Adjetivos Flashcards

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Aconchegante

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Cozy

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2
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Jaded

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Aborrecido, cansado

Flying is exciting the first time you do it, but you soon become jaded.

tired, bored, or lacking enthusiasm, typically after having had too much of something.

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3
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Lousy

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Horrível

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4
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Posh

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5
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Treacherous

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Traiçoeiro

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6
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Rueful

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Triste, arrependido

If someone is rueful, they feel or express regret or sorrow in a quiet and gentle way.

He shook his head and gave me a rueful smile.
‘Our marriage was a mistake,’ she said, looking rueful

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7
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Petty

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Insignificante

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8
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Gagged

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Amordaçado

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9
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Levado, travesso

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Naughty

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10
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Livid

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furiously angry.
“he was livid at being left out”
Furioso

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Fickle

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inconstante, instável
She’s so fickle - she’s never been interested
in the same man for more than a week!

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12
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She looked dejected

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desanimado, abatido, triste
She looked a bit dejected when they told her
she didn’t get the job.

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13
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Sheepish

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envergonhado, acanhado, tímido
He looks a little sheepish when his gaze
breaks away from mine.

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14
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Cínico

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Cynical

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15
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Quaint

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Exotico, excêntrico, estranho

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16
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Uptight (someone)

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Nervoso (preocupado/ansioso)
don’t get so uptight about everything

17
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Brittle

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Quebradiço, fragil
Tambem um doce de nuts e acucar

As you get older your bones become
increasingly brittle.

18
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Pesky

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Annoying

19
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Dismal (adj)

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sombrio/triste

sad and without hope:
a dismal expression

péssimo (informal)

The acting was dismal, wasn’t it?
What dismal weather!

20
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Blindsided

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Pego de surpresa

attacked critically or taken by surprise where one is vulnerable, uninformed or unprepared, etc.

21
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Ele foi muito grosso

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He was very rude