| Traduções principais |
| put your foot down v expr | informal (accelerate, drive faster) (figurativo: acelerar) | pisar v int |
| | If you put your foot down, we can get through the lights before they turn red. |
| | Se você acelerar, nós podemos passar antes que os sinais fiquem vermelhos. |
| set foot v expr | (enter) | colocar os pés expres v |
| | | pisar vt |
| | Liam has never set foot in England. Peter is so rude. I'll never set foot in his house again! |
| tread vi | (walk) | pisar, andar trilhar v int |
| | I trod with care as I crossed the slippery ground. You've trodden all over the carpet in your muddy boots! |
| | Pisei com cuidado ao passar pelo chão escorregadio. Você pisou por todo o tapete com suas botas enlameadas. |
| stamp on sth vtr phrasal insep | (tread heavily on) (pisar fortemente em) | dar um pisão expres v |
| | | pisar vt |
| | I will stamp on any insects I see. |
trample on sth,
trample upon sth,
trample over sth vi + prep | (tread heavily) (com força) | pisar v int |
| | Someone has trampled on my flower beds. |
| stomp on sth/sb vi + prep | (trample on) (duro) | pisar v int |
| | Some shoppers got stomped on in the rush to get into the store. |
| | Alguns compradores foram pisoteados na correria para entrar na loja. |
trample on sb/sth,
trample upon,
trample over vi + prep | figurative (treat roughly) | pisar v int |
| | The high taxes trample on small business owners. |
| bruise sth/sb vtr | (person, body: leave a bruise) | ferir vt |
| | | machucar vt |
| | | pisar vt |
| | I bruised my knee when I walked into the fire hydrant. |
| | Eu feri meu joelho quando bati no hidrante. |
| tread sth vtr | (walk somewhere) | caminhar, andar, trilhar, pisar vt |
| | As she walked along the path, Charlotte thought of all the people who must have trodden it before her. That man is the greatest scoundrel who ever trod this earth! |
| | Enquanto passava pelo caminho, Charlotte pensou em todas as pessoas que deviam ter pisado ali antes dela. Aquele homem é o maior canalha que já pisou nessa terra. |
| step vi | (tread, walk) (pisar,andar) | pisar v int |
| | I stepped in the mud outside the house. |
| | Eu pisei na lama no lado de fora da casa. |
| beat sb down vtr phrasal sep | informal, figurative (demoralize) (figurado) | pisar vt |
| | (figurado) | bater vt |
| | Doris admitted that life was beating her down. |
| | Doris reconheceu que a vida estava pisando nela. |
| slam sth vtr | (brakes: use suddenly) (freios) | pisar vt |
| | The driver slammed the brakes so hard that he set off his airbag. |
| Formas compostas: |
| area of concentration n | US (education: field of study) | especialização loc sf |
| | | pisar em loc v |
| | His area of concentration at the Kennedy School of Government was the Middle East. |
| | Sua especialização na Kennedy School of Government foi o Oriente Médio. |
walk on broken glass,
tread on broken glass v expr | figurative (delicate situation, subject) | pisar em ovos expres |
| | If you try to discuss his drinking problem, you will be walking on broken glass. |
| dump on sb vtr phrasal insep | figurative, slang (abuse verbally) | pisar em |
| | Just because you broke up with Jack doesn't mean you have to dump on him all the time. |
| | Só porque você terminou com o José, não significa que tenha que pisar nele toda hora. |
| floor it v expr | slang (depress the accelerator) | pisar no acelerador expres v |
| | | pisar fundo expres v |
| | When the light turned green, he floored it and the car sped away. |
| keep off sth vtr phrasal insep | (do not walk on) (ex: na grama) | não pisar adv + vt |
| | Please keep off the grass. |
| | Por favor, não pise na grama. |
| retread sth vtr | (walk over again) | repisar vt |
| | | pisar novamente loc v |
| screw up vi phrasal | informal (make an error, do sth incorrectly) | estragar vt |
| | (bra, informal) | fazer besteira expres v |
| | (informal) | vacilar v int |
| | (informal, figurado) | pisar na bola expres v |
| | I was counting on him to do the calculations correctly, but he screwed up. |
| stamp vi | (walk noisily) (BRA) | pisar duro expres v |
| | | bater o pé expres v |
| | Paula stamped across the office and slapped her letter of resignation on the boss's desk. |
| | Paula pisou duro pelo escritório e jogou sua carta de demissão na mesa do chefe. |
| stand on sth vi + prep | (tread upon) | pisar em vt + prep |
| | Don't stand on that chair; you'll fall. |
| | Não pise na cadeira ou você vai cair. |
| step in sth vtr phrasal insep | (tread in, put your foot into) | pisar em vt + prep |
| | | meter o pé expres |
| | I stepped in a mud puddle and ruined my new shoes. |
| | Pisei numa poça de lama e estraguei meus sapatos novos. |
| step on sth vtr phrasal insep | (tread on) | pisar em vt + prep |
| | Careful, you might step on the dog's tail! |
| | Cuidado para não pisar no rabo do cachorro! |
| step on sb vtr phrasal insep | figurative (mistreat, exploit) (figurado) | pisar em vt + prep |
| | | explorar vt |
| | | maltratar vt |
| | | maltratar vt |
| | Your naive friendliness is causing them to step on you at work. |
| | Sua gentileza ingênua está fazendo com que eles pisem em você no trabalho. |
| Step on it! interj | informal (hurry up) | pisar fundo expres v |
| | Driver, go to the hospital, and step on it! |
| step on the gas interj | informal (accelerate, drive faster) | pisar fundo expres |
| | Step on the gas or we'll be late for church. |
| tiptoe around sth v expr | figurative (speak tactfully) (figurativo) | pisar em ovos loc v |
| | No longer wanting to tiptoe around the topic, his boss came right out and fired him. |
| | Sem querer mais pisar em ovos sobre o assunto, o chefe dele foi direto e o demitiu. |
tread on sth,
tread upon sth vi + prep | (trample, squash) | pisar em vi + prep |
| | | esmagar, esmigalhar vt |
| | The great oaf wasn't looking where he was going and he trod on my foot! Tread softly for you tread upon my dreams. (W.B. Yeats) |
| | O grande imbecil não estava olhando por onde ia e pisou no meu pé! Pise devagar pois está pisando em meus sonhos. (W.B. Yeats) |
| tread carefully vi + adv | figurative (be cautious or gentle) (fig., ser cuidadoso ou gentil) | pisar com cuidado loc v |
| | He's quite sensitive about that, so tread carefully. |
| tread carefully vi + adv | (walk cautiously) | andar com cuidado loc v |
| | | pisar com cuidado loc v |
| | Tread carefully, so you don't disturb the wildlife. |
| walk on sth vi + prep | (set foot somewhere) | pisar em v int + prep |
| | Buzz Aldrin was the second man to walk on the moon. |
| | Buzz Aldrin foi o segundo homem a pisar na lua. |
walk on thin ice,
skate on thin ice,
be on thin ice v expr | figurative (take a risk) (informal, figurado: se arriscar) | pisar em ovos expres |
| | (formal: se arriscar) | estar em situação delicada expres |
| Nota: Commonly used in the continuous |
| | You're walking on thin ice if you keep insulting Katie. |
| watch your step v expr | (be careful where you tread) (ter cuidado onde pisa) | pisar com cuidado expres v |
| | | andar com cuidado expres v |
| | You'll need to watch your step when coming back down the mountain. |