Translations for „wink“ in the English » Portuguese Dictionary

I . wink [wɪŋk] N

wink

piscar m de olhos

in a wink

num piscar de olhos

not to sleep a wink

não pregar o olho

to give sb a wink

piscar para alguém

to have forty winks inf

tirar uma soneca f

II . wink [wɪŋk] VB intr

1. wink (close one eye):

wink

piscar

to wink at sb

piscar para alguém

2. wink (flash):

wink

piscar

Usage examples with wink

to wink at sb

piscar para alguém

in a wink

num piscar de olhos

not to sleep a wink

não pregar o olho

to give sb a wink

piscar para alguém

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

It was intended as a rhetorical question, uttered with an implied wink and a smirk.

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A smile, a glare, a wink, a three-piece suit, a scientist's white coat, are all suggestive devices that imply more than the immediate action.

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Gill says the line was written with a nod and a wink, and it just goes to show how much craftier the obscurantists have become.

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You must be the kind that swings both ways -- wink, wink, nudge, nudge!

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Wink would read a clue to the word, and the contestants had 10 seconds to unscramble the word.

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Look in the mirror and wink while you're singing it and it's quite saucy.

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And that's the key ingredient in ambush marketing: it's one part ingenious, one part good timing, one part light robbery, and two parts wink-wink.

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People who reported on hard news were now delivering stern remarks and signing off with the written equivalent of a "smiley face with wink" emoticon.

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The landing gear legs, fuel tank, wink tips, wheel pants, and cowling were also formed out of fibre-glass.

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Once done, even those who hanker after the good old days of a nod and a wink will come to prefer a culture of fairness and transparency.

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