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I . square [skwer, Brit skweəʳ] N

1. square (shape):

square
quadrado m

2. square (in town):

square
praça f

3. square fig:

to go back to square one
voltar à estaca zero

II . square [skwer, Brit skweəʳ] ADJ

1. square (square-shaped):

square
quadrado(-a)
four square meters
quatro metros quadrados

2. square inf (level):

square
igual
to be (all) square
estar (tudo) quite
to be (all) square SPORTS
estarem (todos) empatados

III . square [skwer, Brit skweəʳ] VB trans

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1. square (align):

square
endireitar

2. square inf (settle):

square
conciliar
square
condizer
I can't square this with my principles
isso não condiz com os meus princípios

3. square MATH:

square
elevar ao quadrado

grid square N

grid square
grade (de mapa) f

square up VB intr

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square dance N

square dance
quadrilha f

Square dance Info

square root N

square root
raiz f quadrada

Usage examples with square

square brackets
colchetes m pl
to be (all) square
estar (tudo) quite
four square meters
quatro metros quadrados
to square up with sb
acertar (a conta) com alguém
to win fair and square
ganhar merecidamente
to go back to square one
voltar à estaca zero
I can't square this with my principles
isso não condiz com os meus princípios
there are buzzy cafés on the square
a praça tem cafés badalados
to feel like a square peg in a round hole
sentir-se deslocado

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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The keep of these Crusader castles would have had a square plan and generally be undecorated.
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The final stanza etches a precise image of the square's clearing.
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The driver's vision flap was reduced to a plain square flap with rounded lower corners, in line with the glacis plate.
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Parking is provided on site to a ratio of one parking bay per 25 square metres of usable office space.
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By cross-referencing the two numbers along the grid of the square, a letter could be deduced.
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Butter and line a 23cm square baking tin.
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The main tower was constructed with single monolith caissons of dimensions 55.31 x 24.8 m with 21 shafts, each 6.25 metre square.
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In a tough game both sides finished all square 2-7 to 3-4.
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A ship mainly so rigged is called a square rigger.
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It also has 7,186 square-meter terminal building and a 36,000 square-meter aircraft parking lot with five parking aprons.
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