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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

I have a friend whose father is an animal doctor.
    Tenho um amigo cujo pai é veterinário.
The fish in the water is silent, the animal on the earth is noisy, the bird in the air is singing. But Man has in him the silence of the sea, the noise of the earth and the music of the air.
    O peixe na água é silencioso, o animal sobre a terra é ruidoso, o pássaro no ar está cantando. Mas o Homem contém em si o silêncio do mar, o ruído da terra e a música do ar.
Man can be defined as the animal that can say I, that can be aware of himself as a separate entity.
    Pode-se definir o homem como o animal que é capaz de dizer eu, que pode ter consciência de si mesmo como uma entidade separada.
Man is the only animal that can laugh.
    O homem é único animal que ri.
Life in prison is worse than the life of an animal.
    A vida na prisão é pior do que a vida de um animal.

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