What does desprevenido in Portuguese mean?

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

The word desprevenido in Portuguese means unprepared, desprevenido, desapercebido, pegar alguém desprevenido, pegar desprevenido, pegar desprevenido, pegar alguém desprevenido. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word desprevenido

unprepared

desprevenido, desapercebido

adjective (unprepared) (mal preparado)

(adjetivo: Modifica o sustantivo. Pode ser possessivo, numeral, demonstrativo ("casa grande", "mulher alta").)
The thief took advantage of a moment when the shopkeeper was off guard.

pegar alguém desprevenido

verbal expression (take [sb] by surprise)

(locução verbal: Conjunto de verbo auxiliar (normalmente 'ser', 'estar', 'ter', 'haver') e verbo principal (normalmente no infinitivo, gerúndio ou particípio).)
The offer of early retirement caught me off guard; I hadn't guessed it was coming.

pegar desprevenido

verbal expression (news: be unexpected) (BRA)

(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.)
Since you are always late to work, it should not come as a shock that you would get fired.

pegar desprevenido

(figurative (fact, situation: arrive unforeseen)

(locução verbal: Conjunto de verbo auxiliar (normalmente 'ser', 'estar', 'ter', 'haver') e verbo principal (normalmente no infinitivo, gerúndio ou particípio).)
É melhor você começar a trabalhar agora, não deixe o prazo pegar você desprevenido.
You had better start working now; don't let the deadline creep up on you.

pegar alguém desprevenido

verbal expression (informal (trick [sb] stealthily)

(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.)

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