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Palavra Inglês do Dia

boy



rapaz
rapaz


Definições

inglês > português
boy
     1. Substantivo. garoto, rapaz, jovem
     2. Substantivo. menino
inglês > inglês
boy
     1. n. A young male, particularly
           Kate is dating a boy named Jim.
     2. n.          A male child or teenager, as distinguished from infants or adults.
     3. n. (diminutive) A male child: a son of any age.
     4. n. (affectionate, diminutive) A male of any age, particularly one rather younger than the speaker.
     5. n. (obsolete) A male of low station, (especially as pejorative) a worthless male, a wretch; a mean and dishonest male, a knave.
     6. n. (now rare and usually offensive outside some Commonwealth nations) A male servant, slave, assistant, or employee, particularly:
     7. n.          A younger such worker.
     8. n.          (historical, or offensive) A non-white male servant regardless of age, particularly as a form of address.
     9. n.          (obsolete) A male camp follower.
     10. n. (now offensive) Any non-white male, regardless of age.
     11. n. A male animal, especially, in affectionate address, a male dog.
           C'mere, boy! Good boy! Who's a good boy?
           Are you getting a boy cat or a girl cat?
     12. n. (historical, military) A former low rank of various armed services; a holder of this rank.
     13. n. (US, slang) Heroin.
     14. interj. Exclamation of surprise, pleasure or longing.
           Boy, that was close!
           Boy, that tastes good!
           Boy, I wish I could go to Canada!
     15. v. to use the word boy to refer to someone
           Don't boy me!
     16. v. to act as a boy (in allusion to the former practice of boys acting women's parts on the stage)
português > inglês
rapaz
     1. n-m. boy
     2. n-m. young man, lad, youngster
     3. interj. (Brazil) dude!; damn! (said in awe, excitement, surprise, concern, etc.)

Pronúncia




Exemplos

The boy asked his mother a question.
    O filho fez uma pergunta à mãe.
The boy standing over there is my son.
    O menino em pé ali é meu filho.
That boy's hair is black.
    O cabelo deste menino é preto.
The boy was good at mathematics so everybody considered him a genius.
    O garoto era bom em matemática, então todos o consideraram um gênio.
I don't know who that boy is.
    Não sei quem é esse rapaz.



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