Translations for „vices“ in the English » Portuguese Dictionary

vice¹ [vaɪs] N (wickedness)

vice

vício m

vice² N Brit, Aus

See also vise

vise [vaɪs] N Am (tool)

vise

torno m

vice-chairman <-men> N

vice-chairman

vice-presidente (de conselho, comissão, etc)(-a) m (f)

vice-chancellor N Brit UNIV

vice-chancellor

reitor(a) m (f)

vice president N

vice president

vice-presidente(-a) m (f)

vice versa [ˌvaɪsəˈvɜːrsə, Brit -siˈvɜːsə] ADV

vice versa

vice-versa

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The vices of lust raged in him; but at the same time he was conspicuous for great energy and military skill.

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Scrooge didn't drink, fornicate, or have any other of the vices of note.

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The chefs are to cook a dish based on one of their personal vices.

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Debt, like certain vices, such as cigarette-smoking, have experienced times when it was considered sinful, and other times fashionable.

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As antidotes to these vices, he suggested, among other things, abstinence, thrift, and enterprise.

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Amplification may refer to exaggeration or to stylistic vices such as figures of excess or superfluity (e.g., hyperbole).

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He feels young people vandalise and fall into vices because of boredom and problems at home.

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A wrathful deity is often an alternative manifestation of a bodhisattva or other normally peaceful figure, making the representations of all human vices and atrocities.

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He states that though men have their vices, like drinking, they are far less harmful to society than women's vices.

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There was nothing of stoical austerity or of rhetorical indignation in the tone in which he treated the vices and follies of his time.

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