way Significado & Definição

Significado de way em português

• 0 how you do something -- maneira, modo, forma, jeito

  • I need to find a way to help him.

  • We looked at different ways of solving the problem.

• 1 the route that you take to get from one place to another -- caminho

  • I must buy a newspaper on the way home.

• 2 while you are going from one place to another -- no caminho

  • I must buy a newspaper on the way.

• 3 a particular choice, opinion, belief, or action, especially from among several possibilities -- maneira, modo, forma, jeito

  • I don’t like the way she dresses.

• 4 a direction something faces or travels in -- direção

  • This bus is going the wrong way.

• 5 an amount of space or time -- caminho, tempo

  • We’re a long way from home.

  • The summer holidays are still a long way off.

• 6 used when you say something new or on a different subject -- a propósito, por sinal, aliás

  • By the way, my name’s Julie.

• 7 the way in which a person lives -- estilo de vida

  • Stealing became a way of life for him.

• 8 certainly not -- nem pensar!, de jeito nenhum!

  • ‘Will you lend me some money?’ ‘No way!’

• 9 used to say that you think something is partly true -- de certo modo, de muitas formas

  • In many ways she was right.

• 10 When one thing or feeling gives way to another one, it changes to that one. -- transformar-se em algo, ceder a algo

  • My excitement gave way to fear when I drove a car for the first time.

• 11 to be arriving soon -- estar a caminho

  • She just called – she’s on her way.

• 12 to be in a place where you are stopping someone from working -- atrapalhar (algo)

  • That cat is always getting in the way.

  • Don’t let football get in the way of your studies.

• 13 to be already happening -- estar acontecendo agora, estar em andamento

  • Building work is already under way.

• 14 If something gives way, it falls because it is not strong enough to support the weight on top of it. -- ceder

  • Suddenly the ground gave way under me.

• 15 to move somewhere, often with difficulty -- abrir caminho

  • We made our way through the shop to the main entrance.

• 16 to get what you want, although it upsets other people -- conseguir/fazer do jeito que se quer

  • She cries until she gets her own way.