Significado de heel em inglês
heelheel1 /hiːl/ noun [countable] 
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of your foot the curved back part of your foota parte traseira e curva do pé2of a shoe the raised part on the bottom of a shoe that makes the shoe higher at the backa parte elevada na sola do sapato que o deixa mais alto na parte traseira: 
black boots with high heelsbotas pretas de salto altohigh-heeled/low-heeled/flat-heeled etc her low-heeled blue shoesseus sapatos azuis de salto baixo3of a sock the part of a sock that covers your heela parte da meia que cobre o calcanhar4of your hand the part of your hand between the bottom of your thumb and your wrista parte da mão entre a base do polegar e o pulso: Using the heel of your hand, press the dough firmly into shape.Usando a base da palma da mão, pressione a massa com firmeza para dar forma.5heels [plural] a pair of women’s shoes with high heelsum par de sapatos femininos de salto alto: Whenever she wore heels she was taller than the men she worked with.Sempre que ela usava saltos, ficava mais alta do que os homens com quem trabalhava.6at somebody’s heels if a person or animal is at your heels, they are following closely behind youse uma pessoa ou animal está no seu encalço, está te seguindo bem de perto: He could hear the dog trotting at his heels.Ele podia ouvir o cachorro trotando logo atrás dele.7a)(hard/hot/close) on the heels of something very soon after somethinglogo após algo: The decision to buy Peters came hard on the heels of the club’s promotion to Division One.A decisão de contratar Peters veio logo após a promoção do clube para a Primeira Divisão. b)(hard/hot/close) on somebody’s heels following closely behind someone, especially in order to catch or attack themseguindo alguém bem de perto, especialmente para capturá-lo ou atacá-lo: With the enemy army hard on his heels, he crossed the Somme at Blanche-Taque.Com o exército inimigo no seu encalço, ele atravessou o Somme em Blanche-Taque.8bring somebody to heel to force someone to behave in the way that you want them toforçar alguém a se comportar da maneira que você quer9come to heel British English a)if a dog comes to heel, it comes back to its owner when the owner calls itse um cachorro obedece e volta ao dono, ele retorna ao dono quando chamado b)if someone comes to heel, they start to behave in the way that you want them tose alguém cede e obedece, começa a se comportar da maneira que você quer10take to your heels writtenescrito to start running awaysair correndo; começar a fugir: As soon as he saw me he took to his heels.Assim que me viu, saiu correndo.11turn/spin on your heel writtenescrito to suddenly turn away from someone, especially in an angry or rude wayvirar-se abruptamente, especialmente de forma raivosa ou rude: Before anyone could say a word, he turned on his heel and walked out of the room.Antes que alguém pudesse dizer uma palavra, ele virou de costas abruptamente e saiu da sala.12under the heel of somebody/something completely controlled by a government or groupcompletamente controlado por um governo ou grupo: a people under the heel of an increasingly dictatorial regimeum povo sob o jugo de um regime cada vez mais ditatorial13bad man old-fashionedantiquado a man who behaves badly towards other peopleum homem que se comporta mal com outras pessoas → Achilles' heel, down-at-heel, well-heeled, → click your heels at click1(1), → cool your heels at cool2(4), → dig your heels in at dig1(4), → drag your heels at drag1(8), → be/fall head over heels in love at head1(36), → kick your heels at kick1(9)
Ver todas as traduções1of your foot the curved back part of your foota parte traseira e curva do pé2of a shoe the raised part on the bottom of a shoe that makes the shoe higher at the backa parte elevada na sola do sapato que o deixa mais alto na parte traseira: black boots with high heelsbotas pretas de salto altohigh-heeled/low-heeled/flat-heeled etc her low-heeled blue shoesseus sapatos azuis de salto baixo3of a sock the part of a sock that covers your heela parte da meia que cobre o calcanhar4of your hand the part of your hand between the bottom of your thumb and your wrista parte da mão entre a base do polegar e o pulso: Using the heel of your hand, press the dough firmly into shape.Usando a base da palma da mão, pressione a massa com firmeza para dar forma.5heels [plural] a pair of women’s shoes with high heelsum par de sapatos femininos de salto alto: Whenever she wore heels she was taller than the men she worked with.Sempre que ela usava saltos, ficava mais alta do que os homens com quem trabalhava.6at somebody’s heels if a person or animal is at your heels, they are following closely behind youse uma pessoa ou animal está no seu encalço, está te seguindo bem de perto: He could hear the dog trotting at his heels.Ele podia ouvir o cachorro trotando logo atrás dele.7a)(hard/hot/close) on the heels of something very soon after somethinglogo após algo: The decision to buy Peters came hard on the heels of the club’s promotion to Division One.A decisão de contratar Peters veio logo após a promoção do clube para a Primeira Divisão. b)(hard/hot/close) on somebody’s heels following closely behind someone, especially in order to catch or attack themseguindo alguém bem de perto, especialmente para capturá-lo ou atacá-lo: With the enemy army hard on his heels, he crossed the Somme at Blanche-Taque.Com o exército inimigo no seu encalço, ele atravessou o Somme em Blanche-Taque.8bring somebody to heel to force someone to behave in the way that you want them toforçar alguém a se comportar da maneira que você quer9come to heel British English a)if a dog comes to heel, it comes back to its owner when the owner calls itse um cachorro obedece e volta ao dono, ele retorna ao dono quando chamado b)if someone comes to heel, they start to behave in the way that you want them tose alguém cede e obedece, começa a se comportar da maneira que você quer10take to your heels writtenescrito to start running awaysair correndo; começar a fugir: As soon as he saw me he took to his heels.Assim que me viu, saiu correndo.11turn/spin on your heel writtenescrito to suddenly turn away from someone, especially in an angry or rude wayvirar-se abruptamente, especialmente de forma raivosa ou rude: Before anyone could say a word, he turned on his heel and walked out of the room.Antes que alguém pudesse dizer uma palavra, ele virou de costas abruptamente e saiu da sala.12under the heel of somebody/something completely controlled by a government or groupcompletamente controlado por um governo ou grupo: a people under the heel of an increasingly dictatorial regimeum povo sob o jugo de um regime cada vez mais ditatorial13bad man old-fashionedantiquado a man who behaves badly towards other peopleum homem que se comporta mal com outras pessoas → Achilles' heel, down-at-heel, well-heeled, → click your heels at click1(1), → cool your heels at cool2(4), → dig your heels in at dig1(4), → drag your heels at drag1(8), → be/fall head over heels in love at head1(36), → kick your heels at kick1(9)heelheel2 verb 1heel! spokenoral used to tell your dog to walk next to youusado para dizer ao cachorro para andar ao seu lado2[transitive] to put a heel on a shoecolocar um salto em um sapatoheel over phrasal verb if something heels over, it leans to one side as if it is going to fallse algo tomba para um lado, inclina-se como se fosse cair: The ship was heeling over in the wind.O navio estava se inclinando para o lado com o vento.
1heel! spokenoral used to tell your dog to walk next to youusado para dizer ao cachorro para andar ao seu lado2[transitive] to put a heel on a shoecolocar um salto em um sapatoheel over phrasal verb if something heels over, it leans to one side as if it is going to fallse algo tomba para um lado, inclina-se como se fosse cair: The ship was heeling over in the wind.O navio estava se inclinando para o lado com o vento.