Palavra Inglês do Dia
animal
animal
Definições
| inglês > português |
| animal |
| 1. Adjetivo. animal |
| 2. Substantivo. animal |
| inglês > inglês |
| animal |
| 1. n. In scientific usage, a multicellular organism that is usually mobile, whose cells are not encased in a rigid cell wall (distinguishing it from plant, plants and fungi) and which derives energy solely |
| A cat is an animal, not a plant. Humans are also animals, under the scientific definition, as we are not plants. |
| 2. n. In non-scientific usage, any member of the kingdom Animalia other than a human. |
| 3. n. In non-scientific usage, any land-living vertebrate (i.e. not fish, fishes, insect, insects, etc.). |
| 4. n. (figuratively) A person who behaves wildly; a bestial, brutal, brutish, cruel, or inhuman person. |
| My students are animals. |
| 5. n. (informal) A person of a particular type. |
| He's a political animal. |
| 6. n. matter, Matter, thing. |
| a whole different animal |
| 7. adj. Of or relating to animals. |
| animal instincts |
| 8. adj. Raw, base, unhindered by social codes. |
| animal passions |
| 9. adj. Pertaining to the spirit or soul; relating to sensation or innervation. |
| 10. adj. (slang) Excellent |
| português > inglês |
| animal |
| 1. adj. (biology) animal (relating to animals) |
| 2. adj. (derogatory, of a person) brute (senseless, unreasoning) |
| 3. adj. (Brazil, colloquial) cool; awesome |
| 4. n-m. (biology) animal (any member of the kingdom Animalia) |
| 5. n-m. (non-scientific usage) animal (an animal other than a human, especially a vertebrate) |
| 6. n-m. (colloquial) twat; idiot; moron |
| 7. n-m. (colloquial) beast (a cruel person) |
Pronúncia
Exemplos
| A dog is sometimes a dangerous animal. Às vezes um cão é um animal perigoso. The horse is a very useful animal. O cavalo é um animal muito útil. Man is the only animal that can talk. O homem é o único animal capaz de falar. Man is by nature a political animal. O homem é por natureza um animal político. Man is the only animal that talks. O homem é o único animal que fala. |
Reveja Palavras Prévias
| mouth | sixty-one | road | foot |
| spirit level | gutter | razor blade | dinner |
| hill | umbrella | river | five |
| orchestra | summer | fifty-three | chair |
| bone | dressing table | submarine | mother-in-law |
| bowl | stretch | stationery | spice |
| May | scientist | thirty-three | blink |
| autumn | church | prawn | monkey |
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