What does tinir in Portuguese mean?

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

The word tinir in Portuguese means tinkle, jingle, ring, tinir, tilintar, retinir, tinir, zunir, tinir, tinir, tinir, retinir, tilintar, tinir, tinir, tinir, ressoar, soar, fazer tinir, fazer tilintar, fazer tinir. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word tinir

tinkle, jingle, ring

tinir, tilintar

intransitive verb (make tinkling sound)

The silverware clinked when I closed the drawer.

retinir, tinir, zunir

intransitive verb (make a metallic tinkling sound) (Soar aguda ou vibrantemente)

I could hear Betty's keys jangling in her pocket.

tinir

phrasal verb, intransitive (knock, make tinkling sound)

(verbo transitivo: Verbos que possuem complemento, direto ou indireto. Ex. "oferecer ajuda", "gostar de música", etc.)
Acordei com o som dos copos tinindo na cozinha do vizinho.
I woke to the sound of cups clinking together in the kitchen next door.

tinir

intransitive verb (make tinkling sound)

Eu podia ouvir as moedas tinindo em seus bolsos enquanto ele corria.
I could hear the coins chinking in his pockets as he ran.

tinir, retinir

intransitive verb (make tinkling sound)

The coins jingled in her purse.

tilintar, tinir

intransitive verb (make jingling sound)

The bells on the woman's costume tinkled as she moved.

tinir

intransitive verb (make loud metallic sound)

The heavy armour clanked as he walked.

tinir, ressoar, soar

intransitive verb (ring)

The timer has been dinging for five minutes already!

fazer tinir, fazer tilintar

(knock with tinkling sound) (soar: louça, metal, vidro etc.)

(locução verbal: Conjunto de verbo auxiliar (normalmente 'ser', 'estar', 'ter', 'haver') e verbo principal (normalmente no infinitivo, gerúndio ou particípio).)
Ele propôs um brinde e fizemos tinir (or: tilintar) os copos um com o outro.
He proposed a toast and we clinked our glasses together.

fazer tinir

transitive verb (cause to tinkle)

(locução verbal: Conjunto de verbo auxiliar (normalmente 'ser', 'estar', 'ter', 'haver') e verbo principal (normalmente no infinitivo, gerúndio ou particípio).)
O guarda da prisão fez tinir seu molho de chaves.
The prison guard jingled his bunch of keys.

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