| Formas compostas: |
| Inglês | Português |
bomber jacket,
flight jacket,
aviator jacket n | (short coat) (BRA) | jaqueta de aviador loc sf |
| (POR) | casaco de aviador loc sm |
| Errol looks dashing in his new bomber jacket. |
| charter flight n | (privately-hired plane ride) | voo fretado sm + adj |
| (anglicismo) | voo charter sm + adj |
| The businessman didn't have time to wait for the scheduled flight, so he got his assistant to organize a charter flight. |
| O empresário não teve tempo de esperar pelo voo programado e, por isso, conseguiu que seu assistente organizasse um voo fretado. |
| charter flight n | (seasonal plane route) | voo fretado sm + adj |
| (anglicismo) | voo charter sm + adj |
| The tour company offers charter flights between Pristina and Verona. |
| connecting flight n | (plane journey: correspondence) (aviação) | voo de conexão sm |
| Your connecting flight will depart in 20 minutes. |
| direct flight n | (nonstop flight) | voo direto loc sm |
| I paid extra for a direct flight from Lyon to London. |
| domestic flight n | (plane journey within a country) | voo doméstico loc sm |
| I don't know what it is like to go through customs at the airport, I have only flown on domestic flights. |
| fight or flight n | (instinctive response) | lutar ou fugir expres |
| fight-or-flight n as adj | (denoting instinctive response) | enfrentar ou fugir expres |
flight attendant,
cabin attendant n | (air steward, hostess) | comissário de bordo, assistente de bordo sm |
| (BRA) | aeromoça sf |
| hospedeira, hospedeira de bordo, assistente de bordo sf |
| The flight attendant demonstrated how to use the oxygen masks. |
| O comissário de bordo demonstrou como usar as máscaras de oxigênio. |
| flight deck n | (deck of aircraft carrier) | convés de voo sm |
| flight deck n | (plane: cockpit) | cabine sf |
| cockpit estrang |
| flight delay n | (plane's late departure or arrival) | atraso no voo loc sm |
| I was at the airport for six hours because of a flight delay. |
| flight instructor n | ([sb] who trains pilots) | instrutor de voo loc sm |
| flight of fancy n | often plural (far-fetched imaginings) (figurado, imaginação exacerbada) | viagem sf |
| The scientist had flights of fancy about the benefits of his new drug. |
| flight of steps n | (set of stairs) | lance de escada loc sm |
| flight plan n | (course or itinerary of an aircraft) | plano de vôo loc sm |
| flight schedule n | (itinerary of an aircraft) | itinerário de voo loc sm |
| flight ticket n | (ticket for a plane journey) | passagem aérea sf |
| in flight adv | (flying in the air) | durante o voo loc adv |
| Sparrows are incredibly agile in flight. |
| in-flight adj | (taking place during a plane journey) (que acontece dentro duma aeronave) | a bordo loc adj |
| I enjoy watching in-flight movies when I travel by air. |
| powered flight n | (motor-assisted flying) (voo assistido por motor) | voo motorizado loc sm |
| Powered flight was developed in the early 20th century. |
preflight,
also UK: pre-flight adj | (before a plane journey) (antes de uma viagem de avião) | pré-voo adj |
| antes do voo loc adv |
| The pilot did his preflight check prior to leaving the gate. |
| solo flight n | (plane journey: pilot flying alone) | voo solo loc sm |
| She made the first solo flight across Antarctica. |
spaceflight,
space flight n | uncountable (journeying by spacecraft) | viagem espacial loc sf |
spaceflight,
space flight n | (journey made by a spacecraft) | viagem espacial loc sf |
| supersonic flight n | (faster-than-sound plane journey) (viagem em avião mais rápido que o som) | vôo supersônico sm |
| take flight v expr | (start to fly) (começar a voar) | voar vt |
| decolar vt |
| A large flock of pigeons took flight when I walked into the plaza. |
| take flight v expr | (flee, escape) (fugir, escapar) | fugir vt |
| sumir vt |
| escapar vt |
| When they heard me crashing through the bushes, the deer took flight. |
| take flight v expr | (launch, grow) (informal, figurado) | deslanchar v int |
| He was amazed by how quickly the new company took flight. |
| test flight n | (aircraft's trial journey) (viagem de teste de aeronave) | ensaio em voo loc sm |
| Something went wrong during the test flight and the plane crashed. |
| top flight n | informal, figurative (highest quality) (da melhor qualidade) | excelência sf |
| de primeira categoria loc sf |
top flight,
top-flight n as adj | informal, figurative (highest quality) | de primeira qualidade loc adj |
| Nota: A hyphen is used when the adjective precedes the noun. |
| My husband attended a top-flight engineering school. |
| transatlantic flight n | (plane journey over the Atlantic ocean) (viagem de avião sobre o Atlântico) | voo transatlântico loc sm |
| wine flight n | (wine-tasting event) | degustação de vinhos loc sf |
