What does ruminar in Portuguese mean?
What is the meaning of the word ruminar in Portuguese? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use ruminar in Portuguese.
The word ruminar in Portuguese means ruminate, chew the cud, ruminar, ruminar, ruminar, ruminar, matutar, remoer, ruminar. To learn more, please see the details below.
Meaning of the word ruminar
ruminate, chew the cud
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ruminarintransitive verb (cow: chew) The cows ruminated in the pasture. |
ruminarintransitive verb (figurative (person: ponder) (figurativo) The professor sat and ruminated in her study. |
ruminar(figurative (person: think about) (figurar, pensar bastante sobre algo) The manager ruminated on how to fire people humanely. |
ruminar, matutar(think too much about) (verbo transitivo: Verbos que possuem complemento, direto ou indireto. Ex. "oferecer ajuda", "gostar de música", etc.) É inútil ruminar sobre coisas que aconteceram no passado. There is no point in brooding over things that have happened in the past. Jamie has been brooding about the outcome of last night's football game all morning. |
remoer, ruminarphrasal verb, transitive, separable (think about or discuss thoroughly) (figurado: pensar muito sobre) (verbo transitivo: Verbos que possuem complemento, direto ou indireto. Ex. "oferecer ajuda", "gostar de música", etc.) David chewed over the matter for a few days before making a decision. |
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