Locuções verbais
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bog [sth] down,
bog down [sth] vtr phrasal sep | usually passive, informal (vehicle: mire) | atolar, afundar v int |
| | The jeep got bogged down in a huge mud puddle. |
boil [sth] down,
boil down [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (liquid: reduce) (culinária) | reduzir vt |
| | The cook boiled the drippings down to a rich gravy. |
| | O cozinheiro reduziu o caldo para um molho encorpado. |
| boil down to [sth] vi phrasal + prep | figurative, informal (be essentially) (ser essencialmente) | resumir-se a, reduzir a expres v |
| | What it all boils down to is a failure to plan. |
| | Tudo isso resume-se à falha de planejamento. |
boil [sth] down,
boil down [sth] vtr phrasal sep | figurative (information, argument: reduce) | resumir-se vp |
| | If you boil down Machiavelli's philosophy, he is saying that the end justifies the means. |
| boil [sth] up vtr phrasal sep | informal (cook) (cozinhar) | ferver vt |
| | This weekend, we'll boil up a big pot of crawfish. |
| bolt [sth] down vtr phrasal sep | (fasten, secure [sth]) | parafusar, aferrolhar vt |
| | Bolt down that metal plate so that it doesn't vibrate. |
| bolt [sth] down vtr phrasal sep | slang, figurative (eat [sth] quickly) (gíria) | engolir vt |
| | Jerry was late for class, so he bolted down his breakfast. |
| bone up on [sth] vi phrasal + prep | slang (revise knowledge of) (atualizar conhecimento) | pôr em dia, colocar em dia expres v |
| | If you're going to be that picky, I'd better bone up on basic grammar. |
| | Se você vai ser assim tão exigente, é melhor eu pôr em dia os meus conhecimentos de gramática. |
| bone up on [sth] vi phrasal + prep | slang (learn about) | estudar, aprender vt |
| | The students boned up on psychology terms before the exam. |
book [sb] in,
book [sb] in for [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (make appointment) | marcar vt |
| | | agendar vt |
| | I've booked you in at midday for a cut and blow dry. |
| book into [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (check into: hotel, etc.) (hotel, etc.) | fazer reserva em loc v |
| | Charlie booked into the hotel and went straight to his room for a nap. |
| book [sth] up vtr phrasal sep | (reserve fully) | reservar vt |
| | There was no room at the hotel; they were completely booked up for the summer. |
boot [sth] up,
boot up [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (switch on: computer) (computador) | ligar vt |
| | When Lucie arrives at the office, the first thing she does is boot up her computer. |
| border on [sth] vtr phrasal insep | (be adjacent to) | fazer fronteira loc v |
| | Our house borders on conservation land that no one can build on. |
| border on [sth] vtr phrasal insep | figurative (be almost) | beirar v int |
| | His bizarre behavior borders on the insane. |
bottle [sth] up,
bottle up [sth] vtr phrasal sep | informal, figurative (repress: feelings, energy) (sentimentos) | reprimir vt |
| | It is not emotionally or physically healthy to bottle up one's emotions. |
| | Não é emocionalmente ou fisicamente saudável reprimir as emoções. |
Formas compostas:
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| bob [sth]⇒ vtr | (head: nod or incline quickly) | acenar vt |
| | | gesticular vt |
| | The old man bobbed his head in agreement. |
| bob for [sth] vi + prep | (try to get hold of [sth]) | segurar vt |
| | | agarrar vt |
| bob [sth] vtr | often passive (crop [sth] short) | encurtar vt |
| | | cortar vt |
| | The dog's tail had been bobbed. |
| bobble [sth]⇒ vtr | US (fumble: a ball) (bola) | agarrar e deixar cair expres v |
| | The receiver bobbled the ball. |
| bodge [sth]⇒ vtr | UK, informal (botch: make or repair badly) | remendar vt |
| | Kevin bodged his attempt to fix the tap and now water is spurting in all directions! |
| bog [sb] down in [sth] v expr | figurative, usually passive, informal (person: mire in [sth]) | afundar em expres v |
| | My boss is bogging me down in work! |
| | Meu chefe está me afundando em trabalho! |
| bogey [sth]⇒ vtr | (golf: score bogey on hole) | fazer uma tacada acima do par expres v |
| | (anglicismo) | fazer um bogey expres v |
| | I can't believe I bogeyed that hole after such a terrible drive! |
| boggle at [sth] vi + prep | informal (be bewildered or amazed) (deixar perplexo) | espantar, surpreender v int |
| | I'm boggling at the complexity of this equation. |
| boil [sth]⇒ vtr | (water, food: heat) | ferver vt |
| | | cozer vt |
| | Boil the mixture for 10 minutes before you add the cream. |
| | Ferva a mistura por 10 minutos antes de adicionar o creme. |
| boil [sth] vtr | (food: cook by boiling) (em água fervente) | cozinhar vt |
| | | ferver vt |
| | I like to boil shrimp with potatoes and corn. |
| | Eu gosto de cozinhar camarão com batatas e milho. |
| boil [sth] vtr | (kettle, pot: heat contents) (BRA) | pôr para ferver expres v |
| | (POR) | pôr a ferver |
| | I'll boil the kettle and we'll have a nice cup of tea. |
| | Eu vou ferver a chaleira e nós tomaremos uma boa xícara de chá. |
| boil [sth] off vtr + prep | (liquid: heat to evaporation) | aquecer até evaporar expres |
| | | evaporar vt |
| | | ferver vt |
| | Boil off the water until you are left with a thick gravy. |
| bold [sth]⇒ vtr | (put in bold type) (tipografia) | colocar em negrito loc v |
| | (neologismo) | negritar vt |
| | He bolded the important words for emphasis. |
| | Ele colocou as palavras importantes em negrito para ênfase. |
| | Ele negritou as palavras importantes para dar ênfase. |
| boldface [sth]⇒ vtr | (font: make bold) (fonte) | colocar em negrito loc v |
| | I boldfaced the key words in my speech to make them stand out. |
| bollix [sth]⇒ vtr | vulgar, informal (bungle) (vulgar, figurado) | foder vt |
| | | estragar, arruinar vt |
| bolster [sth]⇒ vtr | (support) | sustentar vt |
| | Many office workers use cushions to bolster their backs while sitting at their desks. |
| | Muitos funcionários de escritórios usam almofadas para sustentarem suas costas quando estão sentados nas cadeiras. |
| bolster [sth] vtr | figurative (support) | sustentar vt |
| | | apoiar vt |
| | The abundant scientific evidence bolsters the argument for the threat of global warming. |
| | Uma abundante evidência científica sustenta o argumento a favor da ameaça do aquecimento global. |
| bolster [sth] vtr | (pad, stuff) (estofar) | encher vt |
| | Workers bolster the seats to make them more comfortable. |
| bolster [sth] vtr | figurative (pad out) (tapeação) | encher linguiça expres v |
| | The politician bolstered his speech with a lot of empty promises. |
| bolt [sth]⇒ vtr | (lock door with a bolt) (com trinco) | trancar vt |
| | Remember to bolt the door at night. |
| | Lembre de trancar a porta com o trinco à noite. |
| bolt [sth] vtr | (attach [sth] with a bolt) (com parafuso) | fixar vt |
| | Micah bolted the sheet metal to the structure. |
| | Micah fixou a folha de metal à estrutura com parafusos. |
| bolt out of [sth] v expr | (exit rapidly) | sair em disparada de expres v |
| | | sair correndo de expres v |
| | | fugir correndo de expres v |
| | The spooked horse bolted out of the barn. |
| | O cavalo assustado saiu em disparada do estábulo. |
| bolt [sth] to [sth] vtr + prep | (attach [sth] with a bolt) (com parafuso) | fixar vt |
| | Ray bolted the shelves securely to the wall. |
| | Ray fixou as prateleiras à parede firmemente. |
| bolt [sth] vtr | (fabric, etc: make into bolts) | enrolar vt |
| | The cloth is bolted at the factory before being delivered to the stores. |
| | O tecido é enrolado na fábrica antes de ser entregue às lojas. |
| bomb [sth/sb]⇒ vtr | (drop explosives) | bombardear vt |
| | The city was bombed repeatedly during the war. |
| | A cidade foi bombardeada repetidamente durante a guerra. |
| bomb [sth]⇒ vtr | figurative, informal, US (fail: a test) (BRA: gíria) | bombar vt |
| | (POR: gíria) | tirar nega expres v |
| | Jack bombed his algebra test. |
| | Ele bombou a prova de álgebra |
| | Ele tirou nega na prova de álgebra. |
| bombard [sth]⇒ vtr | (attack with bombs) (atacar com bombas) | bombardear vt |
| | The enemy bombarded the city and reduced it to rubble. |
| bombard [sb/sth] with [sth] vtr + prep | (attack with) (figurado) | bombardear vt |
| | The kids bombarded the teacher with water balloons. |
| bombard [sb] with [sth] vtr + prep | figurative (assail, overwhelm) (atacar) | bombardear vt |
| | The journalists bombarded the police spokesman with questions. |
bombproof [sth],
bomb-proof [sth]⇒ vtr | (make resistant to explosives) | ser à prova de bombas vt |
| bond [sth]⇒ vtr | (stick, join together) | juntar,unir, colar vt |
| | We bond the pieces of the model airplane with glue. |
| | Juntamos as peças do avião em miniatura com cola. |
| bone [sth]⇒ vtr | (meat: take out bones) | desossar vt |
| | Bone the pieces of chicken and then butterfly them. |
| | Desosse os pedaços de galinha e depois abra-a. |
| bone [sth] vtr | (clothing: stiffen using boning) | rematar vt |
| | After the seamstress bones the bodice of the dress, she will attach the skirt. |
| bone [sth] vtr | informal, archaic, UK (steal) | surrupiar vt |
| | The duke put his boots outside the door of his hotel room to be cleaned, but when he awoke he discovered someone had boned them. |
| bonk [sth]⇒ vtr | informal (hit, knock) | bater vt |
| | | acertar vt |
| | Ouch! I just bonked my elbow on the edge of the table. |
| boo [sth]⇒ vtr | (jeer at) | vaiar vt |
| | The crowd booed his comments. |
| booby-trap [sth]⇒ vtr | (fit with a trap) | colocar armadilhas |
| book [sth]⇒ vtr | (reserve: seat, place, flight) | reservar vt |
| | We're going to book seats on the early flight. |
| | Vamos reservar lugares no primeiro voo. |
| book [sb/sth]⇒ vtr | (hire, engage) | contratar vt |
| | The parents are going to book a clown for the party. |
| | Os pais vão contratar um palhaço para a festa. |
| book of [sth] n | (pack or set of [sth]) (selos) | cartela sf |
| | I purchased a book of stamps at the post office. |
| | Comprei uma cartela de selos nos correios. |
| bookend [sth]⇒ vtr | usually passive, figurative, informal (place on the two ends of [sth]) | começar e acabar com expres v |
| | The two episodes that bookend the series contain many identical camera shots. |
| bookmark [sth]⇒ vtr | (page: put in a marker) (página) | marcar vt |
| | I'll bookmark the page and read it later. |
| bookmark [sth] vtr | (webpage: save as a favourite) (Internet) | salvar como favorito expres v |
| | (informal) | favoritar vt |
| | | adicionar aos favoritos expres v |
| | Carol likes to bookmark webpages with her favorite recipes. |
| boop [sb/sth]⇒ vtr | informal (tap playfully on the nose) | dar tapinha no nariz expres |
| boop [sb/sth] vtr | informal (dog, cat: bump on the nose) (cães, gatos) | dar tapinha no nariz expres |
| boost [sth/sb]⇒ vtr | (push up) (por baixo, por trás) | empurrar vt |
| | | levantar vt |
| | Rick boosted Amy out of the water. |
| | Rick empurrou Amy para fora da água. |
| boost [sth]⇒ vtr | (encourage, support) | animar vt |
| | | inflamar vt |
| | | estimular, encorajar vt |
| | | levantar o ânimo de expres v |
| | The crowd's cheers boosted the team's spirits. |
| | Os aplausos da multidão animaram o time. |
| | Os aplausos da multidão levantaram o ânimo do time. |
| boost [sth] vtr | (promote, help) | incentivar, estimular vt |
| | | fomentar vt |
| | (figurado) | alavancar vt |
| | The government hopes its proposed tax cuts will boost the economy. |
| | O governo espera que os cortes fiscais propostos estimulem a economia. |
| boost [sth] vtr | (increase engine pressure) | pressurizar vt |
| | Installing a better exhaust system will boost your car's engine. |
| | Instalar um novo escapamento no seu carro vai pressurizar o motor. |
| boot [sth]⇒ vtr | (ball: kick) | chutar vt |
| | Halley booted the soccer ball halfway down the field. |
| | Halley chutou a bola de futebol até o meio do campo. |
| boot [sth] vtr | (computer: start) | iniciar, inicializar vt |
| | Joel had to boot his computer five times this morning because of a computer virus. |
| | Joel teve que inicializar seu computador cinco vezes hoje de manhã por causa de um vírus. |
| boot [sth] vtr | (brutally put an end to) | acabar com vt + prep |
| boot [sb] out of [sth] v expr | figurative, often passive, slang (remove from: office) | expulsar de vt + prep |
| | | tirar de vt + prep |
| | The voters lost confidence in him and booted him out of office. |
| bootleg [sth]⇒ vtr | (trade illegally in) | contrabandear, piratear vt |
| | For years, she bootlegged passports to illegal immigrants. |
| | Durante muitos anos ela contrabandeou passaportes para imigrantes ilegais. |
| bootstrap [sth/sb]⇒ vtr | figurative, informal (cause to advance) (figurado) | alavancar vt |
| Nota: Commonly followed by into, out of, to |
| | The new manager bootstrapped the ailing company into making a profit. |
| bop [sb/sth]⇒ vtr | (hit, strike) | bater de leve loc v |
| | The boxer bopped his opponent on the nose. |
| border [sth]⇒ vtr | (land: adjoin) | fazer fronteira expres v |
| | The United States borders Canada to the north. |
| | Os Estados Unidos fazem fronteira com o Canadá ao norte. |
| border [sth] vtr | (form a border with) | fazer fronteira expres v |
| | A river borders our property to the West. |
| bore [sth]⇒ vtr | (pierce: a hole) | furar vt |
| | | perfurar vt |
| | (furo, buraco) | fazer vt |
| | The carpenter bored a hole in the board. |
| | O carpinteiro furou a tábua. |
| | O carpinteiro perfurou a tábua. |
| | O carpinteiro fez um furo na tábua. |
| bore [sth] vtr | (drill: shaft, tunnel) | cavar, escavar vt |
| | This machine can bore tunnels through layers of rock. |
| | Essa máquina consegue escavar túneis através das camadas rochosas. |
| bore [sth] vtr | (expand diameter of hole) | alargar vt |
| bore into [sth] vi + prep | (drill into) | furar, brocar, perfurar vt |
| | Woodpeckers bore into trees searching for insects. |
| bore into [sth] vi + prep | figurative (stare piercingly at) | encarar vt |
| | The judge's stare bores into the witnesses' eyes, to intimidate them into telling the truth. |
bored with [sth],
bored of [sth] adj + prep | (finding [sth] dull) | entediado com expres |
| | I'm feeling bored with my life. |
| born into [sth] adj + prep | (having from birth) | nascido em expres |
born to [sth],
born to do [sth] adj | (having natural talent for [sth]) | nascer para v int + prep |
| | She was born to sing. |
| borrow [sth]⇒ vtr | (take, use temporarily) | tomar emprestado, pegar emprestado expres v |
| | Can I borrow your pen? |
| | Posso pegar sua caneta emprestada? |
| borrow [sth] from [sb] vtr + prep | (use another's property) | pegar emprestado de, tomar emprestado de expres v + prep |
| | Kathy borrowed a skirt from her sister to wear to the party. |
| | Kathy pegou emprestada uma saia da sua irmã para usar na festa. |
| borrow [sth] vtr | (money: take as loan) | tomar emprestado, pedir um empréstimo expres v |
| | I will borrow money to pay for the vacation. |
| | Tomarei dinheiro emprestado para pagar as férias. |
| borrow [sth] vtr | figurative (ideas: take, adopt) (figurado) | pegar emprestado, tomar emprestado expres v |
| | | basear-se vp |
| | This sci-fi film borrows a lot of ideas from the 'Star Wars' series. |
| | Este autor baseia-se muito no trabalho dele. |
| borrow [sth] from [sb/sth] vtr + prep | figurative (ideas: adopt from others) (figurado) | apropriar-se vp |
| | Most religions borrow ideas from older ones. |
| | A maioria das religiões apropria-se de ideias das religiões mais antigas. |
| borrow from [sb/sth] vi + prep | figurative (ideas: take adopt) (figurado) | tomar emprestado expres v |
| | His work borrows from many other artists. |
| | O trabalho dele toma emprestado de vários outros artistas. |
| bot [sth]⇒ vtr | AU, informal (beg or borrow) | pedir vt |
| botch [sth]⇒ vtr | informal (job, task: do badly) (trabalho mal feito) | estragar vt |
| | | fazer mal feito expres v |
| | I trusted Alan to fix the roof, but he botched the job and now the hole is even bigger. |
| botch [sth] up vtr + adv | informal (bungle, do badly) | fazer de forma desajeitada vt + loc adv |
| bother to do [sth] v expr | (make an effort) | preocupar-se v p |
| | | dar-se ao trabalho expres v |
| | He didn't bother to answer the email. |
| | Ele nem se preocupou em responder ao e-mail. |
| the bother (of (doing) [sth]) n | (effort) | incômodo, trabalho sm |
| | | pena sf |
| | Is applying for a permit really worth the bother? |
| | Solicitar uma autorização realmente vale o incômodo? (or: trabalho). |
| | Vale a pena solicitar uma autorização? |
| bothered by [sth] adj + prep | (concerned, troubled) | preocupado adj |
| | I am bothered by the way he treats my daughter. |
| | Eu estou preocupado com a forma como ele trata minha filha. |
| bothered to do [sth] adj | informal (willing to make effort) | disposto a adj + prep |
| | I'm trying to decide whether I can be bothered to get up today. |
| | Eu estou tentando decidir se eu estou disposto a acordar hoje. |
| bottle [sth]⇒ vtr | (put into a bottle) | engarrafar vt |
| | This is the plant where they bottle the beer. |
| | Essa é a fábrica onde eles engarrafam a cerveja. |
| bottle [sth] vtr | (put into a container) | pôr num frasco expres v |
| | | engarrafar vt |
| | They bottled the fireflies and took them home. |
| bottle [sth] vtr | informal, UK (fail to do [sth] through loss of courage) | fracassar por medo expres v |
| | (BRA, gíria) | amarelar expres v |
| | The striker was so nervous, he bottled the kick. |
| bottle-feed [sb/sth]⇒ vtr | literal (give food with bottle) | dar mamadeira expres v |
| | We found a kitten on the street without a mother and bottle-fed it until it was old enough for solid food. |
| bottom [sth]⇒ vtr | (bring to lowest point) (avião) | descer vt |
| | The pilot bottomed the plane at a thousand feet. |
| | O piloto desceu o avião aos mil pés. |