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Definições

inglês > português
walk
     1. Substantivo. caminhada
     2. Verbo. andar, caminhar
           He walked fast to the other side of the street. (Ele andou depressa para o outro lado da rua.)
inglês > inglês
walk
     1. v. (intransitive) To move on the feet by alternately setting each foot (or pair or group of feet, in the case of animals with four or more feet) forward, with at least one foot on the ground at all times
           To walk briskly for an hour every day is to keep fit.
     2. v. (intransitive, colloquial, legal) To "walk free", i.e. to win, or avoid, a criminal court case, particularly when actually guilty.
           If you can’t present a better case, that robber is going to walk.
     3. v. (intransitive, colloquial, euphemistic) Of an object, to go missing or be stolen.
           If you leave your wallet lying around, it’s going to walk.
     4. v. (intransitive, cricket, of a batsman) To walk off the field, as if given out, after the fielding side appeals and before the umpire has ruled; done as a matter of sportsmanship when the batsman believ
     5. v. To travel (a distance) by walking.
           I walk two miles to school every day.  The museum’s not far from here – you can walk it.
     6. v. To take for a walk or accompany on a walk.
           I walk the dog every morning.  Will you walk me home?
     7. v. (transitive, baseball) To allow a batter to reach base by pitching four balls.
     8. v. To move something by shifting between two positions, as if it were walking.
           I carefully walked the ladder along the wall.
     9. v. To full; to beat cloth to give it the consistency of felt.
     10. v. To traverse by walking (or analogous gradual movement).
           I walked the streets aimlessly.   Debugging this computer program involved walking the heap.
     11. v. (transitive, aviation) To operate the left and right throttles of (an aircraft) in alternation.
     12. v. (intransitive, colloquial) To leave, resign.
           If we don't offer him more money he'll walk.
     13. v. To push (a vehicle) alongside oneself as one walks.
     14. v. To behave; to pursue a course of life; to conduct oneself.
     15. v. To be stirring; to be abroad; to go restlessly about; said of things or persons expected to remain quiet, such as a sleeping person, or the spirit of a dead person.
     16. v. (obsolete) To be in motion; to act; to move.
     17. v. (transitive, historical) To put, keep, or train (a puppy) in a walk, or training area for dogfighting.
     18. v. (transitive, informal, hotel) To move a guest to another hotel if their confirmed reservation is not available on day of check-in.
     19. n. A trip made by walking.
           I take a walk every morning
     20. n. A distance walked.
           It’s a long walk from my house to the library
     21. n. (sports) An Olympic Games track event requiring that the heel of the leading foot touch the ground before the toe of the trailing foot leaves the ground.
     22. n. A manner of walking; a person's style of walking.
           The Ministry of Silly Walks is underfunded this year
     23. n. A path, sidewalk/pavement or other maintained place on which to walk. Compare trail.
     24. n. (poker) A situation where all players fold to the big blind, as their first action (instead of calling or raising), once they get their cards.
     25. n. (baseball) An award of first base to a batter following four balls being thrown by the pitcher; known in the rules as a "base on balls".
           The pitcher now has two walks in this inning alone
     26. n. In coffee, coconut, and other plantations, the space between them.
     27. n. (Caribbean, Guyana, Belize) An area of an estate planted with fruit-bearing trees.Lise Winer (ed.), Dictionary of the English/Creole of Trinidad and Tobago, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2008, p.(n
     28. n. (historical) A place for keeping and training puppies for dogfighting.
     29. n. (historical) An enclosed area in which a gamecock is confined to prepare him for fighting.
     30. n. (graph theory) A sequence of alternating vertices and edges, where each edge's endpoints are the preceding and following vertices in the sequence.
     31. n. (colloquial) Something very easily accomplished; a walk in the park.
     32. n. (finance) A cheque drawn on a bank that was not a member of the London Clearing and whose sort code was allocated on a one-off basis; they had to be "walked" (hand-delivered by messengers).
português > inglês
andar
     1. v. to walk (to move on one’s feet)
           Estive andando o dia todo, procurando por você. - I’ve been walking all day, looking for you.
     2. v. (indtr, em, por, direct=1, qualdirect=somewhat formal) to walk (to travel through a given path)
           Já andei essa estrada mil vezes. - I’ve walked this road a thousand times.
     3. v. (indtr, de) to ride; to take; to travel by (to use a given mode of transportation)
           Ela está andando de ônibus para economizar tempo. - She’s traveling by bus to save time.
           Andamos de cavalo ontem. - We rode horses yesterday.
     4. v. (copulative) to habitually or continuously be in the given state
           Bons amigos sempre andam juntos. - Good friends are always together.
           Ele anda deprimido. - He has been depressed.
     5. v. (auxiliary) to have been (to habitually or continuously do something)
           Ele anda tentando consertar aquele carro. - He has been trying to fix that car.
     6. v. (indtr, por) to be around; to be to (to visit or be within a given area)
           Eu já andei pela França e Itália. - I’ve already been to France and Italy.
           Faz algum tempo que o xerife não anda por aqui. - It's been some time since the sheriff has been around here.
     7. v. (indtr, com, intr=1) to hurry up (with) (to do something more quickly)
           Anda! - Hurry up!
           Preciso de andar com o projeto. - I need to hurry up with the project.
     8. v. to proceed; to pass; to go on (to continue in action)
           Os meses andam e eu continuo nesta situação. - The months pass and I continue on this situation.
           Esta fila não anda. - This queue doesn’t move.
     9. v. to function; to work
           Há meses que o meu relógio não anda. - My clock hasn’t been working for months.
     10. n-m. floor, storey (level of a building)
     11. n-m. (Portugal) apartment, flat
     12. n-m. gait, walk (manner of walking)

Pronúncia




Exemplos

I can walk for a week under the rain.
    Posso andar na chuva por uma semana.
The baby can't walk, much less run.
    O bebê não sabe andar, muito menos correr.
I went for a walk early in the morning.
    Fui dar uma caminhada de manhã cedo.
Daddy, I can't walk any more. Carry me.
    Papai, já não posso mais andar. Carrega-me.
Shall we walk or drive?
    Vamos a pé ou de carro?



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