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| question n | (interrogative sentence) | pergunta sf |
| | Is that a statement or a question? |
| | Isso é uma afirmação ou uma pergunta? |
| question n | (problem) (problema) | questão sf |
| | Should I go or not? That is the question. |
| | Devo ir ou não? Essa é a questão. |
| question n | (proposition) (proposição) | questão sf |
| | The question will be the subject of a vote at the town meeting. |
| | A questão será o assunto de uma votação na audiência da cidade. |
| question n | (subject of dispute) (disputa) | questão sf |
| | The question of regional autonomy has never been resolved. |
| | A questão da autonomia regional nunca foi resolvida. |
| question n | (law: controversy) | controvérsia, questão sf |
| | The question before the court today is whether habeas corpus applies here. |
| | A controvérsia diante da corte é se o habeas corpus se aplica aqui. |
| question⇒ vi | (ask questions) | questionar v int |
| | | fazer perguntas loc v |
| | You are free to question and dispute, but nothing will change as a result. |
| | Você é livre para questionar e brigar, mas nada vai mudar por conta disso. |
| question [sth/sb]⇒ vtr | (inquire) | perguntar vt |
| | I questioned the actor for hours about his profession. |
| | Perguntei ao ator por horas sobre a profissão dele. |
| question [sth]⇒ vtr | (challenge) | questionar vt |
| | In some countries one can be imprisoned for questioning authority. |
| | Em alguns países, as pessoas podem ser presas por questionarem a autoridade. |
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| ask a question v expr | (make enquiry) | fazer uma pergunta loc v |
| | | perguntar vt |
| | The teacher said to her students, "If you don't understand the material, please ask a question!". |
| ask [sb] a question v expr | (want to know [sth]) | fazer pergunta loc v |
| | My young daughter asks me a lot of questions. |
| beg the question v expr | informal (invite obvious question) (informal) | levar à pergunta expres v |
| | | levantar a questão expres v |
| | Seeing Tyler in his flash new car begs the question: where did he get the money? |
| beg the question v expr | (assume truth of argument) | fugir do assunto expres v |
| | | evitar a questão expres v |
beyond question,
beyond all question adj | (certain) | além de questão loc adj |
| | His integrity is beyond question. |
| bring [sth] into question v expr | (cast doubt on [sth]) | pôr em dúvida loc v |
| burning question n | (urgent matter for discussion) | questão premente loc sf |
| burning question n | (question needing an urgent answer) | questão premente loc sf |
| | I have a burning question. I need to know when you saw him last. |
call [sth] into question,
call into question [sth] v expr | (cast doubt on [sth]) | levantar questão expres v |
| | | questionar vt |
| | This discovery calls into question historians' previous assumptions. |
| closed-ended question n | (enquiry eliciting "yes" or "no") (pergunta cuja resposta é "sim" ou "não") | pergunta fechada loc sf |
cross-examine [sb],
cross-question [sb]⇒ vtr | (law: interrogate witness) (testemunha) | interrogar vt |
| | | acarear |
| direct question n | (interrogative sentence) | frase interrogativa loc sf |
| | | pergunta sf |
| | A question mark always comes at the end of a direct question. |
| follow-up question n | (additional enquiry) | questão adicional sf |
| good question n | (pertinent or insightful enquiry) (questão pertinente) | boa pergunta loc sf |
| | Should you give money to beggars? That is a good question. |
| good question interj | (expressing [sth] not yet considered) (algo não considerado ainda) | boa pergunta! interj |
| | Do I love her enough to marry her? - good question! |
| in answer to your question expr | (in reply to you) | respondendo à sua pergunta expres v |
| | In answer to your question, no, he's not married. |
| in question adv | (being considered or discussed) | em questão loc adv |
| | The judge noted that the legal precedent in question was quite tenuous. |
| in question adv | (being disputed) | sob questionamento loc adv |
| | The legality of assisted suicide is in question in many countries. |
| leading question n | (question that suggests answer) | pergunta direcionadora sf |
| open question n | (question: invites long answer) | questão aberta sf + adj |
| | When interviewing someone, it is better to ask open questions which encourage them to talk about themselves. |
| open question n | (question: no decisive answer) (questão sem resposta) | questão aberta loc sf |
| | How the project was going to be paid for remained an open question that needed an answer before voters would approve it. |
| open-ended question n | (question with many possible answers) (questão) | aberta adj |
| | The teacher told the students to ask open-ended questions. |
| out of the question adj | (not possible or permitted) | fora de questão expres |
| | It is out of the question for a twelve year old to go to a night club! |
| point in question n | (issue being discussed) (questão sendo discutida) | ponto em questão loc sm |
| | Could we please return to the point in question? |
| pop the question v expr | slang (propose marriage to [sb]) (informal) | propor casamento expres v |
| | When will he ever pop the question? They've been dating for so long. |
| pose a question v expr | (ask [sth], make an enquiry) | fazer pergunta expres v |
| | One of the reporters posed a question about the Prime Minister's reaction to recent events in Spain. |
| pose a question v expr | (raise an issue) | propor um problema expres v |
| | This defeat poses a question about the team's ability to defend. |
| question at issue n | (matter being discussed) (assunto sendo discutido) | assunto em questão loc sm |
| | | assunto em pauta loc sm |
| | That's good to know … but the question at issue is entirely different. |
| question mark n | (interrogative punctuation symbol) (símbolo de pontuação de interrogação) | ponto de interrogação sm |
| | A written sentence that is a question must end with a question mark. |
| question mark n | figurative (element of doubt) (elemento de dúvida) | ponto de interrogação sm |
| | | dúvida sf |
| | There's a question mark over his ability to manage the team. |
| question of law n | ([sth] subject to legal interpretation) (algo sujeito à interpretação legal) | questão legal loc sf |
| question tag n | (interrogative ending to a sentence) (perguntas usadas para confirmação) | final interrogativo de uma frase sm |
| | In English, a question tag consists of an auxiliary verb and a pronoun. |
| question-and-answer session n | (conference) (conferência) | sabatina sf |
| | | sessão de perguntas loc sf |
| | | roda de perguntas loc sf |
| | The presentation will be followed by a question-and-answer session. |
| raise a question v expr | (ask [sth], enquire) | levantar uma questão expres v |
| | Mark raised a difficult question during the meeting and nobody wanted to answer it. |
| | Mark levantou uma questão difícil durante a reunião e ninguém queria respondê-la. |
| raise a question v expr | (pose an issue) | levantar uma questão expres v |
| | The report raises the question of how to deal with the unemployed. |
| | O repórter levantou a questão de como lidar com o desemprego. |
| rhetorical question n | (statement in form of a question) | pergunta retórica loc sf |
| subject in question n | (matter under discussion) | assunto em questão loc sm |
| tag question n | (interrogative ending to a sentence) (final interrogativo em uma frase) | frase interrogativa sf |
| | | tag question sf |
| there is no question interj | (it is indisputable) (é fato inquestionável) | não há dúvida nenhuma interj |
| | He's an evil man; there is no question. |
there is no question,
there is no question (that/of) expr | (it is indisputable that) (é fato inquestionável) | é indiscutível interj |
| | There is no question many citizens resent paying taxes. |
| trick question n | ([sth] asked to mislead or incriminate [sb]) (pergunta para distrair ou incriminar alguém) | pergunta capciosa loc sf |
| | | pergunta maliciosa loc sf |