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resist meaning in Portuguese

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resist [resisted, resisting, resists] (to withstand actions or effects of)
verb
[UK: rɪ.ˈzɪst]
[US: rə.ˈzɪst]

aguentarverb

resistirverb

resistance [resistances] (act of resisting)
noun
[UK: rɪ.ˈzɪ.stəns]
[US: rə.ˈzɪ.stəns]

resistêncianoun
{f}

resistible (able to be resisted)
adjective
[UK: rɪ.ˈzɪ.stəb.l̩]
[US: rɪ.ˈzɪ.stəb.l̩]

resistíveladjective

resistor [resistors] (an electric component that transmits current in direct proportion to the voltage across it)
noun
[UK: rɪ.ˈzɪ.stə(r)]
[US: rɪ.ˈzɪ.stər]

resistornoun
{m}

resistor [resistors] (one who resists, especially a person who fights against an occupying army)
noun
[UK: rɪ.ˈzɪ.stə(r)]
[US: rɪ.ˈzɪ.stər]

resistentenoun
{m} {f}

acid-resistant (able to resist acids)
adjective

antiácidoadjective

air resistance (friction that slows things moving through air)
noun
[UK: eə(r) rɪ.ˈzɪ.stəns]
[US: ˈer rə.ˈzɪ.stəns]

resistência do arnoun
{f}

antiresistance (countering the propensity of an organism to become resistant)
adjective

antirresistênciaadjective

irresistible (not able to be resisted)
adjective
[UK: ˌɪ.rɪ.ˈzɪ.stəb.l̩]
[US: ˌɪ.rə.ˈzɪ.stəb.l̩]

irresistíveladjective

irresistible grace (Calvinist doctrine)
noun

graça irresistívelnoun
{f}

vocação eficaznoun
{f}

irresistibly (in an irresistible manner)
adverb
[UK: irr.e.si.sti.bi]
[US: ˌɪ.rə.ˈzɪ.stəb.bi]

irresistivelmenteadverb