| Traduções principais |
| strike n | (work stoppage) | greve sf |
| | The union called a strike for Friday. |
| | O sindicato convocou uma greve para sexta-feira. |
| strike [sth/sb]⇒ vtr | (hit) | golpear, bater vt |
| | The boxer struck his opponent. |
| | O boxeador golpeou seu adversário. |
| strike [sth]⇒ vtr | (hit: a target) (um alvo) | atingir vt |
| | | acertar vt |
| | The arrow struck its target. |
| | A flecha atingiu o alvo. |
| strike [sth/sb]⇒ vtr | (attack, hit) (assaltar) | atacar vt |
| | The hurricane struck us without warning. |
| | O furacão nos atacou sem aviso. |
| strike [sth/sb] vtr | (crash into) | bater vt |
| | | colidir vt |
| | The car struck the guardrail. |
| | O carro bateu no guarda-corpo. |
| strike [sth]⇒ vtr | (clock: sound) (soar indicando as horas) | bater vt |
| | | soar vt |
| | The clock struck ten. |
| | O relógio bateu 10 horas. |
| strike [sth/sb]⇒ vtr | (lightning: hit) (raio) | cair vt |
| | Lightning struck the old tree during the storm. |
| | Dizem que um raio nunca cai duas vezes no mesmo lugar. |
| strike [sth]⇒ vtr | (abolish, cancel) | abolir, cancelar vt |
| | | revogar, anular vt |
| | Officials voted to strike the amendment. |
| | Os oficiais votaram para abolir a emenda. |
| strike [sth] from [sth] vtr + prep | (text: delete from [sth]) | retirar, tirar vt |
| | | remover, apagar vt |
| | Strike that sentence from your article. |
| | Retire essa frase do seu artigo. |
| Traduções complementares |
| strike n | (sound from hitting) | batida, badalada sf |
| | Can you hear the strike of the clock? |
| | Você ouve a batida do relógio? |
| strike n | (attack) | ataque sm |
| | The military strike killed three people. |
| | O ataque militar matou três pessoas. |
| strike n | (baseball: miss) (beisebol) | strike sm |
| | Three strikes and you're out. |
| | Três strikes e você está fora. |
| strike n | (bowling: knocking over all pins) (boliche: derrubar todos os pinos) | strike sm |
| | I had three strikes in the game. |
| | Eu fiz três strikes no jogo. |
| strike n | (instance of [sth] striking) | queda sf |
| | The strike of the racket against the ball sent it flying. |
| | A queda da raquete contra a bola a fez voar. |
| strike n | (unfavorable mark) | falta sf |
| | | strike estrang |
| | The judge reminded the defendant that this was his second strike. |
| | O juiz lembrou ao réu que esta era sua segunda falta. |
| strike n | (discovery of gold, oil, etc.) | descoberta sf |
| | News of a strike brought many prospectors to the area. |
| strike [sb] as [sth] v expr | (give the impression) | dar a impressão expres v |
| | | parecer vt |
| | Greg's story strikes me as an exaggeration. |
| | A história de Greg dá a impressão de ser exagerada. |
| strike⇒ vi | (attack) | atacar v int |
| | The army struck in the middle of the night. |
| | The bank robbers have struck again. |
| | O exército atacou no meio da noite. // Os ladrões de banco atacaram outra vez. |
| strike vi | (stop work in protest) | fazer greve expres v |
| | The workers all decided to strike after their boss refused to negotiate salaries. |
| | Os trabalhadores decidiram fazer greve depois que o chefe se recusou a negociar salários. |
| strike [sth/sb]⇒ vtr | (bite) | atacar vt |
| | | morder vt |
| | The snake struck his leg without warning. |
| | A cobra atacou a perna dele sem aviso. |
| strike [sth]⇒ vtr | (match: light) (fósforo) | acender vt |
| | | riscar vt |
| | To light the candles, first you need to strike a match. |
| | Para acender as velas, primeiro você precisa riscar um fósforo. |
| strike [sth] vtr | (accord: reach) (acordo) | chegar vt |
| | The two parties finally struck an agreement. |
| | Os dois grupos finalmente chegaram a um acordo. |
| strike [sth/sb]⇒ vtr | (fall on) | atingir vt |
| | When light strikes an object, the wavelengths it reflects determine what colour that object will appear. |
| | Quando a luz atinge um objeto, os comprimentos de onda que ela reflete determinam a cor de aparência do objeto. |
| strike [sth]⇒ vtr | (fall upon) | cair vt |
| | The egg broke when it struck the floor. |
| | O ovo quebrou quando caiu no chão. |
| strike [sth] vtr | (locate by mining) | descobrir vt |
| | | encontrar vt |
| | The town grew after somebody struck gold there. |
| | A cidade cresceu depois que alguém descobriu ouro lá. |
| strike [sb]⇒ vtr | (surprise) | surpreender vt |
| | | impressionar vt |
| | He was struck by the news of his cousin's death. |
| | Ele se surpreendeu com a notícia da morte do primo. |
| strike [sth]⇒ vtr | (text: put a line through) | riscar vt |
| | Strike all of the lines in the second paragraph. |
| | Risque todas as linhas no segundo parágrafo. |
| strike [sth] vtr | (theater, film: dismantle set) | desmontar vt |
| | Once the film set was no longer needed, the technical director supervised the strike. |
| strike [sb] as [sth] vtr + conj | (give the impression) | parecer vt |
| | | dar a impressão expres v |
| | His attitude really struck me as strange. |
| | A atitude dele pareceu mesmo algo estranho para mim. |
| strike [sth] into [sth] vtr + prep | (thrust) | cravar, enfiar vt |
| | The camper struck his pole into the ground. |
| | O campista cravou a estaca no chão. |
| strike [sth] into [sth] vtr + prep | (instil) | instilar vt |
| | | incutir vt |
| | It struck terror into their hearts. |
| | Isso instilou terror nos corações deles. |
Locuções verbais
strike | striking |
| strike back vi phrasal | (retaliate) | retaliar vt |
| | | vingar-se vp |
| | If you wrong her, she may strike back. |
| strike [sth] down vtr phrasal sep | (law, ruling: invalidate) (figurado, invalidar) | derrubar vt |
| | The Supreme Court struck down state segregation laws. |
| strike [sth/sb] off vtr phrasal sep | (delete, remove: from a list) (deletar, remover: de uma lista) | deletar vt |
| | | apagar vt |
| | | remover vt |
| | I don't like them any more, strike them off the party list. |
strike on [sth],
strike upon [sth] vtr phrasal insep | (suddenly have an idea) | ocorrer ideia vt + sf |
strike [sth] out,
strike out [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (put a line through) | tachar vt |
| | | riscar vt |
| | | traçar vt |
| | The teacher struck out the misspelled word. |
| strike out at [sth/sb] vi phrasal + prep | (hit, attack) | atacar vt |
| | A coiled snake will strike out at anything that threatens it. |
| strike out at [sth/sb] vi phrasal + prep | figurative (criticize) (figurado) | atacar vt |
| | | criticar vt |
| | When he was a candidate for mayor, Bob would strike out at all his opponents. |
strike [sb] out,
strike out [sb] vtr phrasal sep | (baseball: put out with three strikes) (beisebol: fazer três acertos) | eliminar vt |
| | | vencer vt |
| | | ganhar vt |
| | The pitcher struck out the first two batters, but the third hit a home run. |
| strike out vi phrasal | (baseball batter: be struck out) (beisebol) | ser eliminado loc v |
| | The first batter struck out, but the second hit a home run. |
| strike out vi phrasal | (baseball: be struck out) (beisebol) | eliminar vt |
| strike out vi phrasal | (start a journey) | sair v int |
| | I struck out early in the morning with my camera to capture the sunrise. |
| | Saí no início da manhã com minha câmera para capturar o nascer do sol. |
| strike out vi phrasal | informal (fail) (figurado) | eliminar v int |
| | Ben really wanted that job, but it looks like he's struck out; he sent the applications ages ago and hasn't heard back yet. |
| strike through [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (cross out) | riscar vt |
| | | tachar vt |
| | He struck through the irrelevant sentences. |
| strike up [sth] vtr phrasal insep | (initiate) | começar vt |
| | | iniciar vt |
| | During our visit to Africa I struck up a friendship with our guide. |
| | Durante a nossa visita à África, comecei uma amizade com o nosso guia. |
| strike up [sth] vtr phrasal insep | (begin to play: music) | começar vt |
| | | iniciar vt |
| | (figurado, música) | puxar vt |
| | The orchestra struck up a cheerful waltz. |
| | A orquestra começou a tocar uma valsa alegre. |