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WordReference English-Portuguese Dictionary © 2026:
| search⇒ vi | (look for [sth]) | procurar, buscar v int |
| | The detectives searched for days, but they could not find any evidence. |
| | Os detetives procuraram por dias, mas não conseguiram encontrar nenhuma evidência. |
| search for [sth] vi + prep | (look for [sth]) | procurar v int |
| | He is searching for his keys. |
| | Ele está procurando por suas chaves. |
| search [sth]⇒ vtr | (look in, examine) (olhar em, examinar) | vasculhar, procurar vt |
| | The police searched the building but there was no sign of the kidnapper. |
| | A polícia vasculhou (or: procurou no) o prédio, mas não havia nenhum sinal do sequestrador. |
| search [sth] for [sth/sb] vtr + prep | (examine for) | vasculhar vt |
| | Jessica searched her office for her keys. |
| | Jessica vasculhou o escritório dela atrás das chaves. |
| search for [sth] vi + prep | (look on internet) (na Internet) | procurar, buscar vt |
| | He searched for the answer online. |
| | Ele procurou a resposta on-line. |
| search [sb]⇒ vtr | (frisk) | revistar vt |
| | The security guard searched everybody who entered the building. |
| | O segurança revistou todos que entraram no prédio. |
| search n | (attempt to find) | procura, busca sf |
| | The search for his brother continued. |
| | My search for a first edition of my mother's favourite book was successful in the end. |
| | A procura pelo irmão dele continuou. Minha busca pela primeira edição do livro favorito da minha mãe foi bem sucedida no fim. |
| search n | (using internet to find [sth]) (internet) | busca sf |
| | Emma's search for images of the moon landings returned a lot of results. |
| | Ela fez uma busca pelo termo "sesquipedaliano" para descobrir o que significava. |
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WordReference English-Portuguese Dictionary © 2026:
| body search n | (on prisoner, suspect) | busca corporal sf |
| body-search [sb]⇒ vtr | (prisoner, suspect) | conduzir uma busca corporal expres |
| fingertip search n | UK, figurative (meticulous search) | busca minuciosa sf |
| | A fingertip search took place at the scene of the crime. |
| go in search of [sth/sb] v expr | (set out to find) (procurar) | em busca de, à procura de expres |
| | Richard went in search of the lost cat. |
hard credit check,
hard credit search,
hard credit pull,
hard inquiry n | (check: affects credit score) | verificação de crédito detalhada sf |
| in search of prep | (looking for, seeking) (procurando) | em busca de, à procura de expres |
| | We were out in search of hot cheap food. |
| search area n | (where you look for [sth]) | área de busca sf |
| | The police have extended the search area for the missing boy. |
| search engine n | (internet searches) (internet) | ferramenta de busca loc sf |
| | (internet) | motor de busca loc sm |
| | Type a keyword into your search engine and view the results. |
| | Digite uma palavra-chave na sua ferramenta de busca e veja os resultados. |
search engine optimization,
also UK: search engine optimisation n | (computing: improving website visibility) | otimização para mecanismos de busca sf + prep + loc smpl |
search friendly,
search-friendly adj | (web page: returned via search) (página internet) | amigável às ferramentas de busca expres |
| | | otimizado para ferramentas de busca expres |
| Nota: A hyphen is used when adj comes before the noun it modifies |
| | The tutorial explains how to build a search-friendly website. |
| search me interj | slang (I don't know) | Sei lá! interj |
| | | Que sei eu?! interj |
| | | Como vou saber?! interj |
| | | Quer me revistar?! interj |
| | Q: Who ate my cookies? A: Search me - I just got here. |
| search mission n | (operation to look for [sth], [sb]) (militar) | missão de busca loc sf |
| | The general sent out a search mission to locate the enemy. |
| search party n | (group searching for missing person) | equipe de busca sf |
| | A search party has set off up the mountain to look for the missing climber. |
| | People from the neighbourhood are forming a search party to find the missing boy. |
| search through [sth] vi + prep | (look or rummage among) | procurar em expres v |
| | I searched through my luggage but couldn't find my passport. |
| search-engine friendly adj | (web page: returned via search) (informática, internet) | amigável às ferramentas de busca expres |
| | | otimizado para ferramentas de buscar expres |
| | You need to make your website as search-engine friendly as possible. |
seek and destroy,
search and destroy v expr | (military: find and kill) (militar) | procurar e destruir expres v |
soft credit check,
soft credit search,
soft credit pull,
soft credit inquiry n | (check: does not affect credit score) | consulta de crédito sf |
| strip search n | (inspection: clothes removed) (inspeção na qual as roupas são tiradas) | revista sf |
| | | geral sf |
| | The police officers carried out a strip search of the man who they had arrested. |
| strip-search [sb]⇒ vtr | (inspect without clothes) | inspecionar alguém desnudo expres v |
| | The US Marsals strip-searched the passenger who was suspected of carrying drugs. |
word search,
wordsearch n | (puzzle: words hidden in grid) | caça palavras loc sm |
| | Wordsearches contain letters which can be read horizontally, vertically, and diagonally. |