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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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- plain, plate, platform, pleasant, pleased, pocket, poetry, point, police, polite, political, pool, poor, popular, position, positive, possible, possibly, potential


polite


- adjective
- educado

EN She has only to lift a little finger and ask for something in a polite voice -- and the whole train runs.
PT Basta-lhe levantar o dedo e pedir o que quer que seja com uma voz educada... que põe logo toda a gente no comboio a mexer-se.
- Fonte: CRI (935)
- delicado

EN His door was open, but I sort of knocked on it anyway, just to be polite and all.
PT A porta do quarto estava aberta, mas eu bati com os nós dos dedos na ombreira, para ser delicado.
- Fonte: AGU (163)
- cortês

EN He was very deferential and polite as he explained their errand.
PT Mostrou-se muito deferente e cortês enquanto explicava a incumbência deles.
- Fonte: CRI (4209)
- polido

EN -- As for that, Stephen said in polite parenthesis, we are all animals.
PT Quanto a isso _ disse Stephen à maneira de um parêntese polido _ somos todos animais.
- Fonte: JOV (4075)