Palavra Inglês do Dia

chair

cadeira

Definições

inglês > português

chair

1. Substantivo. cadeira

2. Substantivo. o líder de uma reunião, encontro, etc

3. Verbo. agir como o líder de uma reunião, encontro, etc

inglês > inglês

chair

1. n. An item of furniture used to sit on or in comprising a seat, legs, back, and sometimes arm rests, for use by one person. Compare stool, couch, sofa, settee, loveseat and bench.

All I need to weather a snowstorm is hot coffee, a warm fire, a good book and a comfortable chair.

2. n. clipping of chairperson

Under the rules of order adopted by the board, the chair may neither make nor second motions.

3. n. (music) The seating position of a particular musician in an orchestra.

My violin teacher used to play first chair with the Boston Pops.

4. n. (rail transport) An iron block used on railways to support the rails and secure them to the sleepers, and similar devices.

5. n. (chemistry) One of two possible conformers of cyclohexane rings (the other being boat), shaped roughly like a chair.

6. n. (slang) (ellipsis of electric chair)

He killed a cop: he's going to get the chair.

The court will show no mercy; if he gets convicted, it's the chair for him.

7. n. A distinguished professorship at a university.

8. n. A vehicle for one person; either a sedan borne upon poles, or a two-wheeled carriage drawn by one horse; a gig.

9. v. To act as chairperson at; to preside over.

Bob will chair tomorrow's meeting.

10. v. To carry in a seated position upon one's shoulders, especially in celebration or victory.

11. v. (transitive, Wales, UK) To award a chair to (a winning poet) at a Welsh eisteddfod.

The poet was chaired at the national Eisteddfod.

português > inglês

cadeira

1. n-f. chair (item of furniture)

2. n-f. subject (at the university)

3. n-f. (anatomy) hip

Pronúncia

Exemplos

This is the most comfortable chair I've sat on in a long time.
    Esta é a cadeira mais confortável na qual sentei há muito tempo.
The cat is sitting on the chair and looking at the meat that's lying on the kitchen table.
    O gato está sentado na cadeira e olhando para a carne que está em cima da mesa da cozinha.
This chair is light.
    Esta cadeira é leve.
Hearing the news, he jumped out of his chair.
    Ao escutar a notícia, ele deu um pulo da cadeira.
There's nothing under the chair.
    Não tem nada debaixo da cadeira.

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