place Significado & Definição

Significado de place em português

• 0 a position, building, town, area, etc. -- lugar

  • His leg was broken in two places.

  • Edinburgh would be a nice place to live.

  • What a stupid place to park!

• 1 someone’s home -- casa

  • They just bought a place near the lake.

• 2 your seat or position in a theatre, train, queue, etc. -- lugar

  • The children collected their prizes and then went back to their places.

• 3 an opportunity to study at a college, to join a team, etc. -- lugar

  • She got a place at Oxford.

  • He got a place in the team.

• 4 to happen -- realizar-se

  • The meeting will take place next week.

• 5 If you are in first, second, etc. place in a race or competition, that is your position when you finish. -- em primeiro, segundo, etc. lugar

  • He finished in fifth place.

• 6 in many different places -- em todos os lugares

  • There was blood all over the place.

• 7 to do something instead of someone else -- pegar o lugar de alguém

  • If I can’t go to the show tonight, will you take my place?

• 8 used to talk about whether something mentioned should have been done or not -- em primeiro lugar

  • Why did you invite her in the first place?

• 9 instead of something -- no lugar de algo

  • I use honey in place of sugar in my tea.

• 10 to put something somewhere carefully -- colocar, pôr

  • She placed a large dish in front of me.

• 11 to cause someone to be in a situation -- colocar, pôr

  • He was placed in charge of the troops.

  • One stupid action has placed us all at risk.