervous before their wedding; it's just cold feet. |
| cold fish n | figurative, informal (person: unfriendly) | mal-encarado sm |
| | | carrancudo sm |
| | She's such a cold fish that she wouldn't even talk to me when I said hello. |
| cold front n | (cool air pushing forward) (meteorologia) | frente fria loc sf |
| | The weather will get nasty due to the cold front pushing in from the North. |
| cold heart n | figurative (lack of compassion) (figurativo - falta de compaixão) | coração de pedra loc sm |
| | She had a cold heart and nothing I could say or do would melt it. |
| cold meat n | US (meat: cooked, sliced) | frios sm pl |
| | | embutidos sm pl |
| | What do you want in your sandwich: cheese, or cold meat? |
cold meat sandwich,
cold-meat sandwich n | US (food) | sanduíche frio sm + adj |
| cold pack n | (ice pack, compress) | bolsa de gelo loc sf |
| | After getting hit in the eye, I put a cold pack on it to prevent swelling. |
| cold-shoulder [sb]⇒ vtr | informal, figurative (snub) (figurado) | olhar por cima do ombro expres |
| | | tratar com frieza, virar a cara loc v |
| cold shower n | (shower: in cold water) | banho frio loc sm |
| | After the soccer game, I went home and took a cold shower. |
| cold shower n | figurative (reception: unenthusiastic) (figurado) | banho frio loc sm |
| cold snap n | (period: cold weather) (meteorologia) | onda de frio loc sf |
| | The recent cold snap killed my tomato plants. |
| cold sore n | (herpes on lip) | herpes labial loc sm pl |
| | I never kiss anyone with a cold sore. |
| cold spell n | (period of cold weather) | onda de frio loc sf |
| | After the heat wave there was a cold spell, much to everyone's relief |
| cold supper n | (meal: salad, buffet) | refeição fria loc sf |
| cold sweat n | (from fear, illness) | suor frio sm |
| cold tablet n | (pill for relief of common cold) (medicamento) | antigripal sm |
| | | antigripal adj |
| cold turkey n | (leftover turkey meat served cold) | peru frio sm |
| | Since Christmas we have been eating cold turkey sandwiches every day. |
| cold turkey n | figurative (sudden withdrawal from [sth] addictive) (drogas) | abstinência repentina sf |
| | Some people believe that cold turkey is the only way to beat addiction. |
| cold turkey adv | (abruptly, without support) | repentinamente adv |
| | | do nada loc adv |
| | He quit smoking, and he did it cold turkey. |
| cold turkey adj | (abrupt and sudden) | do nada loc adj |
| | | repentino adj |
| | Cold turkey withdrawal from any drug is very difficult. |
| the Cold War n | (hostility: Soviet Union and West) | Guerra Fria sf |
| | Many people were believed to be spies during the Cold War. |
| cold war n | (hostility short of armed warfare) | guerra fria sf + adj |
| cold war n | figurative (on-going veiled antagonism) (figurado, disputa velada) | guerra fria expres |
| cold water n | (water: not hot) | água fria loc sf |
| | The football team poured cold water on the coach's head. |
| cold wave n | (period of extremely cold weather) | onda de frio sf |
| | The weather bureau forecast a cold wave. |
| cold wave n | (hairdressing: type of perm) (cabelo: penteado) | permanente sm |
| cold weather n | (chilly conditions) (meteorologia) | tempo frio loc sm |
| Nota: A hyphen is used when the term is a modifier. |
| | We are going north, so prepare for cold weather! |
cold weather,
cold-weather n as adj | (for chilly conditions) | tempo frio sm + adj |
cold-blooded,
also US: coldblooded adj | (animal) (de seres que têm a temperatura do corpo variável de acordo com a do meio ambiente) | de sangue frio loc adj |
| Nota: The hyphen may be omitted when the adjective follows the noun. |
| | Cold-blooded animals can't regulate their body heat like warm-blooded animals do. |
cold-blooded,
also US: coldblooded adj | figurative (person: emotionless) (figurativo - insensível, apático) | de sangue frio loc adj |
| Nota: The hyphen may be omitted when the adjective follows the noun. |
| | They say the convict is a cold-blooded killer. |
cold-blooded,
also US: coldblooded adj | figurative (act: cruel, showing no mercy) (figurativo - cruel) | a sangue frio loc adj |
| Nota: The hyphen may be omitted when the adjective follows the noun. |
| | The massacre was a cold-blooded, ruthless act. |
| cold-bloodedly adv | (cruelly, without mercy) | a sangue frio loc adv |
| | The man was jailed for life for cold-bloodedly killing two innocent people. |
| cold-call [sb]⇒ vtr | (make unsolicited sales visit or phone call) | fazer telemarketing vt + sm |
| | He cold-called all the people on his contact list. |
| | Ele fez telemarketing com todas as pessoas da sua lista de contatos. |
cold,
hard cash n | figurative (making money) (figurado: atitude mercenária) | vil metal sm |
| | He didn't care about performing a service; all he cared about was cold, hard cash. |
cold,
hard cash n | (money, not credit) | dinheiro vivo expres |
| | I'll sell you this bike, but you have to pay me in cold, hard cash. |
coldhearted (US),
cold-hearted (UK) adj | (lacking compassion) (duro, cruel, frio) | desalmado adj |
| | The way they went in and grabbed their mother's stuff seemed pretty cold-hearted. |
| common cold n | (cold virus) | resfriado sm |
| | There's no cure for the common cold. |
| freezing cold n | (sub-zero temperatures) (temperatura de grau negativo) | temperatura negativa loc sf |
| | All my delicate plants died last night in the freezing cold. |
| freezing cold adj | figurative (extremely cold) (muito frio) | enregelante adj |
| | She may have a warm heart but on the outside she's freezing cold. |
| get cold feet v expr | figurative, informal (abandon [sth] due to anxiety) | perder a coragem expres |
| | (figurado) | amarelar vt |
| | He was starting to get cold feet about the wedding. |
| give [sb] the cold shoulder v expr | figurative, informal (snub) (informal) | dar um gelo expres |
| | After the incident, they all gave her the cold shoulder. |
| go cold turkey v expr | (addiction: quit abruptly) | sofrer de abstinência expres v |
| | (informal) | cortar de vez expres v |
| | The addict decided the only way to break his habit was to go cold turkey. |
| grow cold vi + adj | (weather) | ficar frio vti |
| | After nightfall, the desert really grows cold. |
| | Depois que a noite cai, o deserto fica realmente frio. |
| grow cold vi + adj | figurative (feelings) | esfriar vti |
| | (gíria) | dar uma gelada loc v |
| | Selena's love for Eric had grown cold. |
| | O Amor de Selena pelo Eric esfriou. |
| have a cold v expr | (be suffering from the cold virus) | estar resfriado, estar gripado loc v |
| | I don't feel like going out today because I have a cold. |
| head cold n | (viral infection) | resfriado sm |
| ice-cold adj | (extremely cold to touch) (extremamente frio ao toque) | gelado, gélido adj |
| ice-cold adj | (without emotion) (figurado: sem emoção) | gelado, gélido adj |
| in cold blood adv | figurative (without emotion) (figurado) | friamente adv |
| | | a sangue frio loc adv |
| | The gunman killed his victim in cold blood. |
| in cold storage adv | (refrigerated) (literal) | armazenamento refrigerado sm + adj |
| | Meat will go bad if not kept in cold storage. |
| in cold storage adv | figurative (saved, postponed) (figurado: reservado para depois) | na geladeira loc adv |
| | Let's keep that idea in cold storage until we have the capital to develop it. |
| | Vamos manter essa ideia na geladeira até termos o capital para desenvolvê-la. |
| in the cold light of day expr | figurative (objectively, dispassionately) | com a cabeça fria expres |
| intense cold n | (extremely cold conditions) | frio intenso |
| | The intense cold numbed their limbs and paralyzed them. |
| out cold adj | informal (unconscious) | inconsciente adj |
| sensitive to the cold adj | (quick to feel cold) | sensível ao frio adj |
| | Alessandro is very sensitive to the cold so he always wears a pullover. |
| sensitive to the cold adj | (affected by the cold) | sensível ao frio adj |
| | Those plants are sensitive to the cold: you should take them inside when it gets chilly. |
stone cold,
stone-cold adj | figurative (completely cold) (completamente gelado) | gelado adj |
| | | congelante adj |
| | | muito frio adj |
| streaming cold n | (bad cold) | gripe forte sf + adj |