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thick

espesso

Definições

inglês > português

thick

1. Adjetivo. grosso:

He had such a thick neck that he had to turn his body to look to the side. (Ele tinha um pescoço tão grosso que ele precisava se virar para olhar para o lado.)

2. Adjetivo. de grossura, de espessura (acompanhando uma medida):

I want some planks that are two inches thick. (Quero algumas tábuas que tenham duas polegadas de espessura.)

3. Adjetivo. denso:

We walked through thick undergrowth. (Caminhamos por mato rasteiro e denso.)

Have you driven through thick fog? (Dirigiram em meio a neblina densa?)

4. Adjetivo. corpulento, robusto

5. Adjetivo. incompreensível, difícil de entender:

We had difficulty understanding him with his thick accent. (Tivemos problemas para compreendê-lo, com seu sotaque incompreensível.)

6. Adjetivo. cheio, lotado:

The room was thick with reporters. (A sala estava lotada de repórteres.)

As a baby, he had a thick head of hair. (Quando bebê, ele tinha muito cabelo.)

7. Adjetivo. (Informal) burro, estúpido:

What is the matter with you? Are you that thick? (O que há com você? Você é tão burro assim?)

8. Advérbio. de modo grosso, de maneira densa:

Snow lay thick on the ground. (A neve acumula-se grossamente no chão.)

Bread should be sliced thick to make toast. (O pão deve ser cortado em fatias grossas para se fazer torradas.)

9. Substantivo. a parte mais grossa de algo

10. Substantivo. calor, a parte mais intensa de algo:

It was mayhem in the thick of battle. (No calor da batalha, tudo estava um caos.)

inglês > inglês

thick

1. adj. Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension.

2. adj. Measuring a certain number of units in this dimension.

I want some planks that are two inches thick.

3. adj. Heavy in build; thickset.

He had such a thick neck that he had to turn his body to look to the side.

4. adj. Densely crowded or packed.

We walked through thick undergrowth.

5. adj. Having a viscous consistency.

My mum’s gravy was thick but at least it moved about.

6. adj. Abounding in number.

The room was thick with reporters.

7. adj. Impenetrable to sight.

We drove through thick fog.

8. adj. Difficult to understand, or poorly articulated.

We had difficulty understanding him with his thick accent.

9. adj. (informal) Stupid.

He was as thick as two short planks.

10. adj. (informal) Friendly or intimate.

They were as thick as thieves.

11. adj. Deep, intense, or profound.

Thick darkness.

12. adj. (dated) troublesome; unreasonable

13. adj. (slang) Curvy and voluptuous, and especially having large hips.

14. adj. topics, en, Size

15. adv. In a thick manner.

Snow lay thick on the ground.

16. adv. Thickly.

Bread should be sliced thick to make toast.

17. adv. Frequently; in great numbers.

The arrows flew thick and fast around us.

18. n. The thickest, or most active or intense, part of something.

It was mayhem in the thick of battle.

19. n. A thicket.

20. n. (slang) A stupid person; a fool.

21. v. (archaic, transitive) To thicken.

The nightmare Life-in-death was she, / Who thicks man's blood with cold. — Coleridge.

português > inglês

espesso

1. adj. dense, compact, opaque

2. adj. thick

3. adj. leafy

Pronúncia

Exemplos

I cannot read the thick book in a week.
    Não consigo ler o livro grosso em uma semana.
I'm currently reading a quite thick book.
    Atualmente estou lendo um livro bastante grosso.
I need a piece of wood about three inches thick.
    Preciso de um pedaço de madeira com cerca de três polegadas de espessura.

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