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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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persistent


- adjective
- persistente

EN There is a patience of the wild _ dogged, tireless, persistent as life itself _ that holds motionless for endless hours the spider in its web, the snake in its coils, the panther in its ambuscade; this patience belongs peculiarly to life when it hunts its living food; and it belonged to Buck as he clung to the flank of the herd, retarding its march, irritating the young bulls, worrying the cows with their half-grown calves, and driving the wounded bull mad with helpless rage.
PT Existe, no entanto, uma paciência animal _ obstinada, incansável e persistente como a própria vida_ que mantém imóvel, durante várias horas esquecidas, a aranha na sua teia, a serpente em rosca e a pantera na emboscada, uma paciência muito peculiar da vida que caça alimento vivo. Ora esta mesma paciência animava Buck, que, sem largar o rebanho, lhe retardava a marcha, irritava os jovens machos, perseguia as fêmeas com crias e lançava o macho ferido num desespero de raiva impotente.
- Fonte: SEL (1560)