| Traduções principais |
| die⇒ vi | (cease to live) | morrer v int |
| | Marina's husband died yesterday. |
| | O marido da Marina morreu ontem. |
| die of [sth] vi + prep | (be killed by: illness, etc.) | morrer v int |
| | Joe's grandfather died of a heart attack last Friday. |
| | O pai do Joe morreu de ataque cardíaco na sexta passada. |
| die vi | figurative (disappear, end) | morrer v int |
| | My love for you will never die. |
| | Meu amor por você nunca morrerá. |
| die vi | figurative, informal (stop working) | estragar v int |
| | I think the toaster has died. |
| | Acho que a torradeira estragou. |
| die vi | figurative (stop burning) | apagar v int |
| | (formal) | extinguir-se vp |
| | The flame died after three hours. |
| | A chama apagou depois de três horas. |
| die on [sb] vi + prep | informal (abandon [sb] by dying) | morrer vi |
| | "Don't you die on me!" she pleaded tearfully. |
| | "Não morra!", ela implorava em prantos. |
| die for [sth/sb] vi + prep | (give your life for a cause, person) | morrer por vt + prep |
| | I love my children so much, I would die for them. |
| | Amo tanto meus filhos que morreria por eles. |
| die n | (cube with dots for games) (jogo) | dado sm |
| Nota: Colloquially, the plural form "dice" is also used for the singular. |
| | It's your turn to throw the die. |
| | É sua vez de jogar o dado. |
| Traduções complementares |
| die n | (tool for stamping) | cunho, molde sm |
| | The die was ready to start stamping the metal into disks. |
| | O molde estava pronto para começar a estampar o metal em discos. |
| die n | (tool for threading screws) (peça para fazer roscas de parafuso) | cassonete sm |
| | You need a three eighth inch die for that job. |
| | Você precisa de um cassonete de 8 polegadas para esse trabalho. |
| die vi | figurative (languish) | acabar, morrer v int |
| | The project died when everybody lost interest in it. |
| | O projeto acabou quando todos perderam o interesse nele. |
| die vi | (run out of charge) (carga) | acabar vi |
| | I'm sorry I didn't call you back; my battery died. |
| die [sth]⇒ vtr | (suffer a given kind of death) | morrer vt |
| | He died a painful death. |
| | Ele morreu uma morte doída. |
| die [sth] vtr | (shape or stamp with die) | imprimir vt |
| | | cunhar vt |
| | | estampar vt |
Locuções verbais
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| die away vi phrasal | (fade, diminish) | diminuir, evaporar v int |
| | | desfalecer v int |
| | It was five full minutes before the applause died away. |
| die down vi phrasal | (diminish, subside) | diminuir, enfraquecer vt |
| | The shouting died down when the rock star began singing. |
| | A gritaria diminuiu quando o roqueiro começou a cantar. |
| die off vi phrasal | (disappear gradually) (desaparecer gradualmente) | desvanecer-se, extinguir-se vp |
| | | findar, cessar vt |
| | As the older generation begins to die, their ideas and traditions die off with them. |
| die out vi phrasal | (become extinct: organisms) | extinguir, desaparecer, desvanecer vt |
| | Most of the polar bears will die out by 2050 as a result of global warming. |
| | A maioria dos ursos polares se extinguirá até 2050 por conta do aquecimento global. |
| die out vi phrasal | figurative (tradition: disappear gradually) (tradições) | desaparecer, extinguir, desvanecer vt |
| | Our language and our traditions will die out as our people become absorbed by the mainstream culture. |
| | Nossa língua e nossas tradições desaparecerão conforme nosso povo é absorvido pela cultura de massa. |
Formas compostas:
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| almost die laughing v expr | figurative, informal (laugh very hard) | quase morrer de rir loc v |
| | We almost died laughing when we saw Mike's Halloween costume. |
| Cross my heart and hope to die interj | infantile (promise) | juro pela minha vida expres |
| | Mum, I'll clean my room in the morning. Cross my heart and hope to die! |
| die a natural death v expr | (die of natural causes) (morte natural) | falecer vt int |
| | According to the coroner's report, Brown died a natural death. |
| die by suicide v expr | (kill oneself) | suicidar-se vp |
| die by your own hand v expr | (kill oneself) | morrer pelas próprias mãos expres |
| die for your country v expr | (soldier: be killed) | morrer pela pátria loc v |
| | My great-grandfather died for his country in 1915. |
| die young vi + adj | (not live to a very old age) | morrer jovem vt + adv |
| | Sometimes it seems that only the good die young. |
| die-cast n as adj | (made by molding metal) | fundido adj |
| | These die-cast model cars are very popular with collectors. |
| die-cast [sth]⇒ vtr | (make by molding metal) (moldado por fundição) | fundido adj |
| | The factory die-casts the parts in aluminium. |
die-hard,
die hard n | (rigid traditionalist) (tradicionalista rígido) | ultraconservador sm |
| | She's a die hard who believes in the old ways. |
die-hard,
die hard adj | (rigidly traditionalist) (tradicionalista rígido) | ultraconservador adj |
| | He's a die-hard supporter of the Republican Party. |
| die-off n | (species, etc.: disappearance) (desaparecimento) | extinção sf |
| | The theory is that a huge asteroid collided with Earth causing a global die-off of dinosaurs. |
| do or die expr | figurative (critical situation) | hora do vamos ver expres |
| | It's do or die for our team today. |
| do-or-die adj | figurative (situation: critical) | hora do vamos ver expres |
| | Tomorrow's game is a do-or-die situation for the struggling team. |
| fair die | | chances iguais sfpl + adj |
loaded dice,
loaded die n | (dice weighted for cheating) | dados viciados |
| | Don't gamble with him; that fellow uses loaded dice. |
| never die adv + vi | figurative (endure forever) (existir para sempre) | nunca morrer adv + v int |
| | My love for you will never die. |
| never-say-die adj | figurative (attitude: tenacious) | que nunca desiste expres |
| the die is cast expr | figurative (the situation cannot be changed) | a sorte foi lançada expres |
| to die for adj | informal, figurative (extremely desirable) (extremamente desejável) | irresistível adj |
| | | de morrer loc adj |