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The Portuguese word for old is
velho





old

Portuguese Definition


old
     1. Adjetivo. velho



Translations for old and their definitions

velho ©
     1. adj. old; ancient (having existed for a long period of time)
           Esta escultura é velha. - This sculpture is old.
     2. adj. (of a living being) old; aged (having lived for most of the expected years)
           Pararei de trabalhar depois de ficar velho. - I will stop working after I become old.
     3. adj. (of an object) old (that has been used for a considerable period of time)
           Li um livro tão velho que as páginas ficavam caindo. - I read a book so old that the pages kept falling out.
     4. adj. old (obsolete or out-of-date)
           Essa teoria já está velha. - That theory is already obsolete.
     5. n-m. (sometimes offensive) an old person
     6. n-m. (slang) father
     7. n-m. (affectionate) husband, especially a middle-aged or elderly one
     8. n-m. (slang) an informal form of address for males of any age; bro
     9. interj. (Brazil) man!, dude! (emphatic interjection)


antigo
     1. adj. (relational) ancient (related to ancient times)
           Grécia Antiga - Ancient Greece
     2. adj. old (less often of people)
           um filme antigo - an old movie


de
     1. prep. of (in relation to)
           os amigos dele - the friends of him
     2. prep.          of (forms compounds; often untranslated)
                   fones de ouvido - phones of ear
                   acampamento de verão - summer camp
     3. prep.          of; about (on the subject of)
                   Do que estavam falando? - What were they talking about?
     4. prep.          of; -'s (belonging to)
                   a casa de alguém - someone's house
     5. prep.          -'s (made by)
                   Você provou o bolo da minha mãe? - Have you tried my mother’s cake?
     6. prep.          of (being a part of)
                   capa do livro - cover of the book
     7. prep.          of (introduces the month a given day is part of)
                   Primeiro de janeiro. - First of January.
     8. prep.          of (introduces the object of an agent noun)
                   Hitler foi um exterminador de judeus. - Hitler was an exterminator of Jews.
     9. prep.          of (introduces the name of a place following its hypernym)
                   A vila de Iorque. - The village of York.
     10. prep. of; -en (made or consisting of)
           De que é feito? - Of what is made this?
     11. prep.          -long (having the duration of)
                   um filme de duas horas - a two hour-long movie
     12. prep.          of (indicates the composition of a given collective or quantitative noun)
                   Milhares de pessoas vieram. - Thousands of people came.
     13. prep.          of (characterised by; having the given quality)
                   O templo não é mais um local de paz. - The temple is no longer a place of peace.
     14. prep. of (introduces the noun that applies a given adjective or past participle)
           Um balde cheio de água. - A bucket full of water.
     15. prep. from (born in or coming out of)
           De onde você é? - Where are you from?
     16. prep. by means of; by
           Eu sempre vou trabalhar de ônibus. - I always go to work by bus.
     17. prep. as (in the role of)
           Na festa, ele estava de bruxo. - At the party, he was dressed as a wizard.
     18. prep. in (wearing)
           Homens de Preto - Men in Black


usado
     1. adj. used
     2. adj. worn, worn-out
     3. Participle. past participle of usar


cansativo
     1. adj. tiring; tiresome


idoso
     1. adj. (usually of people) elderly; old
     2. n-m. elder; elderly person, oldtimer


com
     1. prep. with; against
           Lutamos com os nossos inimigos. - We fight against our enemies.
     2. prep. with; alongside; together with (in the company of)
           Lutamos com os nossos amigos. - We fight alongside our friends.
     3. prep. with (as a part or accessory of)
           Compramos uma casa com uma garagem e com dois andares. - We bought a house with a garage and with two storeys.
     4. prep. with (in support of)
           Quero saber se meus amigos estão comigo. - I want to know whether my friend are with me.
     5. prep. with; using (by means of)
           Escrevi o artigo com um lápis. - I wrote the article with a pencil.
     6. prep. with (as a consequence of)
           Com a falência da fábrica, ficamos desempregados. - With the bankruptcy of the factory, we ended up unemployed.
     7. prep. with; having
           Estou com a pior dor de cabeça que o mundo já viu. - I have the worst headache the world has ever seen.


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