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add fuel to the fire (worsen a conflict)
verb
[UK: æd ˈfjuːəl tuː ðə ˈfaɪə(r)]
[US: ˈæd ˈfjuːəl ˈtuː ðə ˈfaɪər]

pôr lenha na fogueiraverb

adjuvant therapy (secondary treatment)
noun

adjuvâncianoun
{f}

terapia adjuvantenoun
{f}

adoptive father (man who has adopted a child)
noun
[UK: ə.ˈdɒp.tɪv ˈfɑːð.ə(r)]
[US: ə.ˈdɑːp.tɪv ˈfɑːð.r̩]

pai adotivonoun
{m}

adoptive mother (woman who has adopted a child)
noun

mãe adotivanoun
{f}

aerothermal adjective

aerotérmicoadjective

aerothermodynamic (pertaining to aerothermodynamics)
adjective

aerotermodinâmicoadjective

aerothermodynamics (scientific study of the thermodynamic properties of gases)
noun

aerotermodinâmicanoun
{f}

aesthesia (ability to perceive sensations)
noun

estesianoun
{f}

aesthete [aesthetes] (someone who cultivates an unusually high sensitivity to beauty, as in art or nature)
noun
[UK: ˈiːs.θiːt]
[US: ˈes.θit]

estetanoun
{m} {f}

aesthetic (concerned with beauty)
adjective
[UK: iːs.ˈθe.tɪk]
[US: es.ˈθe.tɪk]

estéticoadjective

aesthetic (that which appeals to the senses)
noun
[UK: iːs.ˈθe.tɪk]
[US: es.ˈθe.tɪk]

estéticanoun
{f}

aesthetically (in an aesthetic manner)
adverb
[UK: iːs.ˈθe.tɪk.l̩i]
[US: es.ˈθe.tɪk.l̩i]

esteticamenteadverb

aesthetician [aestheticians] (oneone who studies aesthetics; student of art or beauty)
noun

esteticistanoun
{m} {f}

aestheticisation (the act or process of aestheticising)
noun

estetizaçãonoun
{f}

aestheticise (to make aesthetic)
verb

estetizarverb

aestheticism (doctrine which holds aesthetics as the highest ideal)
noun
[UK: iːs.ˈθe.tɪ.ˌsɪ.zəm]
[US: iːs.ˈθe.tɪ.ˌsɪ.zəm]

esteticismonoun
{m}

estetismonoun
{m}

aesthetics (study or philosophy of beauty)
noun
[UK: iːs.ˈθe.tɪks]
[US: es.ˈθe.tɪks]

estéticanoun
{f}

against the clock (in a time-restricted manner)
preposition

contra o relógiopreposition

against the grain (contrary to what is expected)
preposition
[UK: ə.ˈɡenst ðə ɡreɪn]
[US: ə.ˈɡenst ðə ˈɡreɪn]

contra a correntepreposition

contra a marépreposition

against the grain (unwillingly, reluctantly)
preposition
[UK: ə.ˈɡenst ðə ɡreɪn]
[US: ə.ˈɡenst ðə ˈɡreɪn]

a contragostopreposition

agonothetes (officer who presided over the great public games in Ancient Greece)
noun

agonotetanoun
{m} {f}

Alexander the Great (King of Macedonia)
proper noun

Alexandreproper noun
{m}

Alexandre Magnoproper noun
{m}

o Grandeproper noun
{m}

algebraic number theory (branch of number theory concerning algebraic number fields)
noun

teoria algébrica dos númerosnoun
{f}

teoria dos números algébricosnoun
{f}

all cats are grey in the dark (proverb)
phrase

à noite todo gato é pardophrase

all good in the hood (everything is all right)
interjection

de boasinterjection

all over the place preposition
[UK: ɔːl ˈəʊv.ə(r) ðə ˈpleɪs]
[US: ɔːl ˈoʊv.r̩ ðə ˈpleɪs]

em todos os lugarespreposition

por todo lado; em todo lugarpreposition

all the best interjection

boa sorteinterjection

all the more (even more)
adverb
[UK: ɔːl ðə mɔː(r)]
[US: ɔːl ðə ˈmɔːr]

ainda maisadverb

all the same (anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless)
adverb
[UK: ɔːl ðə seɪm]
[US: ɔːl ðə ˈseɪm]

mesmo assimadverb

all the tea in China (something priceless or invaluable)
noun

todo o ouro do mundonoun
{m}

all the time (always)
adverb
[UK: ɔːl ðə ˈtaɪm]
[US: ɔːl ðə ˈtaɪm]

o tempo inteiroadverb

o tempo todoadverb

all the way (to the end)
adverb
[UK: ɔːl ðə ˈweɪ]
[US: ɔːl ðə ˈweɪ]

até o fimadverb

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