| Traduções principais |
| sound n | (individual noise) | som sm |
| | | barulho sm |
| | I heard a sound. |
| | Ouço um som. |
| sound n | (auditory effect) | som sm |
| | They awoke to the sound of gunfire. |
| | Eles acordaram com o som de tiros. |
| sound n | uncountable (physics: vibrations in ear) | som sm |
| | Sound is the vibration of a substance such as air, water, or other material. |
| | O som é a vibração de uma substância como ar, água ou outro material. |
| sound⇒ vi | (seem) | soar v int |
| | | parecer v int |
| | His words sounded strange. |
| | Is that the right word? It sounds wrong. |
| | Suas palavras soaram estranhas. // Essa é a palavra certa. // Soa errado. |
| sound like [sth] vi + prep | (have same sound as) | soar vt |
| | My kids call it music, but their band sounds like noise to me. |
| | Meus filhos chamam isso de música, mas a banda deles soa como barulho para mim. |
sound as though,
sound as if v expr | (would seem) | parecer v int |
| | It sounds as though you could do with a vacation! |
| | Parece que você precisa de férias! |
| sound like [sth] vi + prep | informal (would seem that) | parecer v lig |
| | | soar v int |
| | From what you say, it sounds like he's an unpleasant person. |
| | Pelo que você diz, parece que ele é uma pessoa desagradável. |
| sound adj | (health: good) | são adj |
| | He's in sound health for his age. |
| | Ele está são para a idade. |
| sound adj | (sensible) | sensato adj |
| | That's a sound idea. |
| | Essa é uma ideia sensata. |
| Traduções complementares |
| sound adj | (thorough) | profundo adj |
| | She fell into a sound sleep. |
| | Ela caiu num sono profundo. |
| sound adj | (basis, argument: reliable) | sólido adj |
| | Panic is not a sound basis for government policy. |
| | O pânico não é uma base sólida de política governamental. |
| sound adj | (investment: secure) | seguro adj |
| | Buying shares in that company may not be a sound investment. |
| | Comprar ações nesta companhia pode não ser um investimento seguro. |
| sound adv | (thoroughly) | profundamente adv |
| | She's sound asleep. |
| | Ela dorme profundamente. |
| sound n | (channel of water) | canal, estreito sm |
| | They sailed along the sound towards the sea. |
| | Eles navegaram pelo canal em direção ao mar. |
| sound n | informal (music style) | som sm |
| | I really like that band's sound. |
| | Eu gosto muito do som daquela banda. |
| sound vi | (resonate) | ressoar v int |
| | An echo sounded in the room. |
| | Um eco ressoou pela sala. |
| sound vi | (be heard, ring) | soar v int |
| | Bells sounded throughout the city. |
| | Os sinos soaram pela cidade. |
| sound [sth]⇒ vtr | (alarm, etc.: set off) | soar vt |
| | | dar o sinal |
| | The firefighter sounded the alarm. |
| | O bombeiro soou o alarme. |
| sound [sth] vtr | (measure depth) | sondar, examinar vt |
| | We have sounded the depths of the ocean. |
| | Nós sondamos as profundezas do oceano. |
Locuções verbais
sound | sounder |
| sound off vi phrasal | (give one's opinion, complain) | opinar vt |
| | | reclamar vt |
| | This radio station is mostly talk shows with people sounding off about their pet peeves. |
| sound off vi phrasal | US (band: start playing) (banda) | começar a tocar loc v |
| sound [sb] out vtr phrasal sep | figurative, informal (elicit the opinion of) (obter a opinião de) | sondar vt |
| | I wonder what Jason thinks of the plan? We should sound him out. |
sound [sth] out,
sound out [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (pronounce carefully: letters, etc.) | pronunciar com cuidado expres v |
| | The little boy had difficulty reading the word, so his teacher told him to sound out each letter. |
| sound out vi phrasal | (resound loudly) (ressoar alto) | ressoar vt |
| | | reverberar vt |
| | The church bell sounded out across the valley. |
sound [sth] out,
sound out [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (measure the depth of) | sondar vt |
Formas compostas:
sound | sounder |
alarm bells start to ring,
warning bells start to sound expr | figurative, informal (you have misgivings about [sth]) (figurado) | o alarme começou a soar expres |
| animal sound n | (animal's call or cry) | som feito por animais loc sm |
| break the sound barrier v expr | (go faster than sound) | quebrar a barreira do som expres v |
| | When a plane breaks the sound barrier it produces a sonic boom that sounds like an explosion. |
| | Quando um avião quebra a barreira do som, produz um estrondo sônico que soa como uma explosão. |
| clicking sound n | (noise: ticking, tapping) (som) | estalido sm |
| | | estalo sm |
| | My computer's hard drive makes a clicking sound that drives me nuts. |
| make a sound v expr | (utter a noise) | fazer barulho vt + sm |
| | Don't make a sound till he's gone - I don't want him to know we're here. |
| make a sound v expr | (create a noise) | fazer um som vt + sm |
| | My clock makes a sound like a bird when it strikes the hour. |
| of sound mind adj | (sane) | pleno gozo das faculdades mentais expres |
| | | mentalmente são expres |
| | Being of sound mind, I hereby bequeath all my possessions to my husband and daughter. |
| safe and sound adj | (unharmed and well) | são e salvo expres |
| | The road was icy but our driver got us home safe and sound. |
| | A estrada estava coberta de gelo, mas nossa motorista nos trouxe para casa sãos e salvos. |
| sound advice n | (sensible recommendation) | conselho valioso sm |
| | | bom conselho sm |
| sound asleep adj | (sleeping deeply) | dormindo profundamente expres |
| | When they're sound asleep my kids look like little angels. |
| | I thought my sneeze would wake her but she was sound asleep. |
| sound bank n | (library of audio clips) (biblioteca de clipes de áudio) | discoteca sf |
| | | biblioteca de arquivos sonoros sf |
| sound basis n | (sensible grounds) (bases sensíveis e razoáveis) | base sólida sf |
| | | fundamentos sólidos sm pl |
| sound effect n | often plural (noises reproduced artificially) | efeito sonoro sm |
| | A good action movie needs excellent sound effects. |
| sound mind n | (sanity) (figurado, sanidade) | cabeça boa sf + adj |
| | | juízo perfeito sm + adj |
| | All we can hope for as we grow older is a sound mind in a healthy body. |
| sound mixer n | (person who records film sound) (alguém que grava trilha sonora) | editor de som sm |
| | Most professional sound mixers do their work with computers these days. |
| sound mixer n | (deck or console for mixing sound) (deck ou console para mixar som) | mesa de som sf |
| | (anglicismo) | deck de som sm |
| | (anglicismo) | mesa de DJ sf |
| sound [sb] out about [sth] v expr | figurative, informal (elicit [sb]'s opinion about [sth]) | obter o parecer de expres v |
| | | obter a opinião de expres v |
| | He said he wanted to sound me out about his latest business idea. |
| sound recorder n | ([sb] who records film sound) (alguém que grava trilha sonora) | técnico de som sm |
| | | engenheiro de som sm |
| | | produtor sm |
| | He worked at the studio as a sound recorder and made good money doing so. |
| sound recording n | (soundtrack, auditory reproduction) (gravação de áudio) | registro sf |
| | | gravação sf |
| | This sound recording of the band was made in 1940. |
| sound system n | (equipment for playing music) (equipamento para tocar músicas) | aparelho de som sm |
| | | equipamento de som sm |
| | The singer's sound system was not powerful enough to fill the hall. |
| sound technician n | (performance, recording: audio engineer) (performance, gravação de áudio) | técnico de som sm |
| sound the alarm v expr | (alert or warn others) | soar o alarme expres v |
| | When the watchman saw the invaders coming, he sounded the alarm to call for help. |
soundbite,
sound bite n | (short statement, quotation) | frase de efeito loc sf |
| | Soundbites have replaced oratory in today's politics. |
soundtrack,
sound track,
sound-track n | (music of a film) (BRA, de filme: música) | trilha sonora loc sf |
| | (POR) | banda sonora loc sf |
| | The soundtrack featured a lot of 1960s music. |
soundtrack,
sound track,
sound-track n | (audio track of a film) (filme) | faixa sonora loc sf |
| | | som, áudio sm |
| | The soundtrack was terrible but luckily there were subtitles. |
| surround sound n | (multi-speaker stereo system) (anglicismo: som com vários alto-falantes) | som surround loc sm |
| | Home cinema systems are equipped with surround sound features. |
| vowel sound n | (spoken language: open sound) (linguagem falada: som aberto) | som vocálico sm |
white noise,
white sound n | (steady background noise) | ruído branco sm + adj |