Translations for „tick“ in the English » Portuguese Dictionary

tick¹ [tɪk] N

tick

carrapato m

I . tick² N

1. tick (sound):

tick

tiquetaque m

2. tick (mark):

tick

visto m

II . tick² VB intr

tick

fazer tiquetaque

I don't know what makes her tick

não entendo o seu jeito de ser

III . tick² VB trans

tick

dar um visto

tick off VB trans

1. tick off (mark off):

tick off

marcar

2. tick off Brit, Aus inf (scold):

tick off

dar uma bronca f

3. tick off Am inf (exasperate):

tick off

aporrinhar

tick over VB intr

1. tick over TECH:

tick over

funcionar em marcha lenta

2. tick over fig:

tick over

ir levando

Usage examples with tick

I don't know what makes her tick

não entendo o seu jeito de ser

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

But it's now expected cabinet will tick off the new plan.

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He instils playful lightness to the second movement's tick-tock themes, including skating glissandi, juxtaposed with its biting, satirical humour.

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It (kicking penalties) helps the scoreboard to tick over and gives the team confidence but sadly it wasn't to be.

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I'm not one for watching the live stats tick over.

www.canberratimes.com.au

He sets all sorts of influences, from barbershop to ticky-tick dance music against that idiom, to underscore character and crystallize the period (1903- '14).

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If a thing's going well, tick-tock, someone's going to take it away.

www.telegraph.co.uk

The president boasted to attendees that "the era of empty talk is over" as he began to tick off each of his campaign promises.

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Babesiosis, sometimes referred to as piroplasmosis, is a protozoan, tick-transmitted disease found worldwide in humans, wildlife and domesticated animals, including horses.

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Then every morning when you wake in fright, tick off one item -- just one -- and do it.

www.smh.com.au

The percussion plays a tick-tock pattern that resembles the sound of a clock.

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