WordReference English-Portuguese Dictionary © 2025:
| Traduções principais |
| slave n | (owned person) | escravo sm |
| | Plantation owners used to rely on slaves to pick their cotton. |
| | Donos de plantações costumavam depender de escravos para colher seu algodão. |
| slave⇒ vi | figurative (work very hard) | trabalhar como escravo expres |
| | Janet slaved over her homework and she got an A. |
| | Janet trabalhou como escrava em sua tarefa e tirou dez. |
| Traduções complementares |
| slave n | figurative (person dominated by [sth]) (figurado) | escravo sm |
| | Simon is a slave to his work. |
WordReference English-Portuguese Dictionary © 2025:
Locuções verbais
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| slave away vi phrasal | informal (toil, work hard) | trabalhar como escravo expres v |
| | | trabalhar duro expres v |
| | She had to slave away in the kitchen without any help. |
| slave away at [sth] vi phrasal + prep | informal (work hard at) (trabalhar duro em) | esforçar-se em vp + prep |
| | | trabalhar duro em expres v |
| | | dedicar-se a vp + prep |
| | He slaved away at his paper all week, but he got it done on time. |
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Formas compostas:
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| freed slave n | (former slave) (escravo a quem foi concedida a liberdade) | liberto sm |
| | After the American Civil War, schools were established for the freed slaves. |
slave driver,
slave-driver n | literal, archaic ([sb] in charge of slaves) | capitão do mato sm |
| | | feitor sm |
| | Not all slave drivers were monsters and tyrants. |
slave driver,
slave-driver n | figurative ([sb] who demands hard work) (figurado) | capitão do mato sm |
| | (figurado) | feitor sm |
| | My boss is a real slave driver: he always wants me to work through my lunch break. |
| slave holder n | ([sb] who keeps captive worker) (proprietário de trabalhadores escravos) | senhor de escravos sm |
slave labor (US),
slave labour (UK) n | (slavery, enforced work) | trabalho escravo loc sm |
| | Many of the greatest monuments were built by slave labor. |
slave labor (US),
slave labour (UK) n | figurative (low-paid work) (figurado, trabalho mal remunerado) | trabalho escravo loc sm |
| | For many, working in a fast food restaurant is slave labor. |
| | It may be slave labor, but at least it's a job. |
| slave market n | (auction for slaves) (leilão de escravos) | comércio de escravos sm |
| | | mercado negreiro sm |
| | | leilão de escravos sm |
| | His grandfather was sold at a slave market for $100. |
| slave master n | ([sb] who keeps captive worker) (proprietário de trabalhadores escravos) | senhor de escravos sm |
| | The slave master owned nearly two hundred slaves. |
| slave memorial n | (monument to captive labourers) (monumento aos escravos) | memorial da escravatura sm |
| | | monumento em memória das vítimas da escravidão sm |
slave owner,
slaveowner,
slave-owner n | (person: keeps captive worker) (proprietário de trabalhadores escravos) | senhor de escravos sm |
| slave ship n | (vessel carrying people to slavery) (navio carregando pessoas para a escravidão) | navio negreiro sm |
| | | navio de escravos sm |
| | The slave ship sank in the storm and was never found. |
| slave trade n | (trafficking in people) (tráfico de pessoas) | comércio de escravos sm |
| slave-trade n as adj | (relating to people-trafficking) | comércio de escravos, tráfico de escravos sm + loc adj |
| | | escravista adj |
| | The number of slave-trade convictions has risen in recent years. |
| | O número de sentenças por comércio de escravos cresceu nos últimos anos. |
slave trader,
slave-trader n | ([sb] who traffics in people) (alguém que trafica pessoas) | comerciante de escravos sm |
| | He made a lot of money working as a slave trader. |
| slave trading n | (trafficking in people) | comércio de escravos sm |
| | | tráfico de pessoas sm |
| | It's unfortunately true that slave trading is still practised today in some parts of the world. |