long Significado & Definição

Significado de long em português

• 0 having a large distance from one end to the other -- longo, comprido

  • long hair

  • long legs

  • a long dress

• 1 continuing for a large amount of time -- longo

  • a long movie

• 2 a large amount of time -- muito tempo

  • I waited for a long time.

  • A long time passed without anything happenning.

• 3 describes a piece of writing that has a lot of pages or words -- longo, comprido

  • a long book

• 4 used when asking for or giving information about the distance or time of something -- de comprimento

  • It’s about three metres long.

  • The concert was three hours long.

  • How long was the skirt?

  • How long is the movie?

• 5 to be old, often too old to do something -- ser muito velho

  • He’s a bit long in the tooth to be wearing jeans, don’t you think?

• 6 for a long time -- por muito tempo

  • Did you have to wait long for the train?

• 7 used when you are talking about something that must happen before something else can happen -- contanto que

  • You can play football as long as you do your homework first.

• 8 in the past but not now -- não mais

  • The school is no longer used.

• 9 soon -- em breve, daqui a pouco

  • They’ll be home before very long.

• 10 a large amount of time -- muito tempo

  • She won’t be away for long.

• 11 to want something very much -- ansiar

  • She longed to see him again.

  • I’m longing for some sun.