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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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- purple, puzzled, quarter, question, quick, quickly, quiet, quite, rain, random, rapid, rapidly, rare, rather, rational, raw, read, reader, ready


random


- adjective
- casual

EN So some random light directing them from an uncovered star, or wandering ship, or the Lighthouse even, with its pale footfall upon stair and mat, the little airs mounted the staircase and nosed round bedroom doors.
PT assim, com uma certa luz-casual a orientá-la, vinda de uma estrela descoberta, de um navio vagueante, ou mesmo do Farol, com suas pálidas passadas sobre o degrau e a esteira, a pequena corrente-de-ar ascendia a escada e farejava as portas dos quartos.
- Fonte: RUM (1963)
.....--- at random
- ao acaso

EN He could not grip the floor with his feet and sat heavily at his desk, opening one of his books at random and poring over it.
PT Não podendo poisar os pés no soalho, sentou-se pesadamente na sua carteira, abriu ao acaso um dos livros e pôs-se a olhá-lo fixamente.
- Fonte: JOV (2511)