Translations for „lame“ in the English » Portuguese Dictionary

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lame [leɪm] ADJ

1. lame person, horse:

lame

manco(-a)

2. lame inf:

lame argument

pouco convincente

lame excuse

esfarrapado(-a)

Translations for „lame“ in the Portuguese » English Dictionary

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lamê [lɜˈme] N m

lamê

lamé

Usage examples with lame

ele é manco de uma perna

he is lame (in one leg)

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The herrena is opposed to the ttakuna in that it breaks the balance the latter intends to maintain (hence the name "herrena", meaning lame).

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Lyrics laugh at the lame things in life, and then goes on to talk about breathing and necessity.

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As a consequence, they frequently become lame or suffer from broken legs.

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He concluded that, listeners are wondering how such lame lyrics could be sung with such earnestness.

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There are additional concerns that horses are underfed and overused, repeatedly roped until lame, with rope burns down to the bone.

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The household form causes mischief and things to disappear, milk to sour, and dogs to go lame.

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Thereby she was in the interesting position of being a lame duck the moment she was elected.

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There an emperor declares a general feast and the lame man proposes the means of getting there to the blind.

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If the bird had its legs broken or was lamed during the event, it was sometimes supported with sticks in order to prolong the game.

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It could easily have been gruesomely saccharine with canned laughter (unfathomably back in fashion) dubbed over to make up for lame dialogue and weak acting.

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