What does flutuar in Portuguese mean?

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

The word flutuar in Portuguese means float, fluctuate, float, wave, , flutuar, boiar, flutuar, flutuar, flutuar, flutuar, flutuar, flutuar, pairar, flutuar, flutuar, flutuar, flutuar, boiar, flutuar, flutuar, flutuar, boiar, flutuar, flutuar no ar. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word flutuar

float

(ficar à superfície, boiar) (on the surface of a liquid)

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

fluctuate

(mover-se em equilíbrio) (vary)

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

float

(pairar) (in the air)

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

wave

(agitar-se ao vento, tremular) (in the wind)

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

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.

flutuar

intransitive verb (float on the air) (no ar)

A delicious cooking smell wafted invitingly from the kitchen.

flutuar

intransitive verb (go up and down, vary)

Stock numbers fluctuate every day.

flutuar

phrasal verb, intransitive (be swept past)

Um saco de papel flutuou no vento.

A paper bag blew by in the wind.

flutuar

phrasal verb, intransitive (flap)

The butterfly fluttered about the flower garden.

flutuar

phrasal verb, intransitive (on water: drift off)

He didn't tie up the boat properly, so it began to float away.

pairar

intransitive verb (float on air)

As folhas pairaram no vento.

The leaves drifted on the wind.

flutuar

intransitive verb (drift on wind)

As folhas de outono flutuam gentilmente para o chão.

The autumn leaves floated gently to the ground.

flutuar

(be swept past)

flutuar

phrasal verb, intransitive (in air: drift off)

The girl let go of the string and her balloon floated away.

flutuar

verbal expression (figurative, informal (fluctuate, go back and forth) (figurado, informal: flutuar)

I seem to spend my time yo-yoing between depression and anger.

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

intransitive verb (level, amount: stay the same) (figurado, estatística)

A taxa de crescimento está flutuando por volta de 1% este ano.

The growth rate is hovering at about 1% this year.

flutuar, boiar

intransitive verb (figurative (float)

Havia um inseto morto boiando na minha sopa.

There was a dead bug swimming in my soup.

flutuar

intransitive verb (figurative (exchange rate: fluctuate) (figurado)

China doesn't allow its currency to float, but instead ties it to the value of the US Dollar.

flutuar no ar

phrasal verb, transitive, inseparable (float, be suspended above)

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

A police helicopter hovered over the building in which the terrorists had taken refuge.

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