WordReference English-Portuguese Dictionary © 2025:
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trip up vi phrasal | (stumble, fall) | tropeçar v int |
| Sheila tripped up and injured her hip while running to catch a bus. |
trip up vi phrasal | figurative, informal (make a mistake) (figurado, informal) | tropeçar v int |
| | errar vt |
| Many foreign students of English trip up on prepositions. |
trip [sb] up vtr phrasal sep | (cause to stumble, fall) | fazer tropeçar expres v |
| He stuck his leg out as I walked past to trip me up. |
trip [sb] up vtr phrasal sep | figurative, informal (cause to make a mistake) | enganar vt |
| (figurado) | cair vt |
| | enrolar vt |
| (gíria, figurado) | embananar vt |
| Double negatives usually trip me up. |
| Negativas duplas geralmente me enganam. |
trip [sb] up vtr phrasal sep | figurative, informal (try to catch out) (figurado, informal) | pegar vt |
| The detectives interviewed the husband and wife separately, hoping to trip one of them up on some aspect of their alibi. |
| Os detetives entrevistaram o marido e a esposa separadamente, esperando pegar um deles em algum detalhe sobre o álibi deles. |