Translations for „befell“ in the English » Portuguese Dictionary

bell [bel] N

bell (of church)

sino m

bell (hand-held)

sineta f

bell (on hat, cat)

guizo m

bell (on bicycle, at door)

campainha f

his name/face rings a bell

seu nome/rosto me vem à lembrança

fell¹ [fel] VB

fell pt of:

See also fall

I . fall <fell, fallen> [fɔːl] VB intr

1. fall (drop down, a. rain, snow):

fall

cair

to fall flat joke

não ter graça

to fall flat (plan, suggestion)

falhar

to fall flat on one's face

cair de cara

2. fall (decrease):

fall prices

baixar

to fall sharply

ter queda acentuada

3. fall (enter a particular state):

to fall madly in love (with sb/sth)

ficar loucamente apaixonado (por alguém/a. c.)

II . fall <fell, fallen> [fɔːl] N

1. fall (from a height, a. decrease):

fall

queda f

a fall in prices

uma queda dos preços

2. fall Am (autumn):

fall

outono m

I . before [bɪˈfɔːr, Brit -ˈfɔːʳ] PREP

1. before (earlier):

before

antes de

to leave before sb

sair antes de alguém

before doing sth

antes de fazer a. c.

2. before (in front of):

before

na frente de

before our eyes

diante dos olhos

3. before (having priority):

before

antes de

before everything

antes de mais nada

to put sth before sth else

pôr a. c. à frente de a. c.

II . before [bɪˈfɔːr, Brit -ˈfɔːʳ] ADV

before

antes

the day before

o dia anterior

two days before

dois dias antes

as before

como antes

III . before [bɪˈfɔːr, Brit -ˈfɔːʳ] CONJ

before

antes que +subj

he spoke before she went out

ele falou antes que ela saísse

he had a glass before he went

ele bebeu um drinque antes de sair

dwell <dwelt [or -ed], dwelt [or -ed] > [dwel] VB intr

dwell

morar

to dwell on sth fig

ficar remoendo a. c.

to dwell on sth fig

estender-se sobre a. c.

quell [kwel] VB trans

quell rebellion

sufocar

quell doubts

dissipar

I . shell [ʃel] N

1. shell:

shell (of nut, egg)

casca f

shell (of shellfish, snail)

concha f

2. shell TECH:

shell

estrutura f

3. shell (gun):

shell

projétil m

shell

cartucho m

II . shell [ʃel] VB trans

1. shell (remove shell):

shell

descascar

2. shell MIL:

shell

bombardear

I . smell <Brit, Aus: smelt, smelt Am, Aus: -ed, -ed> [smel] VB trans, intr

smell

cheirar

to smell like sth

ter o cheiro de a. c.

to smell of sth

cheirar a a. c.

II . smell [smel] N

1. smell (sense of smell):

smell

olfato m

2. smell (odor):

smell

cheiro m

smell

aroma m

spell¹ [spel] N a. fig

spell

feitiço m

spell

encanto m

to be under a spell

estar enfeitiçado

I . swell <swelled, swollen [or swelled]> [swel] VB trans

1. swell (size):

swell

inchar

2. swell (number):

swell

aumentar

II . swell <swelled, swollen [or swelled]> [swel] VB intr

1. swell (get bigger):

swell

aumentar de volume

to swell up

inchar

2. swell (increase):

swell

aumentar

III . swell <swelled, swollen [or swelled]> [swel] N no pl (of sea)

swell

ondulação f

IV . swell <swelled, swollen [or swelled]-er, -est> [swel] ADJ Am inf

swell

fantástico(-a)

unwell [ʌnˈwel] ADJ

to feel unwell

sentir-se indisposto(-a)

belly <-ies> [ˈbeli] N inf

belly

barriga f

belly

pança f

befriend [bɪˈfrend] VB trans

befriend

fazer amizade com

beef [biːf] N no pl

beef

carne f de vaca

roast beef

rosbife

I . belt [belt] N

1. belt FASHION:

belt (a. for waist, in car)

cinto m

belt (in martial arts)

faixa f

to be below the belt fig

ser um golpe baixo

to fasten one's belt

afivelar o cinto

to tighten one's belt fig

apertar o cinto

2. belt TECH (conveyor):

belt

correia f

3. belt (area):

belt

zona f

4. belt inf (punch, blow):

belt

bofetão m

II . belt [belt] VB trans inf (hit)

belt

dar um bofetão

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

She is afraid of horses, due to a riding accident that befell her when she was in her 20s, which left her with a limp.

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The phenomenon is thought to be associated with a prolonged drought that befell the region from 1276 to 1299.

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Since she deduced what befell her sisters, when asked by the troll to be his sweetheart, she pretended to agree wholeheartedly.

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The occasion is not known for certain, but one of the many disasters that befell the palace is generally put forward.

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A few months later, he wooed the second daughter, but the same fate befell her as her sister.

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In 1937, a catastrophic storm befell the village.

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A more severe problem soon befell the project, when a series of political mass movements swept the country.

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This is not surprising to those who knew him, and it is probably not only due to an illness which befell him in 1930.

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They then took the prisoners, who were weeping and screaming, to an unknown place, and we still do not know what befell them.

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During their years of farming, her family weathered the droughts, dust storms, and blizzards that befell the region.

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