What does boiar in Portuguese mean?

What is the meaning of the word boiar in Portuguese? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use boiar in Portuguese.

The word boiar in Portuguese means float, not follow, , flutuar, boiar, flutuar, boiar, boiar, flutuar, flutuar, boiar, ser carregado. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word boiar

float

(flutuar)

(intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.")

not follow

(BRA, gíria (não compreender, não entender)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

flutuar

intransitive verb (float on water)

Havia um barco flutuando no meio do lago.
There was a boat drifting in the middle of the lake.

boiar, flutuar

intransitive verb (bob on surface: of water, etc.)

O professor de ciência mostrou aos alunos que pedras-pomes podem flutuar.
The science teacher showed the students that pumice can float.

boiar

(not sink)

Julia managed to keep afloat by clinging to a log.

boiar, flutuar

transitive verb (keep afloat)

(verbo transitivo: Verbos que possuem complemento, direto ou indireto. Ex. "oferecer ajuda", "gostar de música", etc.)
The vessel is buoyed up by airbags that surround it.

flutuar, boiar

intransitive verb (figurative (float)

Havia um inseto morto boiando na minha sopa.
There was a dead bug swimming in my soup.

ser carregado

transitive verb (be carried on: water, wave) (onda, água)

(locução verbal: Conjunto de verbo auxiliar (normalmente 'ser', 'estar', 'ter', 'haver') e verbo principal (normalmente no infinitivo, gerúndio ou particípio).)
O surfista foi carregado pela onda.
The surfer rode the wave.

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