| Formas compostas: |
| Inglês | Português |
| as far back as prep | (long ago) | nos tempos de expres |
| na época de expres |
| As far back as Cleopatra's time, sugaring has been used as a hair removal technique. |
| as far back as prep | (from a point in the past) | cerca de loc prep |
| These cave paintings are believed to date as far back as 17,000 years. |
| ask [sth] back vtr + adv | (pose question in return) | perguntar de volta expres v |
| Audrey asked me a question, but I wasn't sure what she meant, so I asked her a question back. |
| at the back adv | (in, towards the rear) (Halloween: ir de porta em porta) | pedido de doces ou travessuras loc sm |
| We went to the cinema and sat at the back. |
| back and forth adv | (move: to and fro) | para frente e para trás loc adv |
| para lá e para cá loc adv |
| de um lado para outro loc adv |
| The little girl rocked back and forth on the swing. |
back and forth,
back-and-forth adj | (movement: to and fro) | para frente e para trás loc adj |
| para lá e para cá loc adj |
| de um lado para outro loc adv |
| Nota: Hyphens are used when the term is an adjective. |
| It is relaxing to sit on the beach and watch the back-and-forth motion of the waves. |
back and forth,
back-and-forth n | informal (conversation) | conversa sf |
| (BRA, informal) | papo sm |
| Rebecca could hear the back and forth of a conversation outside her window. |
| back bench n | UK (Parliament: junior members) (estrangeirismo, membros do Parlamento) | back bench loc sm |
| Nota: A hyphen is used when the term is an adjective |
| back-bench n as adj | UK (Parliament: junior) (estrangeirismo, membro do parlamento) | back bench loc sm |
| back cover n | (book: rear outer part) (poupança para o futuro) | fundo fiduciário loc sm |
| fundo de garantia loc sm |
| The back cover had a brief description of the story. |
| back door n | (building: rear door) | porta dos fundos loc |
| In this house the back door opens directly into the kitchen. |
| Nessa casa a porta dos fundos fica na cozinha. |
| back end n | (rear part) | parte traseira |
| He cruelly likened her appearance to the back end of a bus! |
| back end n | (software: data access layer) (anglicismo) | back end sm |
| As a developer, Tim works on the back end of this web app. |
| back home adv | informal (in your town or country of origin) | no seu país loc |
| na sua terra loc |
| Doris missed her life back home in Australia. |
| Doris sentia saudades da vida no seu país, a Austrália. |
| back home adv | (to your house again) | de volta para casa loc |
| Steve drove us back home after the party. |
| Steve nos levou de volta para casa depois da festa. |
| back in action adj | informal (functioning or performing again) | de volta à ativa expres |
| The doctor said I will be back in action in a few days, as soon as the scarring heals. |
| O médico disse que eu estarei de volta à ativa em alguns dias, assim que as cicatrizes se curarem. |
| back in action adj | figurative, informal (at work again) | de volta à ativa expres |
| tentar de novo expres v |
| After being away so long, we are all happy to see her back in action. |
| Depois de ficar fora tanto tempo, todos estamos felizes em vê-la de volta à ativa. |
| back in the day expr | (introduces reminiscence) | antigamente adv |
| naquela época expres |
| naquele tempo expres |
| Back in the day, we only had a handful of TV channels. |
| back in the saddle adv | figurative, informal (at work again) (figurado) | de volta ao trabalho expres |
| It felt good to be back in the saddle after three months of sick leave. |
| Foi bom estar de volta ao trabalho depois de três meses de licença. |
| back into [sth] vi + prep | (enter by reversing) | entrar de ré expres v |
| Jeff looked into the rear-view mirror as he backed into the parking space. |
| back [sth] into [sth] vtr + prep | (vehicle: reverse into) | entrar de ré em expres v + prep |
| dar ré em expres v + prep |
| My wife always has trouble backing the car into the driveway. |
| back into [sth/sb] vi + prep | (hit by reversing) (carro) | dar ré loc v |
| He wasn't paying attention and backed into the bollard. |
| back [sth] into [sth/sb] vtr + prep | (vehicle: hit while reversing) | bater de ré em expres v + prep |
| Matt accidentally backed his car into a lamppost. |
| Back off! interj | (move away from me) | para trás interj |
| Back off! Don't touch me! |
| Back off! interj | (stop harassing me) | deixar em paz expres v |
| Back off, Dad! I'll do my homework later! |
| back office n | (administrative department) | administração loc sf |
| All the staff from the back office are going to the pub – do you want to come? |
| O pessoal da administração vai a um pub hoje, você quer ir? |
| back order n | (order for [sth] out of stock) | pedido em espera loc |
| If your item is not in stock, the company will place a back order for you. |
| Se não tivermos o seu item no estoque, a empresa colocará o pedido em espera. |
| back pay n | (law: wages for previous work) | salário atrasado sm |
| salário retroativo sm |
| The court has ordered that Mr Smith's former employer pay him £20,000 in back pay. |
| back pressure n | (force going against flow) | contrapressão sf |
| An obstruction in the water pipe was causing back pressure. |
| back road n | (not a main route) | estrada secundária loc |
| They got lost somewhere in the back roads of Devon. |
| Eles se perderam em algum ponto das estradas secundárias de Devon. |
| back rub n | (massage) | massagem nas costas sf |
back seat,
backseat n | (seat at back of a vehicle) | banco de trás sm |
| Nota: The two-word form is more common. |
| Children under 12 should sit in the back seat of a vehicle. |
back shift,
backshift n | (work period: afternoon, evening) | turno vespertino e noturno sm |
the back shift,
the backshift npl | (afternoon, evening workers) | trabalhadores vespertinos e noturnos sm pl |
| back slang n | (backwards spelling) (falar ao contrário) | gíria sf |
| back straight n | (part of a racecourse, track) | reta oposta sf + adj |
| back then adv | (in those days) | naqueles tempos loc adv |
| Back then most people didn't even have cell phones. |
| Naqueles tempos, a maioria das pessoas não tinha sequer celular. |
| back to back adv | (with backs together) | costas com costas loc |
| Stand back to back so I can see who is taller. |
| Fiquem de pé costas com costas para que eu possa ver quem é mais alto. |
back to back,
back-to-back adj | figurative (consecutive) | consecutivo adj |
| Nota: A hyphen is used when the adjective precedes the noun. |
| The team was able to win back-to-back games for the first time in a month. |
| O time conseguiu ganhar jogos consecutivos pela primeira vez em um mês. |
| back to front adv | (clothing: wrong way around) (roupas ao contrário) | de trás para a frente loc adv |
| back to front adv | figurative (completely, thoroughly) (completamente) | de trás para a frente expres |
| I've read this book so many times that I know it back to front. |
| back to normal adv | (reverting to usual state) | de volta ao normal loc adv |
| In television, at the end of an episode usually everything goes back to normal. |
| back to school expr | (return to school after vacation) | volta às aulas expres |
| The sign above the supermarket shelf laden with books and stationery read "Back to school". |
| A volta às aulas das crianças começa em 6 de setembro esse ano. |
| back-to-school adj | (relating to return to school) | de regresso à escola loc adj |
| Nota: Hyphens are used when the term is an adjective. |
| We like to buy our children's clothes at back-to-school sales, when the prices are low. |
| back to the drawing board adv | figurative, informal (starting over) | de volta ao rascunho expres |
| back when adv | (at a time in the past when) (num tempo passado) | quando adv |
| Back when I was a boy, there was no such thing as Nintendo Wii. |
back yard,
backyard (US),
back garden (UK) n | (rear garden) | quintal sm |
| They sit in the backyard and read all summer. |
| Eles sentavam no quintal e liam durante todo o verão. |
| back yard n | UK (rear paved area) | quintal sm |
back yard,
backyard n | figurative (own vicinity) (figurado) | quintal sm |
| backyard n as adj | US (in rear garden) | quintal sm |
| back-burner [sth]⇒ vtr | US, informal (give low priority to, delay) | colocar em segundo plano loc v |
| back-double n | often plural (short cut through city or town) | atalho sm |
| Audrey made her way to Tania's house through the back-doubles. |
| back-end n as adj | (phase: final) (fase) | final adj |
| back-end n as adj | (computer program) (anglicismo, informática) | back-end sm |
| back-end n as adj | (part of [sth] that is not seen) | de retaguarda loc adj |
| back-order [sth]⇒ vtr | (order [sth] out of stock) | comprar algo fora de estoque vt + loc sm |
| back-to-back adj | UK (houses: terraced) | geminada adj |
| The family of ten lived in a poky back-to-back house. |
backbreaking,
back-breaking adj | figurative (work: strenuous, arduous) (trabalho) | extenuante, cansativo, exaustivo adj |
| Frank did back-breaking work on the farm for over 50 years. |
backcountry,
back-country,
back country n | (remote or undeveloped area) (área remota) | sertão sm |
| (área não desenvolvida) | roça sf |
backcountry,
back-country,
back country n as adj | (relating to a remote area) | roça sf |
| sertão sm |
backflip,
back flip n | (backwards somersault) | salto-mortal sm |
| salto para trás loc n |
backpedal,
back-pedal vi | (pedal backwards) (pedalar para trás) | recuar v int |
backpedal,
back-pedal vi | figurative, informal (go against [sth] previously said) (figurado: ir contra algo dito antes) | voltar atrás vi + adv |
backroom,
back room n | (private area to rear of a building) | fundos sm pl |
backroom,
back room n | figurative (private area) | área privativa sf |
backscratcher,
back-scratcher,
back scratcher n | (tool for scratching back) | coçador de costas loc sm |
| utensílio para coçar as costas loc sm |
backseat,
back-seat n as adj | (in the seat at back of a vehicle) (no banco traseiro) | atrás adv |
| This car is fitted with three backseat seatbelts. |
backseat,
back-seat n as adj | US, figurative (secondary, subordinate) | subordinado adj |
backstabbing,
back-stabbing n | figurative, informal (betrayal) | traição sf |
backstabbing,
back-stabbing adj | figurative, informal ([sb]: disloyal) | desleal adj |
backstory,
back story n | (fiction: character's background) (ficção: passado de personagem) | história sf |
| The movie does not reveal the hero's tragic backstory until the final scene. |
backstreet,
back street n | often plural (street off main road) | tradução indisponível |
| Walking down one of Venice's back streets, the tourist realised she was lost. |
backstreet,
back-street n as adj | (street: off main road) | rua isolada sf + adj |
| This tiny backstreet restaurant serves surprisingly good food. |
backstreet,
back-street n as adj | figurative (clandestine or illegal) (figurado) | clandestino, ilícito adj |
backtalk,
back talk,
back-talk vi | (make insolent retort) | responder insolentemente loc v |
backtalk [sb],
back-talk [sb]⇒ vtr | (make insolent retorts to [sb]) | responder com insolência loc v |
| Don't you dare backtalk me, young lady! |
| Não te atrevas responder-me com insolência, menina! |
backup,
back-up n | (support) | apoio, reforço sm |
| ajuda sf |
| When the policeman realized he couldn't handle the situation alone, he called for backup. |
| Quando o policial percebeu que não conseguiria controlar a situação sozinho, ele pediu apoio. |
backup,
back-up n | (duplicate copy) (estrangeirismo) | backup sm |
| cópia de segurança loc |
| This is a backup; the original copy is in the filing cabinet. |
| Isso é um backup; a cópia original está no armário. |
backup,
back-up n | (accumulation) | acúmulo sm |
| There is a backup of paperwork that we need to file by the end of the day. |
| Tem um acúmulo de documentos que temos que arquivar até o fim do dia. |
backup,
back-up n | informal (traffic jam) | engarrafamento sm |
| There is a backup on the interstate just north of the city. |
| Tem um engarrafamento na rodovia interestadual ao norte da cidade. |
backup,
back-up n as adj | (alternative) (anglicismo: alternativa, reserva) | backup sm |
| reserva sf |
| I'm going to keep my old laptop as a backup computer just in case my new one breaks down. |
