Palavra Inglês do Dia

minute

minuto

Definições

inglês > português

minute

1. Substantivo. minuto.

inglês > inglês

minute

1. n. A unit of time equal to sixty seconds (one-sixtieth of an hour).

You have twenty minutes to complete the test.

2. n. (informal) A short but unspecified time period.

Wait a minute, I’m not ready yet!

3. n. A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a degree.

We need to be sure these maps are accurate to within one minute of arc.

4. n. (chiefly in the minutes) A (usually formal) written record of a meeting or a part of a meeting.

Let’s look at the minutes of last week’s meeting.

5. n. A unit of purchase on a telephone or other network, especially a cell phone network, roughly equivalent in gross form to sixty seconds' use of the network.

If you buy this phone, you’ll get 100 free minutes.

6. n. A point in time; a moment.

7. n. A nautical or a geographic mile.

8. n. An old coin, a half farthing.

9. n. (obsolete) A very small part of anything, or anything very small; a jot; a whit.

10. n. (architecture) A fixed part of a module.

11. n. (slang) A while or a long unspecified period of time

Oh, I ain't heard that song in a minute!

12. v. Of an event, to write in a memo or the minutes of a meeting.

I’ll minute this evening’s meeting.

13. v. To set down a short sketch or note of; to jot down; to make a minute or a brief summary of.

14. adj. Very small.

They found only minute quantities of chemical residue on his clothing.

15. adj. Very careful and exact, giving small details.

The lawyer gave the witness a minute examination.

português > inglês

minuto

1. n-m. minute (60 seconds)

Num minuto. - In a minute.

2. v. verb form of minutar

Pronúncia

Exemplos

Give me a minute.
    Dê-me um minuto.
For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.
    Em cada minuto de raiva você perde sessenta segundos de paz de espírito.
May I go out for a minute?
    Posso sair por um momento?
Give me a minute with her.
    Me dê um minuto com ela.
Could you stand behind my car for a minute and tell me if my brake lights are working?
    Poderias ficar atrás do meu carro por um minuto e dizer-me se as minhas luzes de travagem estão a funcionar?

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