Portuguese | English |
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a tempo preposition | in time(at or before the time assigned) |
à terceira é de vez phrase | third time's a charmphrase |
à toa preposition | out of the blue(unexpectedly) |
à toa adverb | aimlessly(without an aim) mindlessly(in a mindless manner) |
a todo instante preposition | around the clock(all the time) |
a todo vapor noun | full blast(maximum capacity or effort) |
a todo vapor adjective | full speed ahead(nautical) |
a torto e a direito adverb | left and right(all over the place) |
a troco de nada phrase | apropos of nothing(without any apparent reason or purpose) |
a trouxe-mouxe adverb | helter-skelter(in confused, disorderly haste) |
a última gota noun {f} | last straw(small additional burden) |
à uma adverb | o'clock(the translations below are of "at one o’clock") |
a união faz a força phrase | many hands make light work(a large number of people cooperating can perform tasks easily) united we stand, divided we fall(people are more successful as a group than as individuals) unity is strength(unity makes us become stronger) |
à venda preposition | for sale(being offered for purchase) |
a ver com preposition | to do with(relate or relevant to) |
a vida é assim phrase | it is what it is(this thing has its own nature) that's that(there is nothing more to say or to do concerning the matter) |
a vingança é um prato que se serve frio phrase | revenge is a dish best served cold(revenge is best or most satisfying when delayed) |
à volta de phrase | or so(roughly, appoximately) |
à vontade preposition | at ease(free of anxiety) at home(Comfortable) |
à vontade adverb | ad lib(at pleasure) |
A.C. adverb | BC(before Christ) |
a.C. adverb | BC(before Christ) |
a.m. adverb | a.m.(before noon) |
a/c preposition | care of(for distribution by (the named intermediary)) |
Aachen proper noun {f} | Aachen(city in North Rhine-Westphalia) |
Aalborg proper noun {f} | Aalborg(city in northern Denmark) |
aaleniano adjective | Aalenian(of or pertaining to the Aalenian epoch) |
Aaleniano proper noun {m} | Aalenian(subdivision of the Middle Jurassic epoch) |
aalênio adjective | Aalenian(of or pertaining to the Aalenian epoch) |
Aalesund proper noun {f} | Ålesund(Norwegian municipality in Møre og Romsdal) |
Aarão proper noun {m} | Aaron(biblical brother of Moses) |
aardvark noun {m} | aardvark [aardvarks](mammal) |
aaronita noun {m} {f} | Aaronite(descendant of Aaron) |
Aasvero proper noun {m} | Ahasuerus(biblical king of Persia) |
Aasverus proper noun {m} | Ahasuerus(biblical king of Persia) |