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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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- little, live, lively, living, local, logical, lonely, long, look, loose, lord, lose, lost, loud, loudly, love, lovely, low, loyal


loose


- adjective
- solto

EN His whole body was shaking with fright, his arm was shaking and his crumpled burning livid hand shook like a loose leaf in the air.
PT Todo o corpo lhe tremia de medo, o braço arriava e a mão contraída, ardente, lívida, palpitava como uma folha solta no ar.
- Fonte: JOV (1160)
- amplo

EN The president, wrapped in a heavy loose cloak, was coming towards them along one of the walks, reading his office.
PT O presidente, envolto numa ampla e pesada capa, vinha na sua direcção ao longo de uma álea, lendo o livro de horas.
- Fonte: JOV (3910)
- frouxo

EN A louse crawled over the nape of his neck and, putting his thumb and forefinger deftly beneath his loose collar, he caught it.
PT Um piolho começou a arrastar-se pela sua nuca acima. Apanhou-o introduzindo habilmente o polegar e o indicador debaixo do colarinho frouxo.
- Fonte: JOV (4687)
- folgado

EN His muscles had wasted away to knotty strings, and the flesh pads had disappeared, so that each rib and every bone in his frame were outlined cleanly through the loose hide that was wrinkled in folds of emptiness.
PT Os seus músculos definhados eram agora cordas nodosas e a carne desaparecera, de tal modo que todo o esqueleto se desenhava com nitidez perfeita através da pele folgada que se desdobrava em pregas de vazio.
- Fonte: SEL (1044)
- revolto

EN He had loose red-brown hair and tender shapely strong freckled hands.
PT O irmão tinha os cabelos revoltos, ruivos, as mãos sensíveis, bem modeladas, fortes, cobertas de sardas.
- Fonte: JOV (4551)
.....--- break loose
- libertar-se

EN The Yukon was straining to break loose the ice that bound it down.
PT O rio Yukon lutava por se libertar da prisão de gelo que o sepultava.
- Fonte: SEL (1075)