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wait meaning in Portuguese

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wait [waits] (a delay)
noun
[UK: weɪt]
[US: ˈweɪt]

esperanoun
{f}

wait [waited, waiting, waits] (delay until some event)
verb
[UK: weɪt]
[US: ˈweɪt]

aguardarverb

esperarverb

wait [waited, waiting, waits] (to serve customers)
verb
[UK: weɪt]
[US: ˈweɪt]

servirverb

wait on someone hand and foot (attend to someone's every need)
verb

fazer todas as vontades deverb

servir de corpo e almaverb

waiter [waiters] (a server in a restaurant or similar)
noun
[UK: ˈweɪ.tə(r)]
[US: ˈweɪ.tər]

empregadonoun
{m}

garçomnoun
{m}

waiting list [waiting lists] (ordered list of people waiting to obtain a good or service)
noun
[UK: ˈweɪt.ɪŋ lɪst]
[US: ˈweɪt.ɪŋ ˈlɪst]

lista de esperanoun
{f}

waiting room [waiting rooms] (room)
noun
[UK: ˈweɪt.ɪŋ ruːm]
[US: ˈweɪt.ɪŋ ˈruːm]

sala de esperanoun
{f}

waitress [waitresses] (female waiter)
noun
[UK: ˈweɪ.trɪs]
[US: ˈweɪ.trəs]

empregadanoun
{f}

garçonetenoun
{f}

await [awaited, awaiting, awaits] (to serve)
verb
[UK: ə.ˈweɪt]
[US: ə.ˈweɪt]

servirverb

await [awaited, awaiting, awaits] (transitive: to wait for)
verb
[UK: ə.ˈweɪt]
[US: ə.ˈweɪt]

aguardarverb

esperarverb

can't wait verb

não ver a horaverb

good things come to those who wait (patience is a virtue)
phrase
[UK: ɡʊd ˈθɪŋz kʌm tuː ðəʊz huː weɪt]
[US: ˈɡʊd ˈθɪŋz ˈkəm ˈtuː ðoʊz ˈhuː ˈweɪt]

quem espera sempre alcançaphrase

Kuwait (country in the Middle East)
proper noun
[UK: kʊ.ˈweɪt]
[US: kuː.ˈweɪt]

Kuaitproper noun
{m}

Kuaiteproper noun
{m}

Kuwaitproper noun
{m}

Kuwait City (capital of Kuwait)
proper noun
[UK: kʊ.ˈweɪt ˈsɪ.ti]
[US: kuː.ˈweɪt ˈsɪ.ti]

Cidade do Kuwaitproper noun
{f}

Kuwaiti [Kuwaitis] (A person from Kuwait or of Kuwaiti descent)
noun
[UK: kʊ.ˈweɪ.ti]
[US: kuː.ˈweɪ.ti]

kuwaitianonoun
{m}

Kuwaiti (of, from, or pertaining to Kuwait or the Kuwaiti people)
adjective
[UK: kʊ.ˈweɪ.ti]
[US: kuː.ˈweɪ.ti]

kuwaitianoadjective

lady-in-waiting (lady in the household of a woman of higher rank who attends her as a personal assistant)
noun
[UK: ˌleɪ.dɪ ɪn ˈweɪt.ɪŋ]
[US: ˌleɪ.dɪ ɪn ˈweɪt.ɪŋ]

aianoun
{f}

dama de companhianoun
{f}

lie in wait (to be hiding to ambush)
verb

emboscar-severb

tocaiarverb

time and tide wait for no man (proverb)
phrase
[UK: ˈtaɪm ənd taɪd weɪt fɔː(r) nəʊ mæn]
[US: ˈtaɪm ænd ˈtaɪd ˈweɪt ˈfɔːr ˈnoʊ ˈmæn]

o tempo e a maré não esperam por ninguémphrase