Palavra Inglês do Dia
can
Definições
| inglês > português |
| can |
| 1. Verbo. (Auxiliar modal) ser capaz de, indica habilidade |
| Fred can play piano. (Fred sabe tocar piano) |
| 2. Verbo. (Auxiliar modal) ter a permissão de |
| Thelma can go in now, call her. (Thelma pode entrar agora, avise ela) |
| 3. Substantivo. lata |
| The can was put on the bin. (A lata foi posta no lixo) |
| 4. Verbo. enlatar |
| 5. Verbo. descartar uma ideia |
| 6. Verbo. silenciar |
| 7. Verbo. (Eufemia) despedir |
| inglês > inglês |
| can |
| 1. v. (auxiliary verb, defective) To know how to; to be able to. |
| She can speak English, French, and German. I can play football. Can you remember your fifth birthday? |
| 2. v. (modal auxiliary verb, defective, informal) May; to be permitted or enabled to. |
| You can go outside and play when you're finished with your homework. Can I use your pen? |
| 3. v. (modal auxiliary verb, defective) To have the potential to; be possible. |
| Can it be Friday already? |
| Teenagers can really try their parents' patience. |
| Animals can experience emotions. |
| 4. v. (auxiliary verb, defective) Used with verbs of perception. |
| Can you hear that?. |
| I can feel the baby moving inside me. |
| 5. v. (obsolete, transitive) To know. |
| 6. n. A more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids, usually of steel or aluminium, but sometimes of plastic, and with a carrying handle over the top. |
| 7. n. A container used to carry and dispense water for plants (a watering can). |
| 8. n. A tin-plate canister, often cylindrical, for preserved foods such as fruit, meat, or fish. |
| 9. n. (archaic) A chamber pot, now (US, slang) a toilet or lavatory. |
| Shit or get off the can. |
| Bob's in the can. You can wait a few minutes or just leave it with me. |
| 10. n. (US, slang) Buttocks. |
| 11. n. (slang) Jail or prison. |
| Bob's in the can. He won't be back for a few years. |
| 12. n. (slang) Headphones. |
| 13. n. (archaic) A drinking cup. |
| 14. n. (nautical) A cube-shaped buoy or marker used to denote a port-side lateral mark |
| 15. n. A chimney pot. |
| 16. v. To preserve, by heating and sealing in a can or jar. |
| They spent August canning fruit and vegetables. |
| 17. v. to discard, scrap or terminate (an idea, project, etc.). |
| He canned the whole project because he thought it would fail. |
| 18. v. To shut up. |
| Can your gob. |
| 19. v. (US, euphemistic) To fire or dismiss an employee. |
| The boss canned him for speaking out. |
Exemplos
| You can do that, can't you? Você não consegue fazer isso, não é? How can you not like horses? Como você pode não gostar de cavalos? I can't drink this stuff. Eu não posso beber esse negócio. Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. Faça o que puder, com o que tiver, onde estiver. You can use my car as long as you drive it carefully. Você pode usar meu carro, contanto que dirija com cuidado. |
Reveja Palavras Prévias
| sixty-one | road | foot | spirit level |
| gutter | razor blade | dinner | hill |
| umbrella | river | five | orchestra |
| summer | fifty-three | chair | seventy-five |
| black | fifty-eight | cable car | pedestrian |
| chocolate | morning | shovel | floor |
| thigh | almond | stomach | syringe |
| July | ash | minute | boy |
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