Translations for „whispers“ in the English » Portuguese Dictionary

I . whisper [ˈwɪspər, Brit -əʳ] VB intr

1. whisper:

whisper

cochichar

to whisper in(to) sb's ear

cochichar no ouvido de alguém

Phrases:

whisper

sussurrar

to whisper to sb

sussurrar a alguém

II . whisper [ˈwɪspər, Brit -əʳ] VB trans

whisper

cochichar

whisper

sussurrar

it is whispered that ...

o boato é que ...

III . whisper [ˈwɪspər, Brit -əʳ] N

whisper

sussurro m

whisper

cochicho m

the whisper of the leaves

o murmúrio m das folhas

to speak in a whisper

falar em voz bem baixa

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

It was a classic case of Chinese whispers.

www.hrmagazine.co.uk

The use of social media can at times turn in to a giant game of Chinese whispers.

www.qt.com.au

Rumours from social media become in-office Chinese whispers only to be regurgitated in unofficial leaks and then officially denied in press conferences.

www.independent.co.uk

I was beginning to think the world of food podcasts would be limited to breathy whispers on factory farming and smug discussions on the greatness of navy bean soup.

www.charlestoncitypaper.com

The message gets corrupted in the retelling -- chinese whispers reigns supreme.

www.redpepper.org.uk

To an external observer, the network looks like a game of Chinese whispers.

theconversation.com

Whispers in our garden, laughter in the dark by the datura tree.

www.newyorker.com

They are playing Chinese whispers there together.

www.europarl.europa.eu

These therefore will still pick up background noise from and can not transmit whispers.

en.wikipedia.org

Somebody must have misconstrued that and then Chinese whispers spread.

www.telegraph.co.uk