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    Significado de century em inglês

    centurycentury /ˈsentʃəri/ noun (plural centuries) [countable] Ver todas as traduções1one of the 100-year periods measured from before or after the year of Christ’s birthum dos períodos de 100 anos contados antes ou depois do ano do nascimento de Cristothe 11th/18th/21st etc century The church was built in the 13th century.A igreja foi construída no século XIII.the next/last century by the beginning of the next centuryaté o início do próximo século the story of life on a small farm at the turn of the century (=the beginning of the century)a história da vida em uma pequena fazenda na virada do século (=no início do século)2a period of 100 yearsum período de 100 anos:  many centuries agomuitos séculos atrás3100 runs scored by one cricket player in an innings100 corridas marcadas por um jogador de críquete em uma entradaCOLLOCATIONSCOLOCAÇÕESadjectivesadjetivosthe 18th/19th/20th/21st etc century· The movie is set in the 18th century.O filme se passa no século XVIII.the early/mid/late 18th etc century· the industrial towns of the early 19th centuryas cidades industriais do início do século XIXthe last/next century· The boats were built in the last century.Os barcos foram construídos no século passado.the present century· The present century has seen the start of international terrorism.O século atual assistiu ao início do terrorismo internacional.phraseslocuçõesthe beginning of the century· Coco Chanel was born in France at the beginning of the century.Coco Chanel nasceu na França no início do século.the turn of the century (=the time when one century ends and another begins)· The town was expanding at the turn of the century.A cidade estava se expandindo na virada do século.the end/close of the century· He was writing his books towards the end of the 19th century.Ele estava escrevendo seus livros perto do final do século XIX.the first/second half of the century· In the second half of the century, people's wages began to rise.Na segunda metade do século, os salários das pessoas começaram a aumentar.18th-/19th- etc century art/music/literature· Nothing compares with Florence's beautiful 15th-century architecture.Nada se compara à bela arquitetura florentina do século XV.a16th-/19th- etc century house/church etc· They live in a 17th-century farmhouse.Eles moram em uma casa de fazenda do século XVII.verbsverbosdate from the 18th etc century (=it was started, built etc in the 18th etc century)· The present church dates from the 13th century.A igreja atual data do século XIII.