Translations for „whet“ in the English » Portuguese Dictionary

whet <-tt-> [hwet] VB trans

to whet sb's appetite

abrir o apetite de alguém

Usage examples with whet

to whet sb's appetite

abrir o apetite de alguém

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The phrase "lab-grown meat" has become shorthand for this kind of research -- a term that does little to whet the public's appetite.

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The diminutive 3.21m long prototype certainly whetted our appetite.

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Throughout the 21-month pregnancy, dozens of ultrasounds were taken of the elephant's -long reproductive system; some of these ultrasounds were published on the zoo's website to whet public interest.

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The experience of reading the many books there whet his appetite for learning and influenced his decision to become a journalist educator and writer.

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For having his appetite further whet, he can credit -- or blame -- this past off-season.

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For younger children, an array of after-school programs is designed to whet their appetite for learning and to express their creativity through recently added music education and arts programs.

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If other food was given to him, he would place the food in his mouth to whet his appetite, and then take it out without consuming it.

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These automobile extravaganzas were designed to whet public appetite and boost automobile sales with displays of fancy prototypes, concept vehicles and other special or halo models.

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Restaurants will use it to whet diner's appetites with wafts of garlic, lemongrass and oregano.

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That abridged version of a movie apparently whetted listeners' appetites for the real thing.

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