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| at the very least expr | (emphatic: and no less) | no mínimo loc adv |
| | (formal) | ao menos loc adv |
| | I would offer to pay half the cost, at the very least. |
| at the very least expr | (emphatic: as the minimum) | no mínimo loc adv |
| | At the very least you need to call her and say thank you. |
be the soul of [sth],
be the very soul of [sth] v expr | (personify or exemplify [sth]) | ser a essência de expres v |
| | | ser a alma de expres v |
| | Mother Teresa was the very soul of Christian charity. |
by a long margin,
by a very long margin expr | (by a large number or amount) (com grande vantagem) | com folga expres |
| do very little business v expr | (have few commercial dealings) | fazer poucos negócios expres v |
the image,
the very image,
the very image of [sth/sb] n | (copy) (cópia) | imagem sf |
| | This painting is the very image of the original. |
| | Esta pintura é a mesma imagem do original. |
the image,
the very image of [sth] n | figurative (embodiment) (exemplo) | imagem sf |
| | | retrato sm |
| | He was the image of male aggressiveness. |
| | Ele tem a imagem de agressividade masculina. |
| in a very real sense adv | (genuinely or literally) | literalmente adv |
| | Our family was puritan in a very real sense: never smoked, swore, drank, or even danced. |
| not very adv | (hardly, only a little) | não muito loc adv |
| | That's not very nice of you. |
| | I'm not very interested in football. |
right to the end,
to the end,
to the very end expr | (all the way through) | até o fim loc adv |
| | She performed flawlessly right to the end. |
right to the end,
to the end,
to the very end expr | (to the moment of death) | até o fim loc adv |
| | I promise never to leave you: I'll stand by you right to the end. |
| | He suffered a lot, but he was in good spirits right to the end. |
| speak very highly of [sb] v expr | (say good things about [sb]) (expressar respeito por) | falar muito bem de expres v |
| | | elogiar vt |
| | | enaltecer vt |
| | | exaltar vt |
| | My son's teacher speaks very highly of him; she says he's a great student. |
| thank you very much interj | (many thanks) | muito obrigado, muito obrigada interj |
| | (informal) | obrigado mesmo, obrigada mesmo interj |
| | (informal) | obrigadíssimo, obrigadíssima interj |
| | Thank you very much; you've been very helpful. |
that's all very well,
but expr | informal (nevertheless, even so) (informal, entretanto) | tá tudo muito bom, mas expres |
| | That's all very well, but it still doesn't explain why you didn't finish the work. |
| the very thing n | (precisely what is required or specified) (precisamente o que é requerido) | isso mesmo |
| | | o próprio |
| this very minute adv | (immediately, without delay) (imediatamente, sem demora) | neste exato minuto loc adv |
| | | neste exato momento loc adv |
| | I need an answer this very minute! |
| very bad adj | (awful, terrible) | terrível adj |
| | | horrível adj |
| | | péssimo adj |
| | She is in bed with a very bad case of the flu. |
| | Trixie, you are being a very bad dog. |
| very beginning n | (first word: of a text) (primeiras palavras: de um texto) | bem no começo loc sm |
| | (informal, dimin) | no comecinho loc sm |
| | The very beginning of the Bible is one of its best-known passages. |
| very beginning n | (first moment, starting point) (do primeiro momento) | desde o começo, desde o início loc adv |
| | Let's make the rules clear from the very beginning. |
| very best n | (utmost) (o mais alto) | melhor sm |
| | | máximo sm |
| | The doctors tried their very best, but they were unable to save the patient. |
| very few adj | (not many) | muito pouco loc adj |
| | There are very few pills left in the bottle; I need to call the doctor to get a new prescription. |
| | Ainda existem muito poucos comprimidos no frasco; preciso ligar para o médico para obter uma nova receita. |
| very few adj | (rare) | raro adj |
| very good adj | (excellent) | muito bom adj |
| | | excelente adj |
| | | ótimo adj |
| | I don't understand; he used to make very good grades. |
| | Não entendo; ele costumava tirar notas muito boas. |
| very good interj | formal (very well, certainly) | muito bem interj |
| | | excelente interj |
| | | ótimo interj |
| | Very good then, I'll see you in the morning. |
| | Então muito bem, vejo você amanhã. |
| very light adj | (highly illuminated) (muito iluminado) | bem iluminado adj |
| | The room was very light; I was dazzled as I walked in. |
| very light adj | (extremely lightweight) (extremamente leve) | muito leve adj |
| | A feather is very light object. |
| very like prep | (almost identical to) (quase idêntico a) | muito parecido adj |
| | | muito semelhante a adj |
| | One sparrow is very like another to human eyes. |
| very likely adj | (highly probable) (muito provável) | muito provavelmente loc adv |
| | I think it very likely that we will get some rain tonight. |
| very little adv | (hardly anything) (quase nada) | muito pouco loc adv |
| | When Lynn got sick, she asked her parents for help, but they did very little. |
| very little n | (a small quantity) | muito pouco loc sm |
| very little adj | (not much) | muito pouco loc adj |
| | The news report provided very little useful information. |
| very many adj | (a large number of) (um grande número de) | muitos pron |
| very many adj | (large in number) (em grande número) | muitos pron |
| very much adv | (greatly) | muito adv |
| | I like him very much. |
| | Gosto muito dele. |
| very much n | (large amount) (uma grande quantidade) | muitíssimo adv |
| Nota: Often used in negative sentences. |
| | I would share my candy with you but I don't have very much. |
| very much like adj | (similar to) (parecido com) | muito parecido com adj |
| | | muito semelhante a adj |
| very often adv | (frequently) (frequentemente) | muito frequentemente adv |
| | | frequentemente adv |
| | (informal) | com muita frequência loc adv |
| | Hoverflies are very often mistaken for wasps, but they do not sting. |
| very pale adj | (complexion: white) (cor: branca) | muito claro adj |
| | Due to his very pale complexion he had to protect himself from the sun. |
| very pale adj | (faded, light) (embaçado, claro) | muito claro adj |
| | They painted their shutters a very pale shade of green that looked almost yellow. |
| Very Reverend adj | (title: church minister) (forma de tratamento para ministro eucarístico) | reverendíssimo adj |
| | | reverendo adj |
| | The Very Reverend Rudy Johnson will speak at the dinner tonight. |
| very same adj | (exact or identical) (exatamente) | mesmíssimo adj |
| | At 15 Jacques enrolled at the very same school that his late father had attended. |
| very short adj | (extremely brief) (extremamente breve) | muito rápido adj |
| | Some of Ernest Hemingway's stories are very short. |
| very short adj | (not tall) (baixo) | muito baixo adj |
| | | baixo adj |
| | (informal) | baixinho adj |
| | He's only 5 feet tall. He's very short. |
| very short adv | (abrupt, rude) (informal, abrupto, rude) | grosso adv |
| | | rude adv |
| | | brusco adv |
| | She must be mad at me since she was very short with me when I asked her how she was. |
| very soon adv | (in a short while from now) (em pouco tempo a partir de agora) | logo adv |
| | | daqui a pouco loc adv |
| | We will be leaving very soon. |
| very soon adv | (rapidly) (rápido) | rapidamente adv |
| | | rápido adv |
| very well adv | (successfully) | muito bem loc adv |
| | He patched the hole in the wall very well: you'd never know it was there. |
| | Ele remendou o buraco na parede muito bem: você nunca perceberia que estava lá. |
| very well interj | (expressing consent) | muito bem interj |
| | Very well, then: you may go out tonight, but you must be home by midnight. |
| | Muito bem, então: pode sair hoje à noite, mas tem que voltar para casa à meia-noite. |
| VLF n | initialism (very low frequency) | baixíssima frequência sf |
| VLF n as adj | initialism (very low frequency) | de baixíssima frequência loc adj |