Significado de drug em inglês
drugdrug1 /drʌɡ/ noun [countable] 
Ver todas as traduções1an illegal substance such as marijuana or cocaine, which some people take in order to feel happy, relaxed, or excitedsubstância ilegal como maconha ou cocaína, que algumas pessoas usam para se sentir felizes, relaxadas ou animadas: 
A lot of young people start taking drugs at school.Muitos jovens começam a usar drogas na escola. She always looks as though she’s on drugs (=taking drugs).Ela sempre parece estar drogada (=usando drogas). Jimi Hendrix died of a drug overdose.Jimi Hendrix morreu de overdose de drogas.2a medicine, or a substance for making medicinesum medicamento, ou uma substância para fabricar medicamentos: a drug used in the treatment of cancerum medicamento usado no tratamento do câncerdrug for new drugs for AIDS-related conditionsnovos medicamentos para doenças relacionadas à AIDS Drugs prescribed (=ordered for people) by doctors can be extremely hazardous if used in the wrong way.Medicamentos prescritos (=indicados para pessoas) por médicos podem ser extremamente perigosos se usados de forma incorreta. The big drug companies make huge profits.As grandes empresas farmacêuticas obtêm lucros enormes.3a substance that people doing a sport sometimes take illegally to improve their performancesubstância que atletas às vezes usam ilegalmente para melhorar seu desempenho: She was banned from the Olympics after failing a drug test (=a test that shows if you have taken drugs).Ela foi banida das Olimpíadas após reprovar em um teste de drogas (=um teste que mostra se você usou drogas).performance-enhancing drugs4[usually singular] a substance such as tobacco, coffee, or alcohol, that makes you want more and more of itsubstância como o tabaco, o café ou o álcool, que faz você querer cada vez mais5be (like) a drug if an activity is like a drug, you enjoy it so much that you want to do it more and morese uma atividade é como uma droga, você a aprecia tanto que quer fazê-la cada vez mais: Athletics is like a drug – it keeps dragging you back for more.O atletismo é como uma droga – continua te puxando de volta para mais. → miracle drug at miracle(3)COLLOCATIONSCOLOCAÇÕESverbsverbostake/use drugs· I think I took drugs to escape my problems.· Acho que eu usava drogas para escapar dos meus problemas.do drugs informalinformal (=take drugs)· All my friends were doing drugs.· Todos os meus amigos estavam usando drogas.be on drugs (=take drugs regularly)· It can be very hard to tell if your teenager is on drugs.· Pode ser muito difícil saber se o seu filho adolescente está usando drogas.be addicted to drugs/dependent on drugs (=be unable to stop taking drugs)· People who are addicted to drugs need help.· Pessoas viciadas em drogas precisam de ajuda.be/get hooked on drugs informalinformal (=be/get addicted)· She got hooked on drugs, and ended up homeless.· Ela ficou viciada em drogas e acabou morando na rua.experiment with drugs (=try taking drugs)· She admitted that she had experimented with drugs.· Ela admitiu que havia experimentado drogas.come off/get off drugs (=stop taking drugs permanently)· It was years before I was able to come off drugs.· Demorei anos para conseguir largar as drogas.deal (in) drugs (also supply drugs formalformal) (=sell drugs)· He’s in jail for dealing drugs.· Ele está preso por tráfico de drogas.inject drugs (=use a needle to put drugs into your body)· People who share equipment for injecting drugs are at risk of contracting HIV.· Pessoas que compartilham equipamentos para injetar drogas correm o risco de contrair o HIV.be high on drugs (=be experiencing the effects of a drug)· He committed the crime while he was high on drugs.· Ele cometeu o crime enquanto estava drogado.drug + NOUNdrug + SUBSTANTIVOdrug use/abuse (=taking drugs)· She is being treated for drug abuse.· Ela está sendo tratada por abuso de drogas.a drug user (=someone who takes drugs)· We set up a counselling service for drug users.· Criamos um serviço de aconselhamento para usuários de drogas.drug addiction (=the problem of not being able to stop taking drugs)· his struggles with alcoholism and drug addiction· suas lutas contra o alcoolismo e o vício em drogasa drug addict (=someone who cannot stop taking drugs)· At 20 Steve was a drug addict, unemployed and lonely.· Aos 20 anos, Steve era um viciado em drogas, desempregado e solitário.a drug problem (=the problem of being addicted to drugs)· His daughter has a drug problem.· Sua filha tem um problema com drogas.a drug overdose (=taking too much of a drug at one time)· She died from a drug overdose.· Ela morreu de overdose de drogas.a drug dealer/pusher (=someone who sells drugs)· The city's streets are full of drug dealers.· As ruas da cidade estão cheias de traficantes de drogas.a drug trafficker/smuggler (=someone involved in bringing drugs into a country)· US efforts against drug traffickers· os esforços dos EUA contra os traficantes de drogasdrug trafficking/smuggling (=the crime of bringing drugs into a country)· The maximum penalty for drug smuggling was 25 years in jail.· A pena máxima por contrabando de drogas era de 25 anos de prisão.the drug trade· the international drug trade· o tráfico internacional de drogasthe war on drugs (=a long struggle by the authorities to control drugs)· The war on drugs continues.· A guerra às drogas continua.a drug charge (=a legal accusation that someone is guilty of having or selling drugs)· He’s awaiting trial on a drug charge.· Ele está aguardando julgamento por uma acusação de drogas.a drug offence (=a crime related to having or selling drugs)· Luciani is serving 20 years for drug offences.· Luciani está cumprindo 20 anos por crimes relacionados a drogas.adjectivesadjetivosillegal drugs· A lot of crime is connected to illegal drugs.· Muitos crimes estão relacionados a drogas ilegais.hard drugs (also class A drugs British English) (=strong drugs such as heroin, cocaine etc)· He was in prison for dealing hard drugs.· Ele estava preso por traficar drogas pesadas.soft drugs (=less strong drugs such as marijuana)· Soft drugs are legal in some countries.· Drogas leves são legais em alguns países.recreational drugs (=taken for pleasure)· Ecstasy was first used in Britain as a recreational drug in the 1980s.· O ecstasy foi usado pela primeira vez na Grã-Bretanha como droga recreativa na década de 1980.designer drugs (=produced artificially from chemicals)· Designer drugs are highly addictive and can have unpredictable side effects.· As drogas sintéticas são altamente viciantes e podem ter efeitos colaterais imprevisíveis.COMMON ERRORSERROS COMUNS ► Don’t say ‘light drugs’. Say soft drugs. Instead of ‘heavy drugs’, you usually say hard drugs.
Ver todas as traduções1an illegal substance such as marijuana or cocaine, which some people take in order to feel happy, relaxed, or excitedsubstância ilegal como maconha ou cocaína, que algumas pessoas usam para se sentir felizes, relaxadas ou animadas: A lot of young people start taking drugs at school.Muitos jovens começam a usar drogas na escola. She always looks as though she’s on drugs (=taking drugs).Ela sempre parece estar drogada (=usando drogas). Jimi Hendrix died of a drug overdose.Jimi Hendrix morreu de overdose de drogas.2a medicine, or a substance for making medicinesum medicamento, ou uma substância para fabricar medicamentos: a drug used in the treatment of cancerum medicamento usado no tratamento do câncerdrug for new drugs for AIDS-related conditionsnovos medicamentos para doenças relacionadas à AIDS Drugs prescribed (=ordered for people) by doctors can be extremely hazardous if used in the wrong way.Medicamentos prescritos (=indicados para pessoas) por médicos podem ser extremamente perigosos se usados de forma incorreta. The big drug companies make huge profits.As grandes empresas farmacêuticas obtêm lucros enormes.3a substance that people doing a sport sometimes take illegally to improve their performancesubstância que atletas às vezes usam ilegalmente para melhorar seu desempenho: She was banned from the Olympics after failing a drug test (=a test that shows if you have taken drugs).Ela foi banida das Olimpíadas após reprovar em um teste de drogas (=um teste que mostra se você usou drogas).performance-enhancing drugs4[usually singular] a substance such as tobacco, coffee, or alcohol, that makes you want more and more of itsubstância como o tabaco, o café ou o álcool, que faz você querer cada vez mais5be (like) a drug if an activity is like a drug, you enjoy it so much that you want to do it more and morese uma atividade é como uma droga, você a aprecia tanto que quer fazê-la cada vez mais: Athletics is like a drug – it keeps dragging you back for more.O atletismo é como uma droga – continua te puxando de volta para mais. → miracle drug at miracle(3)COLLOCATIONSCOLOCAÇÕESverbsverbostake/use drugs· I think I took drugs to escape my problems.· Acho que eu usava drogas para escapar dos meus problemas.do drugs informalinformal (=take drugs)· All my friends were doing drugs.· Todos os meus amigos estavam usando drogas.be on drugs (=take drugs regularly)· It can be very hard to tell if your teenager is on drugs.· Pode ser muito difícil saber se o seu filho adolescente está usando drogas.be addicted to drugs/dependent on drugs (=be unable to stop taking drugs)· People who are addicted to drugs need help.· Pessoas viciadas em drogas precisam de ajuda.be/get hooked on drugs informalinformal (=be/get addicted)· She got hooked on drugs, and ended up homeless.· Ela ficou viciada em drogas e acabou morando na rua.experiment with drugs (=try taking drugs)· She admitted that she had experimented with drugs.· Ela admitiu que havia experimentado drogas.come off/get off drugs (=stop taking drugs permanently)· It was years before I was able to come off drugs.· Demorei anos para conseguir largar as drogas.deal (in) drugs (also supply drugs formalformal) (=sell drugs)· He’s in jail for dealing drugs.· Ele está preso por tráfico de drogas.inject drugs (=use a needle to put drugs into your body)· People who share equipment for injecting drugs are at risk of contracting HIV.· Pessoas que compartilham equipamentos para injetar drogas correm o risco de contrair o HIV.be high on drugs (=be experiencing the effects of a drug)· He committed the crime while he was high on drugs.· Ele cometeu o crime enquanto estava drogado.drug + NOUNdrug + SUBSTANTIVOdrug use/abuse (=taking drugs)· She is being treated for drug abuse.· Ela está sendo tratada por abuso de drogas.a drug user (=someone who takes drugs)· We set up a counselling service for drug users.· Criamos um serviço de aconselhamento para usuários de drogas.drug addiction (=the problem of not being able to stop taking drugs)· his struggles with alcoholism and drug addiction· suas lutas contra o alcoolismo e o vício em drogasa drug addict (=someone who cannot stop taking drugs)· At 20 Steve was a drug addict, unemployed and lonely.· Aos 20 anos, Steve era um viciado em drogas, desempregado e solitário.a drug problem (=the problem of being addicted to drugs)· His daughter has a drug problem.· Sua filha tem um problema com drogas.a drug overdose (=taking too much of a drug at one time)· She died from a drug overdose.· Ela morreu de overdose de drogas.a drug dealer/pusher (=someone who sells drugs)· The city's streets are full of drug dealers.· As ruas da cidade estão cheias de traficantes de drogas.a drug trafficker/smuggler (=someone involved in bringing drugs into a country)· US efforts against drug traffickers· os esforços dos EUA contra os traficantes de drogasdrug trafficking/smuggling (=the crime of bringing drugs into a country)· The maximum penalty for drug smuggling was 25 years in jail.· A pena máxima por contrabando de drogas era de 25 anos de prisão.the drug trade· the international drug trade· o tráfico internacional de drogasthe war on drugs (=a long struggle by the authorities to control drugs)· The war on drugs continues.· A guerra às drogas continua.a drug charge (=a legal accusation that someone is guilty of having or selling drugs)· He’s awaiting trial on a drug charge.· Ele está aguardando julgamento por uma acusação de drogas.a drug offence (=a crime related to having or selling drugs)· Luciani is serving 20 years for drug offences.· Luciani está cumprindo 20 anos por crimes relacionados a drogas.adjectivesadjetivosillegal drugs· A lot of crime is connected to illegal drugs.· Muitos crimes estão relacionados a drogas ilegais.hard drugs (also class A drugs British English) (=strong drugs such as heroin, cocaine etc)· He was in prison for dealing hard drugs.· Ele estava preso por traficar drogas pesadas.soft drugs (=less strong drugs such as marijuana)· Soft drugs are legal in some countries.· Drogas leves são legais em alguns países.recreational drugs (=taken for pleasure)· Ecstasy was first used in Britain as a recreational drug in the 1980s.· O ecstasy foi usado pela primeira vez na Grã-Bretanha como droga recreativa na década de 1980.designer drugs (=produced artificially from chemicals)· Designer drugs are highly addictive and can have unpredictable side effects.· As drogas sintéticas são altamente viciantes e podem ter efeitos colaterais imprevisíveis.COMMON ERRORSERROS COMUNS ► Don’t say ‘light drugs’. Say soft drugs. Instead of ‘heavy drugs’, you usually say hard drugs.drugdrug2 verb (past tense and past participle drugged, present participle drugging) [transitive] 1to give a person or animal a drug, especially in order to make them feel tired or go to sleep, or to make them perform well in a racedar uma droga a uma pessoa ou animal, especialmente para fazê-los ficar sonolentos ou adormecer, ou para melhorar seu desempenho em uma corrida: Johnson drugged and attacked four women.Johnson drogou e atacou quatro mulheres. There was no evidence that the horse had been drugged.Não havia evidências de que o cavalo havia sido drogado.2to put drugs in someone’s food or drink in order to make them feel tired or go to sleepcolocar drogas na comida ou bebida de alguém para fazê-lo sentir sono ou adormecer SYN spike: The wine had been drugged.O vinho havia sido adulterado com drogas.3be drugged up to the eyeballs especially British English to have taken a lot of illegal drugs, or to have been given a lot of medicineter consumido muitas drogas ilegais ou ter recebido grandes doses de medicamentos: She was in pain, despite being drugged up to the eyeballs.Ela sentia dor, apesar de estar medicada até os olhos.—drugged adjective
1to give a person or animal a drug, especially in order to make them feel tired or go to sleep, or to make them perform well in a racedar uma droga a uma pessoa ou animal, especialmente para fazê-los ficar sonolentos ou adormecer, ou para melhorar seu desempenho em uma corrida: Johnson drugged and attacked four women.Johnson drogou e atacou quatro mulheres. There was no evidence that the horse had been drugged.Não havia evidências de que o cavalo havia sido drogado.2to put drugs in someone’s food or drink in order to make them feel tired or go to sleepcolocar drogas na comida ou bebida de alguém para fazê-lo sentir sono ou adormecer SYN spike: The wine had been drugged.O vinho havia sido adulterado com drogas.3be drugged up to the eyeballs especially British English to have taken a lot of illegal drugs, or to have been given a lot of medicineter consumido muitas drogas ilegais ou ter recebido grandes doses de medicamentos: She was in pain, despite being drugged up to the eyeballs.Ela sentia dor, apesar de estar medicada até os olhos.—drugged adjective