Translations for „something“ in the English » Portuguese Dictionary

I . something [ˈsʌmθɪŋ] PRON indef, sing

something

algo

something else/nice

algo mais/bonito

II . something [ˈsʌmθɪŋ] ADV

something around $10

algo em torno de $10

Usage examples with something

a little something

um pouco

there's something amiss

há algo errado

something around $10

algo em torno de $10

something or other

coisas e loisas

there's something brewing

há qualquer coisa no ar

at sth's inception

no princípio de a. c.

something else/nice

algo mais/bonito

I can smell something funny

dá para sentir um cheiro estranho

something's wrong with the television

a televisão não está funcionando direito

to do something for sb

fazer alguma coisa para alguém

something/nothing of the sort

algo/nada no gênero

to get out of sb's/sth's way

sair do caminho de alguém/a. c.

to replace sth with something else

substituir a. c. por outra

to be in sb's/sth's proximity

estar próximo de alguém/a. c.

to get something out of one's system inf

colocar a. c. para fora

to have something/nothing to say (to sb)

ter algo/não ter nada para dizer (a alguém)

why would anyone want to do something like that?

por que alguém iria querer fazer algo assim?

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

His status was something unique in Tibet, growing to possess military, political and economic power.

en.wikipedia.org

This is something that should be done in the way that it was, subversively, not overtly.

religion.blogs.cnn.com

Music is the one thing in show-business with which you can't fool somebody into buying something.

entertainment.ie

Castor said she had cut herself off while saying antifreeze because she had intended to say something else.

en.wikipedia.org

Logic programming was thought as something that unified various gradients of computer science (software engineering, databases, computer architecture and artificial intelligence).

en.wikipedia.org

It evokes giggles and coquettishness; a sense of something perverse that at once fulfills man's needs and makes him debauched.

www.firstpost.com

She struggles to find something to prove she did something with her life and reveals that she is really good at math.

en.wikipedia.org

All because this vicious, careerist, small-minded martinet felt like getting something off his preening chest.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Around 1600 a number of experimenters used steam to power small fountains working something on the principle of a coffee percolator.

en.wikipedia.org

When she's really interested in something, she looks rather po-faced, but when the smile lights up, it's like the sun coming out.

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