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Computational Linguistics Group, 2008
University of Vigo

English-Portuguese CLUVI Dictionary

(Based on the CLUVI Corpus of the University of Vigo)



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- able, absent, absolute, absolutely, abstract, academic, acceptable, account, accurate, accused


able


- adjective
- capaz

EN He told me, as far as I was able to understand him, that he was in danger of his life.'
PT Tanto quanto fui capaz de entender, contou-me que a sua vida corria perigo.
- Fonte: CRI (1052)
- dotado

EN Apart from the habit of exaggeration which they had from her, and from the implication (which was true) that she asked too many people to stay, and had to lodge some in the town, she could not bear incivility to her guests, to young men in particular, who were poor as church mice, 'exceptionally able', her husband said, his great admirers, and come there for a holiday.
PT À parte o hábito de exagerar que dela tinham herdado, e da consideração (que era justificada) de que convidava gente demais para casa, e de que tinha de alojar alguns hóspedes na cidade, não poderia tolerar faltas de educação para com os seus convidados, em especial para com os jovens, que eram uns pelintras, "excepcionalmente dotados", como dizia o marido, grande admirador deles, e que vinham ali passar as férias.
- Fonte: RUM (28)