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| Inglês | Português |
| animated short n | (short animated film) | curta animado loc sm |
| fall short v expr | (not be satisfactory) | não alcançar, estar aquém expres v |
| The boy's grades fell short of his father's expectations. |
| As notas do garoto não alcançaram as expectativas do pai. |
| fall short v expr | (not be sufficient) | não alcançar, estar aquém expres v |
| The amount of water in the reservoir falls short of our targets this year. |
| A quantidade de água no reservatório não alcança nossas metas desse ano. |
| for a short time adv | (briefly) | por um tempo curto, por um momento loc adv |
| He'd only lived in the apartment for a short time - about two weeks. |
| for short adv | (as an abbreviation) | para abreviar loc adv |
| The boy's name is Nishant, but his friends and family call him Nish for short. |
| get short shrift from [sb] v expr | (be treated curtly by) | receber pouca atenção de expres |
give [sb] short shrift,
give short shrift to [sb] v expr | (deal curtly with) | dar pouca atenção expres |
| have a short fuse v expr | figurative (lose your temper easily) (perder o controle facilmente) | ter pavio curto expres |
| hold short v expr | (aircraft: stop landing short of runway intersection) (estrangeirismo, aviação) | hold short expres |
| (aviação, land and hold short operations) | LAHSO abrev |
| in a short time adv | (soon) | em pouco tempo, em breve loc adv |
| I'll have it finished in a short time – please be patient. |
| in a short time adv | (within a brief span of time) | em pouco tempo loc adv |
| rapidamente adv |
| In a short time, the fire spread to the other buildings. |
| Em pouco tempo, o fogo se espalhou para os outros edifícios. |
| in a short while adv | (soon) | em pouco tempo loc adv |
| brevemente adv |
| in a short while adv | (within a brief span of time) (em curto espaço de tempo) | daqui a pouco, logo |
| (informal) | daqui a pouquinho dim |
| (informal) | já já |
| in short adv | (in summary, in brief) | em resumo loc adv |
| resumindo vt |
| In short, the film is well worth seeing. |
| Em resumo, o filme vale a pena ser visto. |
| in short order adv | US, figurative (quickly) | em curto prazo |
| num curto espaço de tempo expres |
| in short supply expr | (few available) | baixo estoque expres |
| in the short run expr | (short term) | a curto prazo loc adv |
| The strategy is likely to be successful only in the short run. |
| in the short term adv | (temporarily, for a brief time in the future) (temporariamente) | num prazo curto loc adv |
the long and short of it is,
the long and the short of it is that expr | informal (in summary) | em suma expres |
| (informal) | curto e grosso expres |
| The long and short of it is that I'm pregnant. |
| Em suma: estou grávida. |
| make short work of [sth] expr | (do [sth] quickly) | fazer rapidamente vt + adv |
| The project entailed a huge amount of translation, but Audrey made short work of it. |
| O projeto envolveu uma enorme quantidade de tradução, mas Audrey o fez rapidamente. |
| make short work of [sth/sb] expr | (deal with summarily) | lidar rapidamente com expres v |
| The professor made short work of her student's rather poor arguments. |
nothing less than [sth],
nothing short of [sth] expr | (with noun: only) | nada menos que loc conj |
| Nothing short of a full apology will mollify him. |
nothing less than [sth],
nothing short of [sth] expr | (with adjective: utterly) | nada menos que expres |
| His behaviour was nothing short of rude. |
on short notice,
at short notice,
on a moment's notice,
at a moment's notice adv | (with little warning) | em cima da hora loc adv |
| de repente loc adv |
| Her appointment was cancelled on short notice. |
| I'm sorry to ask you on such short notice, but I only found out about this yesterday. |
| run short v expr | (stocks: get low) | estar acabando expres v |
| estar no fim expres v |
| I see the sugar is running short; we'd better buy some next time we go shopping. |
run short of [sth],
run short on [sth] v expr | (have little or few left) | ficar sem expres |
| ficar em falta expres |
| We're running short of toilet paper. Could you pick some up on your way home? |
| short account n | (finance: account of short seller) (mercado financeiro) | conta a termo loc sf |
| short and sweet adj | (brief, concise) | rápido e rasteiro expres |
| curto e grosso expres |
| He kept his answers to the police short and sweet. |
| short answer n | (concise reply) (resposta concisa) | resposta curta sf |
| resposta concisa sf |
| Does he get along with his family? The short answer is no. |
| short circuit n | (electrical malfunction) | curto circuito sm |
| short description n | (brief account) | breve descrição sf |
| Please give us a short description of your new proposal. |
| short distance n | (brief interval in space) (curto intervalo de espaço) | curta distância sf |
| distância curta sf |
| The taxis are only a short distance from the train station. |
| short film n | (movie less than feature length) | curta-metragem sf |
| The director won an Oscar for his short film about space. |
| short fuse | (quick temper) (figurado, temperamento instável) | pavio curto sm |
| short hair n | (hair: close-cropped) | cabelo curto sm |
| Short hair was fashionable for women in the 1920s. |
| short hairs | slang (pubic hair) (gíria, pelos pubianos) | pentelhos sm pl |
| short haul n | (journey: short distance) | curta distância loc sf |
| Nota: A hyphen is used when the term is an adjective that precedes the noun. |
| short-haul n as adj | (over short distance) | de curta distância loc adj |
| short iron n | (golf club) (tipo de taco de golfe) | ferro curto loc sm |
| short line | (short bus or rail route) (figurado, transporte, ônibus ou trem) | linha curta loc sf |
| short memory n | (tendency to forget quickly) (tendência a se esquecer rapidamente) | memória curta sf |
| I have a very short memory for people's names. |
| short memory n | (short-term recall) | memória curta sf |
| short notice n | (little warning) (pequena advertência) | advertência sf |
| Supply teachers often have only short notice to prepare their lessons. |
| short of [sth] expr | (other than) | além de loc conj |
| Short of a raid on the cookie jar, we won't have a snack. |
| short of doing [sth] expr | (other than do [sth]) | além de loc prep |
| (tirar: gerúndio, informal) | tirando vt |
| Short of replacing the whole engine, there is nothing you can do to solve the problem. |
| Além de substituir o motor inteiro, não há nada que você possa fazer para resolver o problema. |
| be short of [sth] v expr | (lacking) | quase sem expres |
| em falta de loc prep |
| I need to go shopping: we're short of bread and milk. |
| Preciso ir às compras: estamos quase sem pão e leite. |
| short of breath adj | (having difficulty breathing) | falta de ar loc subs |
| When Phil reached the top stair, he was short of breath. |
short order,
short-order n | US (food at diner, etc.) (restaurante, alimento preparado rápido) | comida rápida sf + adj |
| short pants npl | US (shorts, thigh-length trousers) (calças curtas e apertadas) | calças curtas sf pl |
| The weather's much too cold for you to wear short pants. |
| short period n | (brief or limited time) (tempo breve ou limitado) | curto período sm |
| The sale will only last a short period, so we should purchase it now. |
short position,
short interest,
short account n | (finance) (finanças) | venda a descoberto expres |
| (finanças) | posição vendida expres |
| short range n | (limited distance) | curto alcance adj + sm |
| short rate n | (insurance) (seguros) | taxa de curto prazo loc sf |
| (seguros) | taxa curta loc sf |
| The insurance agent showed his customer the amount of the short rate, which would apply if the insurance policy were to be cancelled early. |
| short sale | (finance) (finanças) | venda a descoberto loc sf |
| short scale n | (naming system for powers of a million) | escala curta sf + adj |
| short seller | (finance) (finanças) | baixista sf |
| short shorts npl | (hot pants) (calças curtas) | shorts curtos sm pl |
| I like to show off my legs in the summertime wearing short shorts. |
| short shrift n | historical (prisoner: brief confession time) (histórico, tempo dado aos condenados) | pequeno tempo de confissão expres |
| short skirt n | (above-the-knee or mini skirt) (saia acima dos joelhos ou mini-saia) | minissaia sf |
| saia curta sf |
| Her short skirt violated the school dress code. |
short staffed,
short-staffed adj | (not enough employees) | com falta de pessoal expres |
| quase sem pessoal expres |
| com poucos funcionários expres |
| Nota: A hyphen is used when the adjective precedes the noun. |
| short story n | (written fiction shorter than a novella) | conto sm |
| He wrote short stories about people living in rural areas. |
| Ele escrevia contos sobre pessoas vivendo em áreas rurais. |
short story writer,
short-story writer n | (author of short fiction) | escritor de contos sm |
| Edgar Allan Poe was a famous 19th-century American short story writer. |
| short temper n | (tendency to be quick to anger) (figurado, temperamento explosivo) | pavio curto loc sm |
| short term adj | (temporary, not long-lasting) | a curto prazo loc adv |
| de curto prazo loc adv |
| My short-term educational goal is to graduate college. |
| Minha meta educacional a curto prazo é me formar na faculdade. |
| short time n | (brief period) (breve período) | por pouco tempo loc adv |
| por um breve período loc adv |
| During the short time that I knew Anne, she never failed to impress me. |
short time,
short-time n | (temporarily working for less pay) | emprego temporário sm + adj |
short ton,
net ton n | (unit of weight) (unidade de medida americana, 907 kg) | tonelada curta loc sf |
| short trousers n | UK, dated (knee-length pants) | bermudas sf pl |
| short version n | (abridged or condensed form) (forma abreviada ou condensada) | versão abreviada sf |
| versão reduzida sf |
| This is just a short version of the full-length movie production. |
| short version n | informal (concise account) (descrição concisa) | versão abreviada sf |
| versão reduzida sf |
| I'll give you the short version now and tell you the full story later. |
| short way n | (little distance) (distância pequena) | distância curta sf |
| distância pequena sf |
| (informal) | caminho curto sm |
| It's only a short way to the grocery store. |
| short-circuit⇒ vi | (malfunction electrically) | ter curto-circuito expres v |
| short-circuit [sth]⇒ vtr | (cause to malfunction electrically) | dar curto-circuito expres v |
| The flooding in the basement short-circuited the freezer. |
| As inundações no porão causaram um curto-circuito no freezer. |
| short-circuit [sth] vtr | figurative (procedure: not follow) (figurado) | interromper vt |
| The construction company put pressure on the council to short-circuit the planning permission process. |
| A empresa de construção pressionou o conselho para interromper o processo de permissão de planejamento. |
| short-circuit [sth] vtr | US, figurative (impede, thwart) | impedir vt |
| retardar vt |
| Bad weather short-circuited our plans for a picnic. |
| O tempo ruim impediu nossos planos para um piquenique. |
| short-dated adj | (financial security: under 5 years to run) | de curto prazo loc adj |
| short-haired adj | (having short hair) | cabelo curto loc sm |
| short-lived adj | (brief) | curto adj |
| breve adj |
| The revolt was short-lived: it was all over within a week. |
| short-range n as adj | (covering a limited distance) | a curta distância loc adj |
| short-run adj | (short period of time) | curto prazo loc adj |
short-sleeved,
short-sleeve adj | (shirt: sleeves above elbow) | de manga curta loc adj |
| Theodore wore a short-sleeved shirt to the summer wedding. |
| short-stay adj | (accommodation: for short period) | estada de curta duração loc sf |
| short-tempered adj | (easily angered) (amuado, facilmente irritável) | ranzinza adj |
| rabugento adj |
| irritadiço adj |
| I can get very short-tempered when things don't go my way. |
| short-term memory n | (capacity for recall over a brief period) (capacidade de lembrar após um breve período) | memória de curto prazo sf |
| His short-term memory began to fail when he reached 80 years of age. |
| short-winded adj | (short of breath) | com falta de ar loc adj |
shortchange [sb] (US),
short-change [sb] (UK)⇒ vtr | (return insufficient money to) | enganar no troco loc v |
shortchange [sb] (US),
short-change [sb] (UK) vtr | informal, figurative (cheat out of [sth], deprive of [sth]) (inf., fig.) | enganar, ludibriar, defraudar vt |
| (informal) | passar a perna loc v |
shortcrust,
shortcrust pastry,
short crust n | UK (light crumbly pastry) (confeitos) | pastelzinho sm |
| short-cut [sth]⇒ vtr | (use a shortcut on [sth]) (encurtar) | pegar atalho expres v |
| Don't try to short-cut this process; it won't work if you do. |
| short-cut⇒ vi | (use a shortcut) | usar atalho vt + sm |
| This is such a time-consuming process; is there a way to short-cut it? |
shorthanded,
short-handed adj | (lacking staff) | com falta de pessoal loc adj |
shorthanded,
short-handed adj | US, Can (sports team: lacking players) | com falta de jogadores loc adj |
shortlist,
short-list,
short list n | (list: chosen finalists) | lista de finalistas loc sf |
| pré-seleção sf |
| The book was on the shortlist for the Booker Prize last year. |
short-list,
shortlist vtr | often passive (choose as finalist) | pôr na lista de selecionados loc v |
| The author was surprised when her debut novel was shortlisted for a literature award. |
short-sighted (UK),
nearsighted (US) adj | (myopic) | míope adj |
| The test showed that Toby was shortsighted and needed glasses. |
short-sighted (UK),
shortsighted (US) adj | figurative (failing to plan ahead) (figurado) | míope adj |
| Congress' bill to reduce taxes on greenhouse gas companies was shortsighted. |
short-sightedness (UK),
nearsightedness (US) n | (vision clear at short distance only) | miopia sf |
short-sightedness (UK),
shortsightedness (US) n | figurative (inability to plan long-term) (figurado, dificuldade de ver o futuro) | miopia sf |
