| Traduções principais |
| sense n | (smell, sight, touch, etc.) (olfato, visão, etc.) | sentido sm |
| | Dogs have a keen sense of smell. |
| | Os cães têm o sentido do olfato apurado. |
| sense n | (rational thinking) (razão) | bom senso loc sm |
| | | tino, juízo sm |
| | He had the sense to go home before it started raining. |
| | Ele teve o bom senso de ir para casa antes que começasse a chover. |
| sense n | (perception) | sensação sf |
| | I have the sense that she is telling the truth. |
| | Eu tenho a sensação de que ela está falando a verdade. |
| senses npl | (judgment, sanity) | sanidade mental loc sf |
| | | razão sf |
| | The poor man has lost his senses. |
| | O pobre homem perdeu a sanidade mental. |
| sense [sth]⇒ vtr | (become aware of) (ficar consciente de) | perceber, sentir vt |
| | He suddenly sensed another person in the room. |
| | De repente, ele percebeu outra pessoa no lugar. |
sense,
sense that vtr | (detect) | sentir vt |
| | | detectar vt |
| | I sensed that she was telling the truth. |
| | Eu senti que ela estava falando a verdade. |
Formas compostas:
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| common sense n | (practical thinking) | bom senso adj + sm |
| | | senso comum sm + adj |
| | He's an educated man, but he doesn't have much common sense. |
| | Ele é um homem educado, mas ele não tem bom senso. |
| dress sense n | (what to wear) | senso estético sm + adj |
| fashion sense n | (instinct for what is stylish) | senso de moda loc sm |
| | She has an innate fashion sense that allows her to spot the latest trends. |
| good sense n | (sensible judgement) | bom senso n |
| | It is good sense to take the time to carefully consider the available options. |
| | É de bom senso reservar um tempo para pensar cuidadosamente sobre as opções disponíveis. |
| have the sense of v expr | (be as sensible or practical as) (ser tão sensível ou prático como) | ter a sensibilidade de, ter o critério de loc v |
| | He doesn't have the sense of a five-year-old. |
| have the sense of v expr | (understand, grasp main idea of [sth]) (entender, compreender algo) | ter o raciocínio de loc v |
| | I think you finally have the sense of it. |
| horse sense n | (common sense, practicality) | senso prático, senso comum loc sm |
| in a sense adv | (in some ways) | de certa maneira loc adv |
| | It's pretty in a sense, yes, but in truth it isn't really beautiful. |
| in a very real sense adv | (genuinely or literally) | literalmente adv |
| | Our family was puritan in a very real sense: never smoked, swore, drank, or even danced. |
| in the sense that expr | (for a specified reason) | no sentido de expres |
| make sense v expr | (be logical) | fazer sentido expres |
| | It makes sense to book train tickets in advance because they are cheaper. |
| | Faz sentido agendar os bilhetes de trem com antecedência porque são mais baratos. |
| make sense v expr | (be comprehensible) | fazer sentido expres |
| | After her stroke nothing the patient said made sense. |
| | Depois do derrame dela, nada do que ela dizia fazia sentido. |
| make sense of [sth] v expr | (work out meaning of) | extrair sentido de expres v + prep |
| | | interpretar vt |
| | | decifrar vt |
| | The Egyptologist tried to make sense of the hieroglyphics. |
| moral sense n | (conscience) | senso moral loc sm |
| | It has been shown that even very young children have a strong moral sense, though they may lack the self-control necessary to always follow it. |
| musical sense n | (natural aptitude or feeling for music) (habilidade natural para música) | sentido musical loc sm |
| | Her musical sense was so terrible she couldn't sing even simple children's songs. |
| new sense n | (renewed feeling) (nova percepção) | novo sentido loc sm |
| | After recovering from cancer, I had a new sense of the beauty of the world. |
| not make sense v expr | (be illogical) | não fazer sentido expres |
| | It does not make sense to butter your bread with axle grease. |
| not make sense v expr | (be incomprehensible) | não fazer sentido expres |
| | Ainsley was drunk and what he was saying was not making sense. |
| positive-sense adj | (biology: of DNA) (biologia: traço de RNA transcrito no DNA) | sentido positivo loc sm |
| restricted sense n | (specialized meaning) (significado especializado) | sentido restrito loc sm |
| | (Latim) | stricto sensu expres |
| sense of adventure n | (desire for new experiences) | espírito aventureiro sm |
| | | espírito de aventura sm |
| sense of belonging n | (feeling of being accepted or fitting in) | senso de pertencimento sm |
| | A sense of belonging is important to teenagers as they form their own identity. |
| sense of direction n | (ability to orientate oneself) (habilidade de se orientar) | senso de direção sm |
| sense of direction n | figurative (commitment to a purpose, goal) (comprometimento em um propósito, objetivo) | senso de direção sm |
| | | senso de propósito sm |
| sense of duty n | (feeling of responsibility) | senso de responsabilidade loc sm |
| | The volunteer continued her work only out of a sense of duty. |
| sense of hearing n | (ability to detect sound) | sentido auditivo loc sm |
| | Her sense of hearing was so good she could hear a cricket from 100 yards away. |
sense of humor (US),
sense of humour (UK) n | (finding things funny) | senso de humor loc sm |
| | | sentido de humor |
| | Wally has a strange sense of humor: he's always making jokes that no-one else understands. |
| | Wally tem um senso de humor estranho: sempre está fazendo piadas que mais ninguém entende. |
| sense of purpose n | (resoluteness) | senso de propósito loc sm |
| sense of rhythm n | (ability to follow a beat) | ritmo sm |
| | | noção de ritmo sf |
| | I'm an awful dancer because I have no sense of rhythm. |
| sense of right and wrong n | (morality) | noção de certo e errado expres |
| | At around the age of four, children start to demonstrate a sense of right and wrong. |
| sense of self n | (idea of one's own identity) | sentido de identidade loc sm |
| sense of sight n | (vision) | sentido da visão loc sm |
| | | visão sf |
| | | vista sf |
| sense of smell n | (ability to detect scents) (habilidade em identificar perfumes, odores) | sentido do olfato sm |
| | | olfato sm |
| | Dogs have a strong sense of smell. |
| sense of style n | (awareness of what is tasteful or fashionable) | estilo sm |
| | | noção de moda sf |
| | | senso de estilo sm |
| sense of taste n | (ability to detect flavour) | sentido do paladar sm |
| | | gustação sf |
| | | paladar sm |
| | When she burned her tongue she temporarily lost her sense of taste. |
| sense of taste n | (discernment) | bom gosto sm |
| sense of touch n | (ability to feel) | sentido do tato loc sm |
| | | tato sm |
| | | toque sm |
| sense-check [sth]⇒ vtr | (review practicality) | verificar o sentido vt + sm |
| | ⓘEsta frase não é uma tradução da frase em inglês O João pediu-me para verificar o sentido deste parágrafo. |
| sixth sense n | (supernatural perception) (figurado, poder sobrenatural) | sexto sentido loc sm |
| | Charlie can see ghosts: he was born with the sixth sense. |
| sixth sense n | figurative (intuition, instinct) (figurado, intuição) | sexto sentido loc sm |
| | He has a sixth sense for when things are about to go wrong. |