Translations for „begging“ in the English » Portuguese Dictionary

I . beg <-gg-> [beg] VB trans (request)

beg

implorar

to beg sb to do sth

implorar a alguém para que faça a. c.

to beg sb's pardon

pedir perdão a alguém

I beg your pardon!

desculpe-me!

I beg your pardon!

perdão!

II . beg <-gg-> [beg] VB intr

beg

mendigar

beg

pedir esmola

to beg for sth

mendigar a. c.

there are jobs going begging inf

há empregos de sobra

Usage examples with begging

there are jobs going begging inf

há empregos de sobra

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

One source relates that, during the siege's bleakest days, the young prince would wander about the castle garrison, begging the servants and men-at-arms for bits of bread.

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They follow him everywhere, they are begging, they are groveling.

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A mendicant usually has a begging bowl and pair of tongs, which are useful for kindling afire.

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Their women made a living from peddling, begging, and fortune-telling.

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Chicks initially cheep weakly, but soon develop a "tyk-tyk-trik" begging call.

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Everybody was obliged to work; loafing and begging were rejected.

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He established a house where he wisely tended to the needs of the sick poor, at first doing his own begging.

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I was begging him to stop, but he pinned me down and put a coat hanger under my lip and began pulling it.

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Two small children who came to the door begging were her godparents.

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Some may have been royal bedesmen with the light blue gown and begging badge.

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