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| Traduções principais | WordReference English-Portuguese Dictionary © 2026: | ducking n | historical (submersion of suspected witch) | mergulho sm | | | | imersão sf | | | During the Salem Witch Trials, many women were executed by ducking. | | ducking n | (pushing [sb] underwater) | mergulhar vt | | | No ducking is one of the rules at the swimming pool. | | | Não mergulhar é uma das regras da piscina. |
| Traduções principais | WordReference English-Portuguese Dictionary © 2026: | duck n | (aquatic bird) (pássaro aquático) | pato sm | | | Do you see the ducks in the pond? | | | Você vê os patos no lago? | | duck n | (food: meat) | pato sm | | | We ate Peking duck at the Chinese restaurant. | | | Comemos pato laqueado no restaurante chinês. | | duck n | (movement to dodge [sth]) | esquiva sf | | | Larry made a quick duck to avoid hitting his head on the door frame. | | duck⇒ vi | (bend, lower head) | curvar-se vp | | | He ducked when the ball came flying at him. | | | Ele curvou-se quando a bola voou em sua direção. | | duck vi | (dodge) | desviar-se, esquivar-se vp | | | He ducked to the side when the ball came flying at him. | | | Ele desviou para o lado quando a bola veio voando em sua direção. | | duck [sth]⇒ vtr | (blow, missile: avoid) | desviar-se vp | | | | esquivar-se vp | | | The players had to duck a shower of various missiles as they left the pitch. | | | Os jogadores tiveram de se desviar durante uma chuva de projéteis enquanto saíam do campo. | duck under [sth],
duck behind [sth] vi + prep | (dive, hide) | esconder-se debaixo de, esconder-se atrás de vp | | | | mergulhar vp | | | To avoid saying hello, he ducked under a desk. | | | Para evitar dizer oi, ele se escondeu embaixo de uma mesa. | | duck under [sth] vi + prep | (plunge into water) | mergulhar v int | | | Ryan ducked under the water and resurfaced a few seconds later. |
| Traduções complementares | WordReference English-Portuguese Dictionary © 2026: | duck n | (cricket: nought) (críquete) | contagem de zero sf | | | He was out for a duck. | | | Ele saiu para uma contagem de zero. | duck,
ducks n | UK, informal (dear, darling) (informal) | querido sm | | | Cup of tea, duck? | duck,
duck cloth n | (fabric) (tecido de algodão) | brim sm | | | (tecido de algodão) | linho sm | | | The hammock is made of duck. | | | A rede é feita de brim. | | duck [sth]⇒ vtr | informal (obligation) | esquivar, evitar, escapar vt | | | She ducked her appointment and went to the cinema instead. | | | Ela escapou de seu compromisso e foi ao cinema. |
| Locuções verbais | WordReference English-Portuguese Dictionary © 2026: | duck out vi phrasal | informal (leave secretly) | sair de fininho expres v | | | I deliberately sat at the back of the room near the door so I could duck out if the meeting was boring. | | duck out of [sth] vi phrasal + prep | informal (leave secretly) | escapar, fugir v int | | | | cair fora, dar no pé loc v | | | She managed to duck out of the lecture without anyone seeing her. | | | Ela conseguiu escapar (or: fugir) da palestra sem que ninguém a visse. | | | Ela conseguiu cair fora (or: dar no pé) da palestra sem que ninguém a visse. | | duck out of [sth] vi phrasal + prep | informal, figurative (avoid inclusion) | safar-se, esquivar-se, escapulir-se vp | | | He would often try to duck out of his boss's motivational meetings. |
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duck | ducking | WordReference English-Portuguese Dictionary © 2026: | bummalo n | (fish: Bombay duck) | peixe indiano loc sm | | bummalo n | (food: Bombay duck) | peixe indiano loc sm | | DA n | initialism (1950s men's hairstyle: duck's ass) (anos 1950, corte de cabelo) | corte Ducktail, corte Duck's Ass expres | | | The movie is set in the 1950s, and all of the actors have DAs. | | Donald Duck n | (Disney character) | Pato Donald sp | | duck down n | (soft feathers of a duck) | plumas de pato loc subs | | | This pillow is filled with duck down. | | duck down vi + adv | (bend, crouch down) | abaixar-se vp | | | Martin ducked down so that he wouldn't hit his head on the door frame. | | duck egg n | (egg laid by duck) | ovo de pata loc sm | | duck out of doing [sth] v expr | informal, figurative (avoid obligation) | escapar v int | | | He always tries to duck out of talking to my parents. | | | Ele sempre tenta escapar de conversar com meus pais. | | duck your head v expr | (lower your head) | abaixar, inclinar vt | | | I ducked my head to avoid hitting it on the lintel. | | | Abaixei minha cabeça para evitar bater na verga. | | duck-billed adj | (animal: with a bill like a duck's) (animal) | de bico de pato loc adj | | | Paleontologists have found the skeleton of a duck-billed dinosaur. | | duck-billed platypus n | (Australian aquatic mammal) (mamífero australiano) | ornitorrinco sm | | | When the duck-billed platypus was first described in Europe, everyone thought it was a hoax. | duct tape,
duck tape n | (strong adhesive tape) | fita adesiva loc sf | | | Duct tape can be used to repair almost anything. | hadrosaur,
duck-billed dinosaur n | (type of dinosaur) | hadrossauro sm | | lame duck n | figurative ([sb] or [sth] ineffectual) | figura decorativa sf + adj | | | That guy is such a lame duck; he's never going to make anything of his life. | | lame duck n | US, figurative (politician before handing over power) | político em final de mandato sm | | | George W Bush was a lame duck from Election Day 2008 to January 20th, 2009. | | merganser n | (type of duck) (tipo de pato) | pato-mergulhão, merganso sm | | platypus n | (Australian aquatic mammal) (mamífero da Austrália) | ornitorrinco sm | | | The platypus is an endangered animal. | | rubber duck n | (duck-shaped bath toy) | pato de borracha loc sm | | | Children often play with rubber ducks at bathtime. | scaup,
scaup duck n | (diving duck) | zarro sm | | sitting duck n | figurative (easy target) | alvo fácil sm | | | | presa fácil sf | | | With nothing to protect himself from the enemy, he was a sitting duck. | | strange duck n | figurative, informal (odd person) (gíria, pessoa boba, idiota) | pato sm | | | What a strange duck he is. | | | Que idiota estranho ele é. | | wood duck n | (variety of North American wading bird) (tipo de ave norte-americana) | pato-carolino sm | | | (biologia) | Aix sponsa loc sm |
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