Translations for „read“ in the English » Portuguese Dictionary

I . read¹ <read, read> [riːd] VB trans

1. read text:

read

ler

read my lips, no!

vê se me entende, não!

to read sth to sb

ler a. c. para alguém

2. read (decipher):

read

interpretar

to read sth into sth

interpretar mal a. c.

3. read (understand):

read

compreender

II . read¹ <read, read> [riːd] VB intr

to read about sb/sth

ler sobre alguém/a. c.

to read as if/like

parecer

read² [red] ADJ

read

lido(-a)

to take sth as read

considerar a. c. (como) verdade f

lip-read VB intr

lip-read

fazer leitura labial

read out VB trans

read out

ler em voz alta

read over VB trans

read over

ler do início ao fim

read through VB trans

See also read over

read over VB trans

read over

ler do início ao fim

read up VB intr

read up

pesquisar

to read up on sth

pesquisar a. c.

well-read ADJ (knowledgeable)

well-read

versado(-a)

read only memory N COMPUT

read only memory

memória f de leitura

Usage examples with read

read my lips, no!

vê se me entende, não!

I read the book through

li o livro todo

to read sth to sb

ler a. c. para alguém

to read up on sth

pesquisar a. c.

the book which I read

o livro que eu li

to take sth as read

considerar a. c. (como) verdade f

to read sth into sth

interpretar mal a. c.

to read as if/like

parecer

to read about sb/sth

ler sobre alguém/a. c.

I bought the book so that he would read it

comprei o livro para que ele o lesse

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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She was taught to read the negative to see what image was good before she even created a contact print.

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Between songs, he read these poems in a strange prepared singsong voice.

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The fuses are blown or opened using high voltage and read using low voltage.

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The latest issues of the 75 journals and magazines which the museum subscribes to can be read in the library's reading room.

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These folks would give him love if he decided to open an old telephone book and read from it.

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This latter aspect of the poem raises important questions regarding the cultural milieu in which it was repeatedly copied and presumably read.

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Over seventy peoplemen, women, boys and girlswere enrolled and learning to read.

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On her own time, she liked to sit on the porch-swing and read.

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In general, an occasion of space-time found in nature is not in thermodynamic equilibrium, read in the most stringent terms.

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Unable to read or write effectively, he had attended school only sporadically, and felt unwelcome in the home of his stepfather.

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