Significado de expensive em inglês
expensiveexpensive /ɪkˈspensɪv/ adjective 
Ver todas as traduções costing a lot of moneyque custa muito dinheiro OPP cheap: 
the most expensive restaurant in towno restaurante mais caro da cidade Petrol is becoming more and more expensive.A gasolina está ficando cada vez mais cara. Photography is an expensive hobby.A fotografia é um hobby caro.expensive to buy/run/produce/maintain etc The house was too big and expensive to run.A casa era grande demais e cara demais para manter. For low-income families, children’s safety equipment can be prohibitively expensive (=so expensive that most people cannot afford it).Para famílias de baixa renda, equipamentos de segurança infantil podem ser proibitivamente caros (=tão caros que a maioria das pessoas não pode comprá-los). Employing the wrong builder can be a horribly expensive mistake.Contratar o construtor errado pode ser um erro terrivelmente caro. Her husband had expensive tastes (=liked expensive things).O marido dela tinha gostos caros (=gostava de coisas caras).—expensively adverb: She’s always expensively dressed.Ela sempre se veste com roupas caras.COLLOCATIONSCOLOCAÇÕESadverbsadvérbiosquite/fairly expensive· The food’s quite expensive, but it’s really nice.· A comida é bem cara, mas é realmente boa.rather/pretty expensive (=more expensive than you expect)· I think £1000 for a bed is rather expensive.· Acho que £1000 por uma cama é bem caro.very/extremely expensive· We ate at a very expensive restaurant.· Fomos a um restaurante muito caro.astronomically/phenomenally expensive (=used to emphasize how expensive something is)· Some new medical treatments are phenomenally expensive.· Alguns tratamentos médicos novos são fenomenalmente caros.hugely expensive (=extremely expensive, especially when you think something is too expensive)· The building is hugely expensive to maintain.· O prédio é extremamente caro de manter.ridiculously/outrageously/horrendously expensive (=extremely expensive, in a way that seems shocking)· Room service in the hotel was ridiculously expensive.· O serviço de quarto do hotel era ridiculamente caro.extortionately expensive (=extremely expensive, in a way that is not fair or reasonable)· Houses in some parts of London are extortionately expensive.· As casas em algumas partes de Londres são absurdamente caras.prohibitively expensive formalformal (=too expensive, with the result that most people cannot afford to buy something)· HIV medicines are still prohibitively expensive for sufferers in Africa.· Os medicamentos para o HIV ainda são proibitivamente caros para os pacientes na África.verbsverboslook expensive· All of her clothes look very expensive.· Todas as roupas dela parecem muito caras.prove expensive· Their decision could prove expensive.· A decisão deles pode se mostrar cara.nounssubstantivosexpensive tastes (=a desire to have things that are very expensive)· His wife has very expensive tastes and his kids always want the latest things.· A esposa dele tem gostos muito caros e os filhos sempre querem as coisas mais novas.an expensive mistake (=a mistake which results in someone having to spend a lot of money)· Choosing the wrong builder turned out to be an expensive mistake.· Escolher o construtor errado acabou sendo um erro caro.THESAURUSSINÔNIMOSexpensive costing a lot of moneyque custa muito dinheiro: · an expensive car· um carro caro· Apartments in the city are very expensive.· Os apartamentos na cidade são muito caros.· An underground train system is expensive to build.· Um sistema de metrô é caro para construir.high costing a lot of money. You use high about rents/fees/prices/costs. Don’t use expensive with these wordsque custa muito dinheiro. Usa-se high para falar de aluguéis, taxas, preços e custos; não se usa expensive com essas palavras: · Rents are very high in this area.· Os aluguéis são muito altos nesta área.· Lawyers charge high fees.· Advogados cobram honorários altos.· the high cost of living in Japan· o alto custo de vida no Japãodear [not before noun] British English spokenoral expensive compared to the usual pricecaro em comparação com o preço habitual: · £3.50 seems rather dear for a cup of coffee.· £3,50 por uma xícara de café parece bem caro.pricey /ˈpraɪsi/ informalinformal expensivecaro: · The clothes are beautiful but pricey.· As roupas são lindas, mas caras.costly expensive in a way that wastes moneycaro de um modo que desperdiça dinheiro: · Upgrading the system would be very costly.· Atualizar o sistema seria muito custoso.· They were anxious to avoid a costly legal battle.· Eles estavam ansiosos para evitar uma disputa jurídica cara.cost a fortune informalinformal to be very expensiveser muito caro: · The necklace must have cost a fortune!· O colar deve ter custado uma fortuna!exorbitant /ɪɡˈzɔːbətənt $ -ɔːr-/ much too expensivemuito caro demais: · Some accountants charge exorbitant fees.· Alguns contadores cobram honorários exorbitantes.astronomical astronomical prices, costs, and fees are extremely highpreços, custos e taxas astronômicos são extremamente altos: · the astronomical cost of developing a new spacecraft· o custo astronômico de desenvolver uma nova espaçonave· the astronomical prices which some people had paid for their seats· os preços astronômicos que algumas pessoas tinham pago por seus lugares· The cost of living is astronomical.· O custo de vida é astronômico.overpriced too expensive and not worth the pricecaro demais e que não vale o preço: · The DVDs were vastly overpriced.· Os DVDs estavam com preço muito acima do valor.somebody can’t afford something someone does not have enough money to buy or do somethingalguém não tem dinheiro suficiente para comprar ou fazer algo: · Most people can’t afford to send their children to private schools.· A maioria das pessoas não pode se dar ao luxo de enviar seus filhos a escolas particulares.
Ver todas as traduções costing a lot of moneyque custa muito dinheiro OPP cheap: the most expensive restaurant in towno restaurante mais caro da cidade Petrol is becoming more and more expensive.A gasolina está ficando cada vez mais cara. Photography is an expensive hobby.A fotografia é um hobby caro.expensive to buy/run/produce/maintain etc The house was too big and expensive to run.A casa era grande demais e cara demais para manter. For low-income families, children’s safety equipment can be prohibitively expensive (=so expensive that most people cannot afford it).Para famílias de baixa renda, equipamentos de segurança infantil podem ser proibitivamente caros (=tão caros que a maioria das pessoas não pode comprá-los). Employing the wrong builder can be a horribly expensive mistake.Contratar o construtor errado pode ser um erro terrivelmente caro. Her husband had expensive tastes (=liked expensive things).O marido dela tinha gostos caros (=gostava de coisas caras).—expensively adverb: She’s always expensively dressed.Ela sempre se veste com roupas caras.COLLOCATIONSCOLOCAÇÕESadverbsadvérbiosquite/fairly expensive· The food’s quite expensive, but it’s really nice.· A comida é bem cara, mas é realmente boa.rather/pretty expensive (=more expensive than you expect)· I think £1000 for a bed is rather expensive.· Acho que £1000 por uma cama é bem caro.very/extremely expensive· We ate at a very expensive restaurant.· Fomos a um restaurante muito caro.astronomically/phenomenally expensive (=used to emphasize how expensive something is)· Some new medical treatments are phenomenally expensive.· Alguns tratamentos médicos novos são fenomenalmente caros.hugely expensive (=extremely expensive, especially when you think something is too expensive)· The building is hugely expensive to maintain.· O prédio é extremamente caro de manter.ridiculously/outrageously/horrendously expensive (=extremely expensive, in a way that seems shocking)· Room service in the hotel was ridiculously expensive.· O serviço de quarto do hotel era ridiculamente caro.extortionately expensive (=extremely expensive, in a way that is not fair or reasonable)· Houses in some parts of London are extortionately expensive.· As casas em algumas partes de Londres são absurdamente caras.prohibitively expensive formalformal (=too expensive, with the result that most people cannot afford to buy something)· HIV medicines are still prohibitively expensive for sufferers in Africa.· Os medicamentos para o HIV ainda são proibitivamente caros para os pacientes na África.verbsverboslook expensive· All of her clothes look very expensive.· Todas as roupas dela parecem muito caras.prove expensive· Their decision could prove expensive.· A decisão deles pode se mostrar cara.nounssubstantivosexpensive tastes (=a desire to have things that are very expensive)· His wife has very expensive tastes and his kids always want the latest things.· A esposa dele tem gostos muito caros e os filhos sempre querem as coisas mais novas.an expensive mistake (=a mistake which results in someone having to spend a lot of money)· Choosing the wrong builder turned out to be an expensive mistake.· Escolher o construtor errado acabou sendo um erro caro.THESAURUSSINÔNIMOSexpensive costing a lot of moneyque custa muito dinheiro: · an expensive car· um carro caro· Apartments in the city are very expensive.· Os apartamentos na cidade são muito caros.· An underground train system is expensive to build.· Um sistema de metrô é caro para construir.high costing a lot of money. You use high about rents/fees/prices/costs. Don’t use expensive with these wordsque custa muito dinheiro. Usa-se high para falar de aluguéis, taxas, preços e custos; não se usa expensive com essas palavras: · Rents are very high in this area.· Os aluguéis são muito altos nesta área.· Lawyers charge high fees.· Advogados cobram honorários altos.· the high cost of living in Japan· o alto custo de vida no Japãodear [not before noun] British English spokenoral expensive compared to the usual pricecaro em comparação com o preço habitual: · £3.50 seems rather dear for a cup of coffee.· £3,50 por uma xícara de café parece bem caro.pricey /ˈpraɪsi/ informalinformal expensivecaro: · The clothes are beautiful but pricey.· As roupas são lindas, mas caras.costly expensive in a way that wastes moneycaro de um modo que desperdiça dinheiro: · Upgrading the system would be very costly.· Atualizar o sistema seria muito custoso.· They were anxious to avoid a costly legal battle.· Eles estavam ansiosos para evitar uma disputa jurídica cara.cost a fortune informalinformal to be very expensiveser muito caro: · The necklace must have cost a fortune!· O colar deve ter custado uma fortuna!exorbitant /ɪɡˈzɔːbətənt $ -ɔːr-/ much too expensivemuito caro demais: · Some accountants charge exorbitant fees.· Alguns contadores cobram honorários exorbitantes.astronomical astronomical prices, costs, and fees are extremely highpreços, custos e taxas astronômicos são extremamente altos: · the astronomical cost of developing a new spacecraft· o custo astronômico de desenvolver uma nova espaçonave· the astronomical prices which some people had paid for their seats· os preços astronômicos que algumas pessoas tinham pago por seus lugares· The cost of living is astronomical.· O custo de vida é astronômico.overpriced too expensive and not worth the pricecaro demais e que não vale o preço: · The DVDs were vastly overpriced.· Os DVDs estavam com preço muito acima do valor.somebody can’t afford something someone does not have enough money to buy or do somethingalguém não tem dinheiro suficiente para comprar ou fazer algo: · Most people can’t afford to send their children to private schools.· A maioria das pessoas não pode se dar ao luxo de enviar seus filhos a escolas particulares.