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I . fancy <-ie-> [ˈfæntsi] VB trans

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1. fancy Brit (want, like):

fancy
querer
do you fancy a drink?
você quer um drinque?
to fancy doing sth
ter vontade de fazer a. c.

2. fancy esp Brit (be attracted to):

he fancies you
ele está a fim de você

3. fancy (imagine):

to fancy (that) ...
imaginar (que) ...

II . fancy <-ies> [ˈfæntsi] N

1. fancy no pl (liking):

to take a fancy to sth/sb
tomar gosto por a. c./alguém

2. fancy no pl (imagination):

fancy
fantasia f
a flight of fancy
um voo da imaginação

3. fancy (whimsical idea):

fancy
capricho m
whenever the fancy takes you
quando te dá na telha

III . fancy <-ier, -iest> [ˈfæntsi] ADJ

1. fancy (elaborate):

fancy decoration, frills
decorativo(-a)

2. fancy inf (expensive):

fancy
exorbitante

fancy dress N no pl Brit, Aus

fancy dress
fantasia f

Usage examples with fancy

to fancy (that) ...
imaginar (que) ...
a flight of fancy
um voo da imaginação
to fancy doing sth
ter vontade de fazer a. c.
do you fancy a drink?
você quer um drinque?
whenever the fancy takes you
quando te dá na telha
to take a fancy to sth/sb
tomar gosto por a. c./alguém

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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There were also throws recorded by a penguin and a gorilla, prompting a new category - fancy dress to be incorporated for 2008.
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It has been described as being fancy dark greyish-blue as well as being dark blue in color or having a steely-blue color.
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Budgetary constraints meant that actors did their own hair and makeup, and special effects were not fancy.
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The material is perfectly unexceptionable, and yet next to all of this fancy brickwork manages to appear insubstantial.
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On the other end of the spectrum, a person not bathing before they go to a fancy dinner party.
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The whole affair is not just a fancy picnic spent surveying the sheep over the ha-ha wall.
www.varsity.co.uk
Cut back to the fancy restaurant, where the husband settles the check with a large wad of bills.
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The ash around the outside doesn't add much but makes it look nice and fancy on a cheeseboard.
www.irishexaminer.com
Laughable, indeed, are the delusions of those who fancy that by their exercise of their ephemeral power, posterity can be defrauded of information.
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Tripe, sweetbread (which is a fancy name for pancreas or other mysterious glands), kidney, some kind of intestines or something and, udder?
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