Translations for „fast“ in the English » Portuguese Dictionary

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I . fast¹ <-er, -est> [fæst, Brit fɑːst] ADJ

1. fast:

fast

rápido(-a)

the fast lane

a pista de alta velocidade

2. fast clock, watch:

to be fast

estar adiantado

3. fast (firmly fixed):

fast

preso(-a)

II . fast¹ [fæst, Brit fɑːst] ADV

1. fast (quickly):

fast

rapidamente

fast

depressa

2. fast (firmly):

fast

firmemente

3. fast (deeply):

fast

profundamente

to be fast asleep

estar dormindo profundamente

I . fast² VB intr

fast

jejuar

II . fast² N

fast

jejum m

fast food N no pl

fast food

fast-food f

fast-talk N no pl

fast-talk

conversa f persuasiva

fast-talk VB trans

to fast-talk sb into doing sth

passar uma conversa em alguém para fazer a. c.

to fast-talk one's way out of sth

livrar-se de a. c. passando uma conversa

Usage examples with fast

to be fast asleep

estar dormindo profundamente

as fast as ...

tão rápido quanto ...

the fast lane

a pista de alta velocidade

to be fast

estar adiantado

to pull a fast one inf

passar a perna

to make a fast buck

ganhar dinheiro fácil

to fast-talk sb into doing sth

passar uma conversa em alguém para fazer a. c.

to fast-talk one's way out of sth

livrar-se de a. c. passando uma conversa

to be not nearly as good/fast as sth

não ser nem de longe tão bom/rápido quanto a. c.

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

They live in the fast lane, keeping abreast of the latest trends.

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This act is deemed to be a sort of fast and penance necessary for the journey.

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A security guard found a suspicious black bag left unattended in a fast food outlet and placed it in a back room.

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Fast ripples activities in the hippocampus considered as pathologic patterns directly associated with epilepsy, but they appear as both physiologic and pathologic activity in neocortex.

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Capon was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium.

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It depends on your subject matter, so if you had an action-packed skiing holiday, one second clips make for a good, fast-paced film.

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The song concludes with the piano accompaniment, despite the histrionic singer's pleas, becoming uncontrollably fast, and the singer having to escape the studio.

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It is a fast-growing evergreen tree growing to 50m 0 in favourable conditions, but much smaller in poor soils.

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The straighter sidecut allows skis to make long, fast, highly stable turns (radius around 30m for giant slalom, even more for most mogul skis).

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Rapid technology change, low initial cost, and planned obsolescence have resulted in a fast-growing surplus of computers or other electronic components around the globe.

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