Portuguese | English |
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sempre adverb | always(at all times) ever(always) |
sempre-em-pé noun {m} | roly-poly [roly-polys](toy that rights itself when pushed over) |
sempre que adverb | every time(at each occasion that) |
sempre que conjunction | whenever(every time that) |
sempre-verde adjective | evergreen(of plants, that do not shed their leaves) |
sempre-verde noun {m} | evergreen(tree or shrub) |
sempre-viva noun {f} | houseleek [houseleeks](Sempervivum) |
sem precedentes adjective | unheard-of(previously unknown; unprecedented) unprecedented(never before seen or done, without precedent) |
sem pressa adverb | unhurriedly(in an unhurried manner) |
a grama do vizinho é sempre mais verde phrase | the grass is always greener on the other side(others' circumstances seem more desirable than one's own but in reality often are not.) |
antidesemprego adjective | antiunemployment(opposing or countering unemployment) |
armadilha do desemprego noun {f} | welfare trap(situation) |
de sempre preposition | of all time(ever) |
de sempre adverb | ever(at any time) |
desempregado adjective | idle [idler, idlest](not engaged in any occupation or employment) unemployed(having no job) |
desempregar-se verb | quit [quitted, quitted, quitting, quits](to resign) |
desemprego noun {m} | unemployment(joblessness) |
devagar e sempre phrase | slow and steady wins the race(patient work will conquer any problem) |
feliz/felizes para sempre adverb | happily ever after(happily until death) |
o cliente tem sempre razão phrase | the customer is always right(proverb) |
o freguês tem sempre razão phrase | the customer is always right(proverb) |
o mesmo de sempre noun | same old story(the repetition of an annoying occurrence) |
os desempregados adjective {m-Pl} | unemployed(unemployed, used as a substantive: the unemployed as a group) |
para sempre preposition | for good(forever; permanently) |
para sempre adverb | forever(for all time, for all eternity; for an infinite amount of time) forevermore(at any or all times in the future; forever) |
quem espera sempre alcança phrase | good things come to those who wait(patience is a virtue) |
toda boa ação tem sempre uma punição phrase | no good deed goes unpunished(beneficial actions often go unappreciated etc.) |
você vem sempre aqui? phrase | do you come here often(do you come here often?) |
volte sempre interjection | come again(polite farewell, inviting return visit) |