| Traduções principais |
| fly⇒ vi | (move through the air) | voar v int |
| | You can see the birds flying every day. |
| | Todos os dias é possível ver pássaros voando. |
| fly vi | (travel by plane) (de avião) | voar v int |
| | | viajar de avião, ir de avião expres v |
| | We flew to San Francisco last summer. |
| | Voamos para São Francisco no verão passado. |
| | Viajamos de avião para São Francisco no verão passado. |
| fly vi | (pilot a plane) | voar v int |
| | The pilot flew often. |
| | O piloto voava com frequência. |
| fly n | (insect) | mosca sf |
| | | mosquito sm |
| | The fly kept bothering us during our meal. |
| | A mosca ficou nos importunando durante a refeição. |
fly,
also UK: flies n | (clothing: fastening on crotch) | braguilha sf |
| | Hey, your fly is down. Zip it up. |
| | Ei, sua braguilha está aberta. Feche. |
| fly [sth]⇒ vtr | (pilot) | pilotar vt |
| | The pilot flew a 747. |
| | O piloto pilotava um 747. |
| fly [sth] vtr | (transport by plane) (por via aérea) | transportar vt |
| | The pilot flew cargo between the two cities. |
| | O piloto transportava carga entre as duas cidades. |
| fly [sb]⇒ vtr | (transport by plane) | transportar vt |
| | | carregar vt |
| | The helicopter flew the injured climber to hospital. |
| | O helicóptero transportou o montanhista acidentado ao hospital. |
| Traduções complementares |
| fly adj | slang (cool) (gíria) | legal adj |
| | That guy thinks he's fly in his designer shades. |
| | Aquele cara acha que fica legal com aqueles óculos de design. |
| | Aquele cara acha que fica legal com aqueles óculos de marca. |
| fly n | (bait in fishing) | isca sf |
| | I bought a new fly. Let's see if the fish bite when they see it. |
| | Eu comprei uma nova isca. Vamos ver se o peixe morde quando o enxergar. |
| fly n | (flap on tent) | aba sf |
| | Don't forget to close the fly of the tent after you enter. |
| | Não se esqueça de fechar a aba da barraca depois de entrar. |
| fly n | US, slang (flight) | voo sm |
| | It wasn't a bad fly. I slept through most of it. |
| | Não foi um voo ruim. Eu dormi durante a maior parte. |
| fly n | historical (one-horse carriage) | cabriolé sm |
| | The doctor took the fly to Lady Grey's residence. |
| | O médico foi de cabriolé para a residência de Lady Grey. |
| the flies n | (theater: space over the stage) (teatro) | espaço acima do proscênio sm |
| | The scenery was lowered from the flies. |
| | Tínhamos assentos no espaço acima do proscênio, então tínhamos uma ótima visão das rotinas de dança. |
| fly n | usually plural (fitness: upper body exercise) | crucifixo sm |
| | Matt injured his shoulder doing flies. |
| fly⇒ vi | figurative (move quickly) | correr, voar v int |
| | I am flying through these sample sentences. |
| | Estou voando por essas frases de exemplo. |
| fly vi | (flag: be blown by wind) | tremular, ondular v int |
| | You could see the flag flying in the wind. |
| | Você podia ver a bandeira tremulando ao vento. |
| fly vi | (run away) | correr v int |
| | (fig) | voar v int |
| | He flew out of the room when he remembered his appointment. |
| | Ele correu para fora da sala quando se lembrou de seu compromisso. |
| fly vi | (leave quickly) (sair rapidamente) | correr, voar v int |
| | I'm sorry to leave you, but I must fly. |
| | Lamento deixar você, mas devo correr. |
| fly vi | figurative (time) | voar v int |
| | The days just flew when we were on holiday. |
| | Os dias simplesmente voaram quando estávamos de férias. |
| fly [sth]⇒ vtr | (travel across by plane) | voar vt |
| | We flew the continent in less than five hours. |
| | Voamos pelo continente em menos de cinco horas. |
| fly [sth] vtr | (flag: raise) | hastear vt |
| | The fort was flying the British flag. |
| | O forte hasteava a bandeira britânica. |
| fly [sth] vtr | (kite: make airborne) | empinar vt |
| | | soltar vt |
| | It's not windy enough today to fly a kite. |
| | Hoje não está ventando o suficiente para empinar pipa. |
| | Hoje não está ventando o suficiente para soltar pipa. |
Formas compostas:
fly | flew |
| chest fly n | usually plural (fitness: upper body exercise) | voador sm |
| | | crucifixo sm |
cranefly,
crane fly,
crane-fly n | (flying insect: daddy longlegs) (inseto voador) | Tipulidae sm |
| fly a kite v expr | (play with flying toy) | soltar pipa vt + sf |
| | This breeze is perfect for flying a kite. |
| fly a kite v expr | figurative (test public opinion) | testar opinião pública expres v |
| | The company is flying a kite to see how consumers react to the new product. |
| fly away vi + adv | (insect, bird: take flight) | escapar v int |
| | After the bird was rescued from the cat, he shook himself, then flew away. |
| fly away vi + adv | figurative (be carried off by wind) | voar v int |
| | The loose sheets of paper flew away in the wind. |
| fly back vi + adv | (return by plane) | voar de volta v int + loc adv |
| fly box n | (fishing: box for storing bait) (pesca: caixa para guardar iscas) | caixa de mosca loc sf |
| | I keep my fishing hooks and lures in my fly box. |
| fly in vi + adv | (arrive by plane) | aterrizar vt |
| | Justin is planning to fly in on Monday. |
| fly off vi + adv | (insect, bird: take flight) | soltar-se vp |
| | The startled bird flew off. |
| fly off the handle v expr | figurative, informal (lose temper) | perder o controle expres v |
| | My dad flew off the handle when I told him I'd crashed the car. |
| fly out vi + adv | (depart by plane) | viajar de avião loc v |
| | We are due to fly out on holiday just before Christmas. |
| | My plane will fly out of Atlanta tomorrow at four in the morning. |
fly sheet,
flysheet n | (flyer, handbill) | panfleto sm |
| | (estrangeirismo) | flyer sm |
fly sheet,
flysheet n | (sheet put on horses to keep flies off) | cobrejão sm |
fly sheet,
flysheet n | (extra covering over a tent) (barraca) | sobreteto sm |
fly swat,
fly-swatter,
flyswatter,
swatter n | (implement for killing flies) | mata-moscas sm |
| fly the nest v expr | (bird: leave nest) | deixar o ninho expres v |
| fly the nest v expr | figurative (leave parents' home) (figurado) | deixar o ninho expres v |
| fly-by-night adj | figurative (dishonest, scamming) | desonesto adj |
| | | clandestino adj |
| fly-by-night operator n | figurative, slang ([sb] dishonest) | caloteiro sm |
| | He's no fly-by-night operator: he's got years of experience and will do a good job. |
| fly-drive adj | (including flight and car hire) | que inclui passagem aérea e aluguel de carro loc adj |
fly-fishing,
fly fishing n | (method to catch fish) | pesca com mosca sf+loc adj |
| fly-half n | (rugby position) (rugby: posição) | abertura sf |
| fly-half n | (rugby player) (rugby: jogador) | abertura smf |
fly-tipping,
fly tipping,
flytipping n | (illegal dumping of garbage) | lixo ilegal sm + adj |
| | 'No fly-tipping' said the sign, but the hillside was covered with household garbage. |
flyby,
fly-by n | (flight close to [sth]) | demonstração aérea loc sf |
flyover,
(US),
fly-past,
flypast (UK) n | (aircraft: flypast) (avião) | acrobacia aérea sf |
| | | demonstração aérea sf |
| | | sobrevoo sm |
| | The pilot did a flyover above the children's birthday party. |
| flywheel n | (rotating wheel in a machine) | volante sm |
| | Flywheels are used in some machines to regulate the speed of operation or store kinetic energy. |
fruit fly,
vinegar fly,
pomace fly n | (small flying insect) | mosca da fruta, mosca-das-frutas sf |
| | | drosófila sf |
| | Fruit flies are used in genetic research. |
horsefly,
horse fly n | (large flying insect) (inseto) | mutuca, butuca sf |
| | | moscardo sm |
| | Tom was having a nice day until a horsefly bit his arm. |
housefly,
house fly,
house-fly,
plural: houseflies n | (common flying insect) | mosca sf |
| on the fly adv | informal (hurriedly, without pausing) | em movimento loc adv |
| | | com pressa loc adv |
| | | apressado part pas |
| | Veronica had lunch on the fly between classes. |
| on the fly adv | (computing: while program is running) (computação) | durante o processo loc adv |
pigs might fly,
pigs can fly,
when pigs fly expr | (that will never happen) | quando porcos voarem expres |
| sand fly n | (flying parasitic insect) | mutuca sf |
| | | tavão sm |
| | | mosquito-palha sm |
| | | birigui sm |
| Spanish fly n | (aphrodisiac obtained from beetles) (anglicismo, afrodisíaco) | spanish fly sf |
| sparks fly expr | (two people: desire passionately) (paixão) | soltar faísca expres v |
| sparks fly expr | (two people: fight) (figurado, briga) | soltar faísca expres |
| sparks fly expr | (two people: compete) (figurado, competição) | soltar faísca expres |
| standing fly n | usually plural (fitness: upper body exercise) (exercício físico) | elevação lateral sf + adj |
tsetse fly,
tsetse,
tzetze fly,
tzetze n | (disease-carrying flying insect) | mosca tsé-tsé loc sf |
| | While on vacation in Africa he was bitten by a tsetse fly. |
| warble fly n | (insect) (tipo de mosca) | hypoderma sf |