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| additive-free adj | (no artificial ingredients) | sem aditivos loc adj |
| alcohol-free beer n | (beer containing no alcohol) | cerveja sem álcool loc sf |
| | Bob drinks alcohol-free beer when he is the designated driver. |
| | Bob bebe cerveja sem álcool quando é o motorista da vez. |
| break free vi + adj | (escape) (escapar) | livrar-se, libertar-se vp |
| | Stan works in an office, but dreams of breaking free and joining a rock band. |
| | Os dois condenados poderiam finalmente se livrar da gangue. |
| break free from [sb] v expr | (escape) | escapar vt |
| | | libertar-se vp |
| | The hostage broke free from his captors and ran to safety. |
| break free from [sth] v expr | (escape) | escapar vt |
| | | libertar-se vp |
| | The two convicts were finally able to break free from the chain gang. |
| | Os dois condenados puderam finalmente escapar do trabalho forçado. |
bug-free,
bug free adj | (code, software) (código, software) | sem bugs loc adj |
| Nota: The hyphen may be omitted when the adjective follows the noun. |
caffeine-free,
caffeine free adj | (without caffeine) | sem cafeína loc adj |
| Nota: The hyphen may be omitted when the adjective follows the noun. |
childfree,
also UK: child-free adj | (having no children by choice) (sem filhos) | livre de crianças loc adj |
childfree by choice,
childless by choice,
also UK: child-free by choice expr | (voluntarily having no children) | sem filhos por escolha loc adj |
| | Glen and his wife are childless by choice, although they have three dogs. |
| commission free adv | (without money taken out) | livre de taxas loc adj |
| | | livre de comissões loc adj |
| | Many companies offer employees the opportunity to buy company stock on a commission free basis. |
cruelty-free,
cruelty free adj | (obtained without harming animals) | sem crueldade loc adj |
| | | livre de crueldade loc adj |
| Nota: The hyphen may be omitted when the adjective follows the noun. |
customs-free,
customs free adj | (law: no duty) | sem taxas de alfândega loc adj |
| Nota: The hyphen may be omitted when the adjective follows the noun. |
dairy free,
dairy-free adj | (containing no milk products) | sem lactose loc adj |
| Nota: The hyphen may be omitted when the adjective follows the noun. |
duty free,
duty-free adj | (law: exempt from customs tax) | livre de imposto loc adj |
| | | duty free loc adj |
| | (de impostos) | isento adj |
| Nota: The hyphen may be omitted when the adjective follows the noun. |
| | Airports are a great place to do some duty-free shopping. |
| duty-free goods npl | (merchandise free of customs tax) | mercadorias livres de taxas aduaneiras |
| | Duty-free goods can be purchased only by those who are over 18 years of age. |
| duty-free shop n | UK (airport: untaxed goods store) | loja duty-free |
| | You must show your boarding pass at the checkout counter of the duty-free shop. |
| EFTA n | initialism (European Free Trade Association) | Associação Europeia de Comércio Livre expres |
fancy-free,
fancy free adj | (no commitments, carefree) | descomprometido, desajuizado, leviano adj |
| Nota: The hyphen may be omitted when the adjective follows the noun. |
fat-free,
fat free adj | (food: containing no fats) (comida: sem teor de gordura) | sem gordura loc adj |
| Nota: The hyphen may be omitted when the adjective follows the noun. |
| | I bought some fat-free yogurt, but it doesn't taste as good as the real thing! It is a mistake to think that because a food is fat-free, it's also free of calories. |
| feel free interj | informal (please do, go ahead) | sinta-se à vontade interj |
| | | vá em frente! interj |
| | If you ever want to borrow a book, feel free. |
| | Se você quiser um livro emprestado, sinta-se à vontade. |
| feel free to do [sth] v expr | informal (do [sth] freely) | fique à vontade expres v |
| | Please feel free to call if you need any help. |
| | Tara told Leo that he should feel free to borrow her car whenever he liked. |
| | Por favor, sinta-se à vontade para ligar se precisar de alguma ajuda. // Tara disse a Leo que ele deveria se sentir à vontade para pegar o carro dela quando quisesse. |
| for free adv | informal (free of charge, without paying) | de graça |
| | Joe somehow managed to get hold of some concert tickets for free. |
foul line,
free throw line n | (on basketball court) (basquetebol) | linha de lance livre loc sf |
| | | foul line sf |
| | The crowd fell silent as the player stepped up to the foul line. |
fragrance-free,
fragrance free adj | (unscented) | sem odor loc adj |
| | | sem perfume loc adj |
| Nota: The hyphen may be omitted when the adjective follows the noun. |
| free admission n | (no cost to enter) | entrada franca, entrada livre loc sf |
| | Tickets cost $20, except on Tuesdays when the museum offers free admission. |
| free agent n | ([sb] independent) (pessoa independente) | agente livre loc smf |
| free agent n | (sports: non-contract player) (esp: jogador profissional sem contrato) | agente livre loc smf |
| | His contract with the Yankees has expired so now he's a free agent. |
| free as a bird adj | informal (really free) (informal) | livre como um passarinho |
| | When this school year is over, I'll be free as a bird. |
| free association n | (spontaneous response to words) (método na psicologia onde o paciente faz associações de forma fluente) | livre associação, associação livre loc sf |
| | Let's do free association: I'll say a word and you say the first word that comes to mind. |
| free association n | (right to associate with anyone) (direito de associar-se livremente) | livre associação, associação livre loc sf |
| | We have the right to free association in this country. |
| free choice n | (unrestricted options) (opções ilimitadas) | livre escolha loc sf |
| | You can only control your own life by exercising your own free choice. |
| free choice n | ([sth] chosen freely) (algo escolhido livremente) | livre escolha loc sf |
| free citizen n | (has unrestricted freedoms) | cidadão livre loc sm |
| free clinic n | (offers free medical care) (clínica com tratamento gratuito) | posto de saúde loc sm |
| | This free clinic has been providing health care to the uninsured since the '60s. |
| free competition n | (business: no trading restrictions) (livre concorrência no mercado) | mercado livre loc sm |
| | Free competition cannot exist where the government is controlling the market. |
| free enterprise n | (liberal economics) | livre iniciativa |
| | The G8 is a group of nations who share a belief in free enterprise as the best route to growth. |
| free fall n | (fall: subject to gravity) | queda livre loc sf |
| | The plane went into free fall when both engines stalled. |
| free fall n | (part of jump: no parachute) | queda livre loc sf |
| | Baumgartner is going to perform a free fall from 120,000 feet. |
| free fall n | figurative (sharp decline) (figurado) | queda livre loc sf |
| | The global economy went into free fall in the fall of 2008. |
free flowing,
free-flowing adj | (fluid, moving easily) (literal) | fluente, fluido, doce adj |
| Nota: A hyphen is used when the adjective precedes the noun |
| | A little work with this plunger and we'll have this drain free flowing again. |
| | The Yellowstone River is free flowing: it has no dams anywhere on its course. |
free flowing,
free-flowing adj | figurative (without constraints) (figurativo) | sem regras loc adj |
| | Their free-flowing discussion touched on everything from their jobs to their relationships. |
free form,
freeform n | (improvised style) (estilo improvisado) | forma livre loc sf |
| | Free form is a type of jazz introduced in the 1950s. |
| free from adj | (not containing) (que não contém) | livre de prep |
| | The river was free from pollution before the factory was built nearby. |
| free gift n | ([sth] offered free with a purchase) (algo gratuito que vem com compra) | bônus sm |
| free hand n | (unrestricted freedom) | carta branca loc sf |
| free house n | UK (independently-owned pub) | operador livre sm + adj |
| free kick n | (sport: kick awarded after a foul) (esp: maneira de recolocar a bola no jogo depois de uma falta) | tiro livre loc sm |
| free love n | dated (extra-marital or promiscuous sex) (antiquado, fora de uso: sexo extraconjugal) | amor livre sm |
| free man n | ([sb] who is not in prison) | homem livre loc sm |
| | He'll be on probation for the rest of his life, so he isn't really a free man. After ten years of a bad marriage, I am once again a free man. |
| free market n | (economic system with price competition) | mercado livre sm |
| free-market n as adj | (relating to free market) | de livre mercado loc adj |
| free memory n | (computing: storage capacity left) (computação) | memória livre sf |
| | My husband's computer has gotten really slow because it is running out of free memory. |
free of [sth],
free from [sth] expr | (not containing) (que não contém) | livre de loc adj |
| | I try to use personal care products that are free of artificial scents. |
| | Tento usar produtos de cuidados pessoais livres de aromas artificiais. |
| free of charge adj | (having no cost) (sem custo) | gratuito adj |
| | | grátis adj |
| | The film was rubbish but it's okay because the seats were free of charge. |
| | O filme foi terrível, mas tudo bem porque os lugares foram gratuitos. |
| free of charge adv | (at no cost) | livre de custo loc adv |
| | | gratuito adj |
| | | gratuitamente adv |
| | | grátis adj |
| | Breakfast is provided free of charge. |
| | O café da manhã é oferecido gratuitamente. |
| free of cost adj | (not requiring payment) (sem necessidade de pagar) | livre de custo loc adj |
| | Anti-pollution measures are never free of cost. |
| free pass n | (access to [sth] at no cost) (acesso livre sem custos) | passe livre loc sm |
| | The package includes free passes to all the park attractions. |
| free port n | (port open to commercial vessels) (porto) | porto livre loc sm |
| | | porto franco loc sm |
free port,
free port area,
free zone n | (area open to commercial vessels) (área) | porto livre loc sm |
| | | porto franco loc sm |
free range,
free-range adj | (farm animal: roaming freely) (criação: em liberdade) | caipira adj |
| | Free-range chickens are not kept in small cages. |
free range,
free-range adj | (produce: from free-range animals) (produto: de animais da roça) | caipira adj |
| | Eggs generally cost more if they're free range. |
| free rein n | (full control, unhampered freedom) (figurado: sem controle) | rédea solta sf |
| free ride n | slang (get without working for it) (lucro que não depende de trabalho) | benesse sm, sf |
| Nota: hyphen used when term is an adj before a noun |
| | There are no free rides here: if you don't work, you don't eat. |
| free rider n | slang (person: freeloader) (gíria - pessoa que vive à custa de outros) | parasita sm, sf |
free running,
freerunning n | (activity: type of parkour) (tipo de parkour) | free running estrang |
| free sample n | (taster of [sth] offered at no charge) | amostra grátis loc sf |
| | When I was a child, I loved to eat free samples at the grocery store. |
| free space n | (unused memory or storage) (inf, memória não usada) | espaço livre loc sm |
| free speech n | (speech unrestrained by censorship) | discurso livre loc sm |
| | Seventy percent of Americans agreed that people should have the right to free speech. |
| free spirit n | (non-conformist) (dissidente, rebelde) | não conformista, espírito livre loc adj |
| | She's a free spirit: she wears what she likes, does what she likes, and doesn't care what anybody thinks. |
| free state n | US, historical (US state prohibiting slavery) (histórico: sem escravidão) | estado livre loc sm |
| | Not all of the Union states were free states; four were slave states. |
| | Nem todos os estados da União eram estados livres; quatro eram estados escravos. |
| free thought n | (rationalism) (racionalismo) | pensamento livre loc sm |
| free throw n | (basketball throw) (basquetebol: depois da falta) | lançamento livre loc sm |
| free ticket n | (entitlement to [sth] at no cost) | bilhete gratuito, passe livre loc sm |
| | I've got some free tickets to the theatre – would you like to come? |
| free time n | (leisure hours) | tempo livre sm + adj |
| | | horas livres sf + adj |
| | She often reads in her free time. |
| | Ela normalmente lê em seu tempo livre. |
| free trade n | (unrestricted commerce) | livre-comércio sm |
| | The USA has a free trade agreement with Mexico and Canada. |
free trade area,
free trade zone n | (country: unrestricted commerce) | área, zona de livre comércio loc sf |
| | The purpose of NAFTA is to make North America a free trade area. |
| free trial n | (sample of [sth] at no charge) | teste grátis loc sm |
| | If you want to check our new vehicles, just give us a call and we'll schedule a free trial. |
| free verse n | (poetry format) (versos que não possuem restrição métrica) | verso livre loc sm |
| | Walt Whitman wrote free verse in the 19th century. |
| free weights npl | (handheld weights used for exercise) | peso livre loc sm |
| | I work out with 5-lb free weights and a resistance band. |
| free will n | (choice, freedom to choose) (liberdade de escolha) | livre-arbítrio sm |
| | Are all things preordained by God or does the individual have free will? |
| | Todas as coisas são pré-ordenadas por Deus ou o indivíduo tem livre-arbítrio. |
| free woman n | (female: not captive or incarcerated) | mulher livre sf + adj |
| free world n | (democratic nations) (nações democráticas) | mundo livre loc sm |
| | The Cold war divided the world into two halves: the free world and the communist world. |
| free yourself vi | (unburden yourself of [sth]) | livrar-se, libertar-se vp |
| | No one else can cure your addiction; you must free yourself. |
| free yourself from [sth/sb] vtr | (reject, throw off) | livrar, libertar de vt |
| | | afastar-se vp |
| free yourself from a promise v expr | (undo a promise) (evitar compromisso assumido) | descomprometer-se vp |
| free yourself from an obligation v expr | (avoid having to fulfil a duty) | desobrigar-se vp |
| free-floating adj | (not attached to anything) | flutuante adj |
| free-for-all n | informal (fight, argument open to everyone) | alvoroço sm |
| | | zorra sf |
| | | escarcéu sm |
free-form,
freeform n as adj | (improvised or unplanned) (improvisado ou não planejado) | improvisado adj |
| free-form machine quilting n | (patchwork sewn by machine) | patchwork feito a máquina loc sm |
| free-living adj | (plant, animal: not parasitic) | epífita adj |
| free-living adj | (person: indulging appetites) | comilão, glutão adj |
| free-spirited adj | (independent) (independente) | de espírito livre loc adj |
| freeboard n | (distance: deck to water) | bordo livre sm+adj |
freecycle [sth],
free-cycle [sth]⇒ vtr | (recycle by giving away) | doar vt |
freediving,
free diving,
free-diving n | (sport: skin diving) (esp: mergulho utilizando somente o ar contido nos pulmões) | mergulho livre loc sm |
| | | apneia sf |
| | The resort offers a number of activities for guests, including scuba diving and freediving. |
freelance,
free-lance adj | (working for self) (BRA) | autônomo adj |
| | (POR) | independente adj |
| | Mike worked as a freelance journalist. |
| | Mike trabalhava como jornalista autônomo. |
| | O Mike trabalhava como jornalista independente. |
freelance,
free-lance adj | (work: independent) (BRA) | autônomo adj |
| | (POR) | independente |
| | The teacher did some freelance tutoring in the evenings to make extra money. |
| | O professor dava tutoria autônoma à tarde para fazer um dinheiro extra. |
| | O professora dava aulas independentes à noite para ganhar dinheiro extra. |
freelance,
free-lance,
free lance n | informal (self-employed or contract worker) (informal, BRA) | autônomo adl |
| | (POR) | trabalhador independente, trabalhador por conta própria loc sm |
| | I used to work for a big corporation but now I'm a freelance. |
| | Eu costumava trabalhar para uma grande empresa, mas agora eu sou autônomo. |
| | Costumava trabalhar para uma grande empresa, mas agora sou trabalhador independente. |