What does desmaiar in Portuguese mean?

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

The word desmaiar in Portuguese means faint, fade, fade, desmaiar, desmaiar, desmaiar, desfalecer, cair, desmaiar, desfalecer, desmaiar, cair de cansaço, apagar, desmaiar, fazer adormecer, desmaiar de. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word desmaiar

faint

(perder os sentidos)

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

fade

(desbotar, descorar) (lose color)

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

fade

(perder o brilho) (lose shine)

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

desmaiar

intransitive verb (lose consciousness)

Ben sempre desmaia quando vê sangue.
Ben always faints when he sees blood.

desmaiar

phrasal verb, intransitive (informal (faint, lose consciousness)

Olhei uma única vez para o corte ensanguentado no meu braço e desmaiei.
I took one look at the bloody cut on my arm and passed out.

desmaiar, desfalecer

intransitive verb (dated (faint, pass out)

As pessoas estavam desmaiando no calor.
People were swooning in the heat.

cair, desmaiar, desfalecer

phrasal verb, intransitive (figurative (fall or swoon)

I almost keeled over several times in the last few miles of the marathon.

desmaiar

phrasal verb, intransitive (person: suffer faded vision)

I grayed out for a moment, and had to lie down.

cair de cansaço

phrasal verb, intransitive (slang (collapse exhausted, fall asleep)

(expressão verbal: Expressão usada como verbo. Ex. "se dar bem com"; "ter medo de". Também para elementos compostos mais longos, como expressões idiomáticas e ditados que começam com um verbo.)

apagar

phrasal verb, intransitive (informal (lose consciousness) (figurado)

O ferimento na cabeça durante o acidente de carro o fez apagar.
The head injury during the car accident caused him to black out.

desmaiar

intransitive verb (US, slang (pass out)

fazer adormecer

phrasal verb, transitive, separable (informal (cause to sleep or pass out)

(locução verbal: Conjunto de verbo auxiliar (normalmente 'ser', 'estar', 'ter', 'haver') e verbo principal (normalmente no infinitivo, gerúndio ou particípio).)

desmaiar de

(feeling lightheaded, weak) (figurado)

A criança de rua estava desmaiando de fome.
The street child was faint with hunger.

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