What does grandes in Portuguese mean?
What is the meaning of the word grandes in Portuguese? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use grandes in Portuguese.
The word grandes in Portuguese means grandes empresas, caçador de animais grandes, de olhos arregalados, mergulhador de grandes profundidades, passar por grandes provações, Grandes Lagos, grandes potências, ter grandes chances, grandes perdas, grandes esperanças, grandes ideais, grande, zona de queda de grandes quantidades de neve, emborcar. To learn more, please see the details below.
Meaning of the word grandes
grandes empresasnoun (large businesses collectively) Big business is expected to maintain America's ability to compete in the world market. |
caçador de animais grandesnoun (hunts large animals) President Theodore Roosevelt was a conservationist, but also a big-game hunter. |
de olhos arregaladosadjective (figurative, informal (with bulging eyes) (locução adjetiva: Duas palavras juntas com função adjetiva. Normalmente, preposição+substantivo; preposição+advérbio.Ex. (estrada) de ferro = férrea; (dor) no abdômen = abdominal, etc.) |
mergulhador de grandes profundidadesnoun ([sb] who scuba dives at great depths) Mergulhadores de grandes profundidades estão tentando consertar o vazamento do oleoduto. Deep-sea divers are trying to repair the leaking oil-pipe. |
passar por grandes provaçõesverbal expression (go to a lot of effort to do) (figurado, esforçar-se bastante) (expressão: Para as expressões idiomáticas, ditados populares, expressões em geral. Ex. "gato escaldado tem medo de água fria"; "cara de pau".) |
Grandes Lagosplural noun (US (group of lakes in North America) (grupo de lagos da América do Norte) Only one of the Great Lakes is entirely within the U.S.; the others form the Canadian border. |
grandes potênciasplural noun (politics: leading states) (política: estados mais poderosos) The great powers will take up the question at the UN next week. |
ter grandes chancesverbal expression (be likely to succeed) (expressão verbal: Expressão usada como verbo. Ex. "se dar bem com"; "ter medo de". Também para elementos compostos mais longos, como expressões idiomáticas e ditados que começam com um verbo.) I have a good chance of winning the race. |
grandes perdasplural noun (many people killed or injured) (muitas pessoas mortas ou feridas) France suffered heavy casualties in the Second World War. |
grandes esperançasplural noun (great expectations) (expectativas) Melissa has high hopes concerning her new job and its opportunites for advancement. |
grandes ideaisplural noun (idealistic outlook) I had high ideals when I was a student but am more realistic now. |
grandeadjective (big, extensive) (adjetivo: Modifica o sustantivo. Pode ser possessivo, numeral, demonstrativo ("casa grande", "mulher alta").) There was a large-scale protest against the Iraq war in Washington, DC. |
zona de queda de grandes quantidades de nevenoun (region of heavy snowfall) (expressão: Para as expressões idiomáticas, ditados populares, expressões em geral. Ex. "gato escaldado tem medo de água fria"; "cara de pau".) |
emborcartransitive verb (pejorative, informal (gulp, drink greedily) (verbo transitivo: Verbos que possuem complemento, direto ou indireto. Ex. "oferecer ajuda", "gostar de música", etc.) Jerry swilled the wine, emptying the glass almost immediately. |
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