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toda meaning in English

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toda determiner
{f}

all(every individual of the given class)
determiner
[UK: ɔːl] [US: ɔːl]

every(all of a countable group)
determiner
[UK: ˈev.ri] [US: ˈev.ri]

toda a gente pronoun
{f}

everybody(all people)
pronoun
[UK: ˈev.rɪ.ˌbɒd.i] [US: ˈev.rɪ.ˌbɑːd.i]

toda a gente pronoun
{m}

everyone(every person)
pronoun
[UK: ˈev.rɪ.wʌn] [US: ˈev.ri.ˌwʌn]

toda boa ação tem sempre uma punição phrase

no good deed goes unpunished(beneficial actions often go unappreciated etc.)
phrase

toda brincadeira tem um fundo de verdade phrase

there's a grain of truth in every joke(people convey truth in jokes)
phrase
[UK: ðeəz ə ɡreɪn əv truːθ ɪn ˈev.ri dʒəʊk] [US: ˈðerz ə ˈɡreɪn əv ˈtruːθ ɪn ˈev.ri dʒoʊk]

toda regra tem exceção phrase

there is an exception to every rule(every rule has an exception)
phrase
[UK: ðeə(r) ɪz ən ɪk.ˈsep.ʃn̩ tuː ˈev.ri ruːl] [US: ˈðer ˈɪz ˈæn ɪk.ˈsep.ʃn̩ ˈtuː ˈev.ri ˈruːl]

toda regra tem uma exceção phrase

there is an exception to every rule(every rule has an exception)
phrase
[UK: ðeə(r) ɪz ən ɪk.ˈsep.ʃn̩ tuː ˈev.ri ruːl] [US: ˈðer ˈɪz ˈæn ɪk.ˈsep.ʃn̩ ˈtuː ˈev.ri ˈruːl]

toda rosa tem espinhos phrase

no rose without a thornphrase
[UK: nəʊ rəʊz wɪð.ˈaʊt ə θɔːn] [US: ˈnoʊ roʊz wɪð.ˈaʊt ə ˈθɔːrn]

toda vez que conjunction

whenever(every time that)
conjunction
[UK: wen.ˈev.ə(r)] [US: hwen.ˈev.r̩]

todas pronoun
{f-Pl}

everybody(all people)
pronoun
[UK: ˈev.rɪ.ˌbɒd.i] [US: ˈev.rɪ.ˌbɑːd.i]

todavia conjunction

only(but)
conjunction
[UK: ˈəʊn.li] [US: ˈoʊn.li]

a necessidade é a mãe de toda invenção phrase

necessity is the mother of invention(a person in need will find a way)
phrase
[UK: nɪ.ˈse.sɪ.ti ɪz ðə ˈmʌð.ə(r) əv ɪn.ˈven.ʃn̩] [US: nə.ˈse.sə.ti ˈɪz ðə ˈmʌð.r̩ əv ˌɪn.ˈven.ʃn̩]

a noite toda/inteira adverb

all night(entire night)
adverb
[UK: ɔːl naɪt] [US: ɔːl ˈnaɪt]

contra todas as expectativas preposition

against all odds(despite seemingly insurmountable opposition or probability)
preposition

de uma vez por todas adverb

once and for all(Finally, permanently, conclusively)
adverb
[UK: wʌns ənd fɔː(r) ɔːl] [US: ˈwəns ænd ˈfɔːr ɔːl]

deixai toda a esperança phrase

abandon hope all ye who enter here(supposed inscription at the gate of hell)
phrase

dê a um homem um peixe e você o alimentará por um dia. Ensine-o a pescar e você o alimentará por toda uma vida phrase

give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime(more worthwhile to teach someone than do it for them)
phrase

em toda parte adverb

everywhere(at all places)
adverb
[UK: ˈev.rɪ.weə(r)] [US: ˈev.ri.ˌwer]

fazer todas as vontades de verb

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

obrigado a todas interjection
{f}

thank you allinterjection

pau para toda obra noun

jack of all trades, master of none(person who has a competent grasp of many skills)
noun

pau pra toda obra noun

jack of all trades(one competent in many endeavors)
noun
[UK: dʒæk əv ɔːl treɪdz] [US: ˈdʒæk əv ɔːl ˈtreɪdz]