Formas compostas:
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| all day adv | (throughout the whole day) | o dia todo loc adv |
| | She's been practising all day. |
| | Ela praticou o dia todo. |
| all day long adv | (throughout the whole day) | o dia inteiro loc adv |
| | I could water the flowers all day long. I sat in the sun all day long and read my book. |
| | Eu poderia regar as flores o dia inteiro. Eu sentei no sol o dia inteiro e li meu livro. |
| all in a day's work expr | informal, figurative (routine activity) | mais um dia de trabalho loc sm |
| | There's no need to thank me - it's all in a day's work for me. |
| All Saints' Day n | (Christian calendar: 1st November) | Dia de Todos os Santos sm |
| | All Saints' Day is the day after Halloween. |
All Souls' Day,
All Souls,
All Souls' n | (November 2 holiday) | Dia de Todos os Santos expres |
| | (BRA) | Dia de Finados expres |
| all-day adj | (lasting or available the whole day) | o dia inteiro loc adj |
| | This café serves a delicious all-day breakfast. |
| any day adv | informal (some time soon) (informal) | esses dias loc adv |
| | (informal) | qualquer dia loc adv |
| | | em breve loc adv |
| | I ordered it weeks ago. It should arrive any day. |
| any day adv | informal (willingly, without hesitation) (informal) | sem pensar duas vezes loc adv |
| | (informal) | sem pestanejar loc adv |
| | | sem hesitação loc adv |
| | I'd do that for you any day. |
| any day now adv | informal (some time soon) (informal) | esses dias loc adv |
| | (informal) | qualquer dia loc adv |
| | | em breve loc adv |
| | I'm expecting the book I ordered to come any day now. |
| Anzac Day n | (Australian and New Zealand memorial day) (celebração) | Dia Anzac sm |
April Fools' Day,
April Fool's Day,
All Fools' Day n | (1st April) | dia da mentira loc sm |
| | On April Fools' Day in the UK, it's traditional to play practical jokes on people before midday. |
Ascension Day,
Ascension n | (Christian feast day: Holy Thursday) (comemoração cristã) | Ascensão sf |
| | There will be a special evening service on Ascension Day. |
| at the end of the day expr | (in the evening) | no fim do dia loc adv |
| | He went home at the end of the day. |
| | Ele foi para casa no fim do dia. |
| at the end of the day expr | figurative (ultimately) (figurado) | no fim das contas loc adv |
| | At the end of the day, there's nothing we can do. |
| | No fim das contas, não há nada que possamos fazer. |
| back in the day expr | (introduces reminiscence) | antigamente adv |
| | | naquela época expres |
| | | naquele tempo expres |
| | Back in the day, we only had a handful of TV channels. |
| bad hair day n | figurative, slang (day when everything goes wrong) (estrangeirismo) | bad hair day expres |
| Bastille Day n | (14th July: French national day) (festa nacional francesa) | Dia da Bastilha sm |
| beautiful day n | (day of sunny weather) | belo dia sm |
| | What a beautiful day! It's finally spring, warm and sunny, and the flowers are blooming. |
| Blackout Day n | Can (annual energy conservation date) (dia: conservação de energia) | Dia do Apagão expres |
blackout day,
blackout date n | (travel: day with no discounts) | dia sem descontos expres |
| Boxing Day n | UK (26th December) (anglicismo) | boxing day sm |
| | Nowadays, many people go to the sales on Boxing Day. |
break of day,
break of dawn n | (dawn, sunrise, early morning) | o despontar do dia, o amanhecer |
| | The hunt assembles and is ready to ride at the break of day. |
| business day n | (day of trading) | dia útil sm |
| | Your phone call will be returned within one business day. |
| calendar day n | (date) | data sf |
| | The package will be delivered in five to eight business days, not calendar days. |
| call it a day v expr | informal (stop doing [sth]) | encerrar o expediente expres v |
| | I've been working for hours, I'm going to call it a day. |
| Canada Day n | Can (Canadian national day: 1st July) (Dia nacional canadense) | Dia do Canadá loc sm |
| | | Festa do Canadá sf |
| | Canada Day commemorates the confederation of Canada on July 1, 1867. |
| carry the day v expr | (win, triumph) | levar a melhor expres v |
| | | vencer vt |
| | We hope that our team will carry the day. |
| cheap day return n | UK (type of train ticket) (para retorno no mesmo dia) | passagem com desconto loc sf |
child care center,
childcare center (US),
day nursery,
childcare centre (UK) n | (day nursery) (AUS) | creche sf |
| | Many companies have an on-site child care center for their employees' children. |
| | Muitas empresas têm uma creche no local para os filhos de seus funcionários. |
| Christmas Day n | (Christian festival: 25th December) (25 de dezembro) | dia de Natal loc sm |
| | Children can't wait to get out of bed on Christmas Day. |
clear as day,
as clear as day adj | (visible, easy to see) | claro como o dia loc adj |
| | Despite the police spokesman's denial, the onlooker's video showed the policeman's unprovoked aggression, as clear as day. |
clear as day,
as clear as day adj | figurative (obvious, easy to understand) (figurado: óbvio) | claro como o dia loc adj |
| | It was clear as day to me that the Prime Minister had no intention of honouring his promises. |
| | Estava claro como o dia para mim que o Primeiro Ministro não tinha a intenção de cumprir com suas promessas. |
| close of day n | (end of the day, evening) (literal - anoitecer) | fim do dia loc sm |
| close of day adj | (at end of the day) | de fechamento loc adj |
| | | fim do dia loc adv |
| | Close-of-day equity prices for domestic and foreign stock exchanges are available from many on-line sources. |
| close of day n | euphemism (death) (eufemismo - morte) | fim do dia sm |
| | In his famous poem, Dylan Thomas urges that approaching death is to be resisted, that "old age should burn and rave at close of day". |
D-day,
D-Day n | historical (WWII invasion day) (histórico: Segunda Guerra Mundial) | Dia D sm |
| D-day n | figurative (date when [sth] important begins) (figurado: data importante) | dia D sm |
| day after day adv | (every day) | dia após dia loc adv |
| | I'm sick of doing the same thing day after day. |
| | Estou cansado de ficar fazendo a mesma coisa dia após dia. |
| day and night adv | (all the time) | dia e noite loc adv |
| | Edgar's been working day and night to get the house ready in time. |
| | O Edgar tem trabalhado dia e noite para deixar a casa pronta a tempo. |
day away (US),
day out (UK) n | (one-day trip, outing) | dia fora expres |
| | We had a lovely day out at the seaside. |
| day before n | (previous day) | dia anterior loc sm |
| day book n | (diary, daily log book) | agenda sf |
| | I would be completely lost without my day book, my whole life is in there. |
| day by day adv | (gradually) (gradualmente) | dia a dia loc adv |
| | His pain decreased day by day as his injuries gradually healed. |
| day camp n | (organized activity session) | acampamento sm |
| day care n | US (childcare, nursery) | creche sf |
| Nota: The single-word form is used when the term is an adjective. |
| | My 2-year old goes to day care every weekday morning. |
| | Meu filho de dois anos vai para a creche todas as manhãs. |
| day care n | esp US (care for elderly, disabled) | centro-dia geriátrico loc sm |
| | I take my Dad to seniors' daycare every day so that I have time to run errands. |
day in,
day out,
day in and day out adv | informal (every day) | todo santo dia loc v |
| | It's so boring, doing the same thing day in, day out. |
| | É muito entediante fazer a mesma coisa todo santo dia. |
day labor (US),
day labour (UK) n | US (work: paid by the day) | trabalho por diária expres |
| | Day labor is a growing part of the informal economy in the United States. |
day laborer (US),
day labourer (UK) n | (worker hired by the day) (trabalhador) | diarista sm, sf |
| | Sadly, day laborers usually lack benefits or job security. |
| | Lamentavelmente, diaristas não têm benefícios ou estabilidade de emprego. |
| Day of Atonement n | (Jewish day of fasting) (dia de jejum) | Yom Kipur loc sm |
| | (celebração judaica) | Dia do Perdão loc sm |
| day of reckoning n | (religious: judgment day) | Dia do Juízo Final sm, sf |
| | On the day of reckoning, Jesus Christ is coming to judge whatever we might have done. |
| | No Dia do Juízo Final, Jesus Cristo virá e julgará tudo aquilo que tivermos feito. |
| day of reckoning n | (day to deal with [sth] unpleasant) | na hora do vamos ver expres |
| | On the day of reckoning, it will be interesting to see how the team performs against the league leaders. |
| day of rest n | (religious: Sabbath) (religião: Sabá) | dia de descanso loc sm |
| | Sabbath is for Jews a day of rest. |
| | O Sabá é o dia de descanso dos judeus. |
| day of rest n | (day free of work) (do trabalho) | folga sf |
| | Today he had a day of rest from work. |
| | Hoje ele teve folga do trabalho. |
| Day of the Dead n | (celebration: All Souls) | Dia dos Mortos sm |
| | | dia dos mortos loc sm |
| day off n | (day of holiday from work) | dia de folga sm |
| | No, I can't come into the office today, it's my day off! |
| | Não, não posso ir ao escritório hoje porque é o meu dia de folga! |
| day shift n | (daytime work period) | turno diurno sm |
| | The day shift starts at 5.30 a.m. |
the day shift,
plural: the day shift n | (one or more daytime workers) | turno diurno sm |
| | Don't worry about cleaning that up: the day shift will do it in the morning. |
| day to day adv | (on a daily basis) | dia a dia loc adv |
| | Shadowing enables a student to see what a job really entails day to day. |
| day-to-day adj | (everyday, daily) | diário adj |
| day trip n | (outing made in a day) | viagem de um dia loc sf |
| | If you live in New Jersey it's easy to take a day trip to New York City. |
| day-trip⇒ vi | US (make a day trip) | fazer excursão de um dia expres v |
| day-trip to [sth] vi + prep | US (make a day trip to a place) | fazer excursão de um dia expres v |
| | (informal) | fazer um bate-e-volta expres v |
| | When we were in New York City, we day-tripped to Staten Island. |
| day-trip from [sth] vi + prep | US (make a day trip from a place) | fazer uma excursão a partir de expres v |
| | We met a couple in Oxford who were day-tripping from London. |
| day-old adj | (made yesterday) | de um dia loc adj |
| day-tripper n | ([sb] who takes a trip in under a day) | pessoa que faz uma viagem de um dia expres |
| day's work n | (work done in one day) | um dia de trabalho loc sm |
| | It will take one more day's work to finish the job. |
daybed,
day bed n | (furniture: sofa bed) (móvel) | sofá-cama sm |
| dayboy n | (young male at boarding school in day) | meio-pensionista sm |
| daygirl n | (young female at boarding school in day) | meio-pensionista sf |
DayGlo,
dayglo,
Dayglo,
day-glo n | ® (fluorescent) | fluorescente adj |
| Nota: As a registered trademark, “DayGlo” should be capitalized, but it is frequently not capitalized in informal communication. |
dayroom,
day room n | (room for leisure activities) | sala de estar loc sf |
dayroom,
day room n | (hospital: patient recreation room) (hospital: sala para pacientes) | sala de recreação loc sf |
| dish of the day n | (restaurant's daily special) (especial do restaurante) | prato do dia loc sm |
| | The dish of the day at Williamson's is roast duck with your choice of vegetables. |
don't quit your day job,
don't quit the day job,
don't give up your day job,
don't give up the day job expr | humorous, informal (suggesting [sb] is bad at [sth]) (informal) | não mude de profissão expres v |
| during the day adv | (in the daytime, in daylight hours) | durante o dia loc adv |
| | Nocturnal animals, like owls, sleep during the day and hunt during the night. |
| election day n | (date when votes are cast) | dia de eleição |
| | On election day, polling stations are open from 7am until10pm. |
| every day adv | (on a daily basis) | todo dia loc adv |
| | | diariamente adv |
| | | todos os dias adv |
| | I have a shower every day. |
| | Eu tomo banho todos os dias. |
| every other day adv | (on alternate days) | dia sim, dia não loc adv |
| | | em dias alternados loc adv |
| | The medication should be taken every other day. |
| | A medicação deveria tomada dia sim, dia não. |
| Father's Day n | (annual celebration day for fathers) | dia dos pais loc sm |
| | This year, Father's Day falls on Sunday 21st June. I always make sure to call my dad on Father's Day. |
| feast day n | (date of religious celebration) | dia de festividade religiosa loc sm |
field day,
sports day n | (school's outdoor sports event) (dia escolar com atividades ao ar livre) | dia de campo sm + adj |
| field day n | figurative, informal (great opportunity to enjoy yourself) (dia para aproveitar) | dia livre sm + adj |
| | The revelation about the Prime Minister's love life was a field day for the tabloids. |
| forever and a day adv | poetic (for all eternity) | para sempre, por toda a eternidade loc adv |
| | I shall love thee forever and a day! |
| from day to day adv | (between one day and the next) | dia a dia loc adv |
| | | diariamente adv |
| | The weather's very unpredictable here: it changes dramatically from day to day. |
g'day,
gidday interj | Aus/NZ, informal (greeting: good day) (cumprimento) | bom dia expres |
| give [sb] the time of day v expr | figurative (pay minimal attention to [sb]) | dar a mínima atenção expres v |
| Nota: usually used in negative sentences |
| | Julie couldn't stand her neighbour and wouldn't even give him the time of day. |
| good day n | (day spent well) (figurado) | bom dia adj + sm |
| | William had a good day at the races, winning a considerable amount of money. |
| | William teve um bom dia nas corridas, ganhando uma soma considerável de dinheiro. |
| Good day! interj | formal (salutation) | bom dia interj |
| | Samuel wished us "Good day!" as he passed by. |
| | Samuel nos desejou "Bom dia" ao passar. |
| Good day to you! interj | formal (salutation) | bom dia interj |
| | "Good day to you!" shouted Jenkins from across the street. |
| | "Bom dia para você!", gritou Jenkins do outro lado da rua. |
| Groundhog Day n | US (2nd February) (dia festivo nos EUA (02/fev)) | o Dia da Marmota sp |
| | If the groundhog sees his shadow on Groundhog Day (February 2), he will burrow back into his hole for 6 more weeks of winter. |
| Groundhog Day effect n | (repetitious routine) (rotina repetitiva) | efeito ciclo repetitivo loc sm |
| | | rotina sf |
half day,
half-day n | (half the day) | meio período sm |
| | Janice is only working half days at the moment. |
| half-day n as adj | (lasting half the day) | meio período sm |
| | Jim decided to take a half-day holiday to go fishing in the afternoon. |
| half-day n | (day when only half is worked) | meio expediente sm |
| | When I was a child, Wednesdays were half-days for the post office and a lot of the shops. |
| Happy hump day! interj | slang (Wednesday greeting) (EUA, cumprimento de quarta-feira) | boa quarta-feira! interj |
| | (informal) | bom meio de semana! interj |
| Happy Independence Day! interj | US (4th July greeting) (EUA, cumprimento de 4 de Julho) | Feliz Dia da Independência! interj |
| Have a good day. interj | (pleasantry) | tenha um bom dia interj |
| | The shopkeeper greeted me with a cheerful "Have a good day!" |
| | O lojista me cumprimentou com um animado "tenha um bom dia!". |
| Have a nice day. interj | (pleasantry) | tenha um bom dia expres |
| | Thank you for shopping here; have a nice day! Have a nice day, he said as I left. |
| | Obrigado por fazer compras aqui, tenha um bom dia! "Tenha um bom dia!", disse ele ao sair. |
| have an off day v expr | informal (perform poorly) (informal: executar de maneira ruim) | ter um dia fraco loc v |
| | He is normally a great performer, but I think he was having an off-day. |