| Traduções principais |
| sick adj | mainly US (ill) | doente adj |
| | | indisposto adj |
| | I can't come in to the office today; I'm sick. |
| | Maria took the sick puppy to the vet. |
| | Não posso ir ao escritório hoje; estou doente. // Maria levou o cachorrinho doente ao veterinário. |
| feel sick vi + adj | mainly UK (be nauseous) | enjoado adj |
| | I felt sick after eating a whole bag of sweets. |
| | Eu me senti enjoado comendo um pacote inteiro de doces. |
| be sick vi + adj | mainly UK (vomit) | passar mal vt + adv |
| | | vomitar v int |
| | Jane has eaten too many cakes, and now she's being sick in the toilet. |
| | Jane comeu muitos bolos e agora está passando mal no banheiro. |
| be sick of [sth/sb] v expr | informal (be weary or bored of [sth/sb]) (figurado) | cansado adj |
| | (figurado) | enjoada adj |
| | (figurado, gíria) | de saco cheio loc adj |
| | After all this snow, I am really sick of winter! |
| | Depois dessa neve toda, eu estou cansado do inverno. |
| be sick of doing [sth] v expr | informal (be weary of doing [sth]) (informal) | enjoado adj |
| | | cansado |
| | I'm sick of looking for shoes for you; please pick something out. |
| | Eu estou enjoado de procurar por sapatos para você. Por favor, escolha alguma coisa. |
| sick adj | informal (perverted, disgusting) | nojento adj |
| | Eating worms! That's sick! |
| | Comer minhocas! Isso é nojento! |
| be sick with [sth] v expr | (feel extreme: worry, anxiety, fear) | doente de preocupação expres |
| | The boy's mother was sick with worry when he didn't come home. |
| | A mãe do garoto ficou doente de preocupação quando ele não chegou em casa. |
| sick n | UK, informal (vomit) | vômito sm |
| | I stepped in a puddle of sick. |
| | Eu pisei numa poça de vômito. |
| the sick npl | (ill people) | os doentes sm pl |
| | The nurse is taking care of the sick. |
| sick adj | slang (amazing, cool) | maravilhoso adj |
| | You're getting a brand new car for your birthday? Dude, that's sick! |
| | Você vai ganhar um novo carro de aniversário? Cara, isso é maravilhoso! |
Formas compostas:
sick | sic |
call in sick,
also UK: phone in sick,
ring in sick v expr | (notify employer you will be off sick) | dar atestado expres v |
carsick,
UK: car-sick,
car sick adj | (nauseous from car travel) (de viagem em carro) | enjoado adj |
| | Reading in the car can make some people carsick. |
be fed up to the back teeth of doing [sth],
be sick to the back teeth of doing [sth] v expr | figurative, informal (be exasperated by [sth] repeated) | de saco cheio expres |
| | | estar por aqui expres v |
| Nota: also "with doing sth" |
| | She said angrily that she was fed up to the back teeth of hearing us bicker. |
| feel sick vi + adj | (feel nauseous) | sentir-se enjoado loc vp |
| | I was starting to feel sick so I drank a lot of orange juice for vitamin C. |
| get sick v expr | (fall ill, become unwell) | adoecer v int |
| | | ficar doente loc v |
| | Yesterday I got so sick I couldn't go to work. I hope I don't get sick this winter. |
| | Ontem, eu adoeci tanto que não consegui ir trabalhar. Espero que eu não adoeça nesse inverno. |
| make [sb] feel sick v expr | (nauseate [sb]) | fazer enjoar loc v |
| | | fazer passar mal expres |
| | I couldn't stay with him at the hospital because the sight of blood makes me feel sick. |
| make [sb] feel sick v expr | (disgust or offend [sb]) (figurado) | fazer enjoar loc v |
| | (figurado) | fazer passar mal expres |
| | Hearing about the mass murder made me feel sick. |
| make [sb] sick vtr + adj | (cause to vomit or feel nauseous) (literal. causar doença em alguém) | deixar doente loc v |
| | The sight of blood makes him sick. |
| make [sb] sick vtr + adj | figurative (disgust) | enojado adj |
| | That man makes me sick! He is so rude! |
| | Esse cara me deixa enjoado! Ele é tão grosseiro! |
| make [sb] sick vtr + adj | figurative (disgust morally) (desgostar) | deixar doente loc v |
| | It makes me sick to hear such racist views. |
| off sick expr | informal (absent due to illness) (ausente de trabalho) | de licença saúde expres v |
| be sick and tired of [sth] v expr | informal (have had enough of) (figurado, informal) | de saco cheio expres |
| | I'm sick and tired of living in this freezing cold house. |
| get sick and tired of [sth] v expr | informal (start to be weary, exasperated) (figurado, informal) | de saco cheio expres |
| | I'm getting sick and tired of that child's whining! |
| sick as a parrot adj | UK, humorous, dated, slang (very disappointed) | muito desapontado adj |
sick bay (US),
sickbay,
sick-bay (UK) n | (infirmary) | enfermaria sf |
| | The soldier reported immediately to sick bay. |
| sick burn n | slang (witty insult) (ao testemunhar um insulto) | mandou bem! expres |
sick leave,
also UK: sickness leave n | (time off work for illness) | licença por doença loc sf |
| | | afastamento por doença loc sf |
| | | baixa loc sf |
| | Freddy's teacher has been on sick leave for three weeks or more. |
| | O professor do Freddy está de licença por doença por três semanas ou mais. |
| sick list n | (register of staff who are ill) (registro de quais funcionários estão doentes) | lista de afastados por enfermidade sf |
| | | lista de afastados por doença sf |
| | The company currently has a long sick list because so many people have got the flu. |
| sick mind n | (unhealthy mental state) (estado mental não sadio) | doença mental sf |
| sick note n | UK (proof of illness) | atestado médico sm |
| | My employer won't authorise my absence without a sick note. |
| sick pay n | (compensation for absence while ill) (compensação por ausência devido à doença) | indenização por doença sf |
| | | subsídio por enfermidade sm |
| | | indenização por enfermidade sf |
| | I've already used up all my sick pay for this financial year. |
| sick person n | (patient, [sb] who is unwell) (alguém que não está bem) | doente sm, sf |
| | | paciente sm, sf |
| | It is a nurse's job to look after sick people. |
| sick puppy n | figurative, pejorative, slang (mentally ill or depraved person) (pessoa mentalmente doente ou comprometida) | doente mental sm, sf |
| | | louco sm |
| | (informal) | surtado sm |
| | (gíria) | pirado sm |
| take sick v expr | informal (become ill) | ficar doente loc v |
| | | adoecer v int |
| | (informal) | adoentar-se vp |
| | She has taken sick after the weekend. |
travel-sick,
travel sick adj | UK (car sick, motion-sick) | que enjoa em viagem loc adj |
| Nota: A hyphen is used when the adjective precedes the noun. |
| worried sick about [sth] adj | informal (extremely anxious about [sb] or [sth]) (informal, figurado: muito ansioso) | morto de preocupação sobre loc adj + prep |
| | Where have you been? You're two hours late - I've been worried sick! |