What does toa in Portuguese mean?
What is the meaning of the word toa in Portuguese? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use toa in Portuguese.
The word toa in Portuguese means towrope, cabo de reboque, ficar à toa, em vão, vadiar, vagabundar, vadiar, vagabundar, ficar à toa, estar à toa, agir de modo frívolo, questão trivial. To learn more, please see the details below.
Meaning of the word toa
towropesubstantivo feminino (cabo de reboque) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) |
cabo de reboquenoun (rope for pulling [sth] along) |
ficar à toaintransitive verb (person: laze, do nothing) (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.) Ron foi repreendido pelo chefe por ficar à toa no trabalho. Ron was reprimanded by his boss for idling at work. |
em vãoadverb (pointlessly, for nothing) (sem resultado) (locução adverbial: Duas ou mais palavras com função adverbial. Ex. durante a festa (loc adv de tempo); às pressas (loc adv de modo).) Polly tentou em vão abrir a porta, mas isso era inútil. Polly tried in vain to open the locked door. |
vadiar, vagabundarphrasal verb, intransitive (UK (be idle, lounge around) (passar o tempo ociosamente) I don't feel like working today; I'm just going to laze about. |
vadiar, vagabundarphrasal verb, intransitive (be idle, lounge about) (passar o tempo ociosamente) On Saturdays, I like to just laze around the house instead of going out. |
ficar à toaintransitive verb (waste time) (locução verbal: Conjunto de verbo auxiliar (normalmente 'ser', 'estar', 'ter', 'haver') e verbo principal (normalmente no infinitivo, gerúndio ou particípio).) Jim lounged around all day instead of working. |
estar à toa, agir de modo frívolophrasal verb, intransitive (informal (be unproductive) (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.) Meu marido está à toa na garagem. Não tenho ideia do que ele está fazendo lá. My husband is messing around in the garage - I've no idea what he's doing in there. |
questão trivialnoun ([sth] insignificant) (algo insignificante) Some people get very upset over the most trivial matters. |
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