Significado de leaf em inglês
leafleaf1 /liːf/ noun (plural leaves /liːvz/) 
Ver todas as traduções1plant [countable] one of the flat green parts of a plant that are joined to its stem or branchesuma das partes verdes e planas de uma planta, ligadas ao caule ou aos galhos: 
a flowering bush with large shiny leavesum arbusto florido com folhas grandes e brilhantesleaf of Add a few leaves of fresh basil to the salad.Acrescente algumas folhas de manjericão fresco à salada.be in leaf/come into leaf (=have or start growing leaves, at a particular time of year)(= ter ou começar a brotar folhas, em determinada época do ano) The forest was just coming into leaf.A floresta estava começando a brotar folhas.2take a leaf out of somebody’s book to copy the way someone else behaves because you want to be like them or be as successful as they arecopiar o comportamento de outra pessoa porque você quer ser como ela ou ter o mesmo sucesso que ela: They are committing $3m to research. We could take a leaf out of their book.Eles estão investindo 3 milhões de dólares em pesquisa. Poderíamos seguir o exemplo deles.3turn over a new leaf to change the way you behave and become a better personmudar o próprio comportamento e tornar-se uma pessoa melhor: I see fatherhood as a chance to turn over a new leaf.Vejo a paternidade como uma chance de virar uma nova página.4page [countable] formalformal a page of a bookuma página de um livro: He slipped the letter between the leaves of his notebook.Ele deslizou a carta entre as páginas do seu caderno. → loose-leaf, overleaf5part of table [countable] a part of the top of a table that can be taken out to make the table smallerparte da tampa de uma mesa que pode ser removida para deixá-la menor → shake like a leaf at shake1(2)COLLOCATIONSCOLOCAÇÕESverbsverbosthe leaves turn red/brown etc (=become red, brown etc)· The maple leaves had turned a fiery red.· As folhas do bordo tinham ficado de um vermelho vivo.the leaves fall· All the leaves had fallen off the tree.· Todas as folhas tinham caído da árvore.a tree loses/sheds its leaves (=the leaves come off the tree)· Most trees shed their leaves in the autumn.· A maioria das árvores perde as folhas no outono.sweep (up) the leaves (=tidy away fallen leaves using a brush)· Jack was sweeping leaves in the back garden.· Jack estava varrendo folhas no jardim dos fundos.ADJECTIVES/NOUN + leafADJETIVOS/SUBSTANTIVO + leafa green/brown/yellow etc leaf· the deep green leaves of the coconut trees· as folhas verde-escuras dos coqueirosa dead leaf· The ground beneath the tree was covered in dead leaves.· O chão embaixo da árvore estava coberto de folhas mortas.fallen leaves (=that have fallen off the trees)· The children were jumping in piles of fallen leaves.· As crianças estavam pulando em montes de folhas caídas.autumn leaves (also fall leaves American English) (=leaves that have changed colour or fallen in autumn)· I love the colours of the autumn leaves.· Adoro as cores das folhas de outono.an oak/vine/spinach etc leaf (=a leaf from a specific plant or tree)· Vine leaves stuffed with rice is a typical Greek dish.· Folhas de parreira recheadas com arroz são um prato típico grego.phraseslocuçõesbe in leaf especially literaryespecialmente literário (=have leaves)· By this time, most of the trees were in leaf.· A essa altura, a maioria das árvores já estava com folhas.come into leaf (=start having leaves)· The apple tree had finally come into leaf.· A macieira finalmente havia brotado folhas.
Ver todas as traduções1plant [countable] one of the flat green parts of a plant that are joined to its stem or branchesuma das partes verdes e planas de uma planta, ligadas ao caule ou aos galhos: a flowering bush with large shiny leavesum arbusto florido com folhas grandes e brilhantesleaf of Add a few leaves of fresh basil to the salad.Acrescente algumas folhas de manjericão fresco à salada.be in leaf/come into leaf (=have or start growing leaves, at a particular time of year)(= ter ou começar a brotar folhas, em determinada época do ano) The forest was just coming into leaf.A floresta estava começando a brotar folhas.2take a leaf out of somebody’s book to copy the way someone else behaves because you want to be like them or be as successful as they arecopiar o comportamento de outra pessoa porque você quer ser como ela ou ter o mesmo sucesso que ela: They are committing $3m to research. We could take a leaf out of their book.Eles estão investindo 3 milhões de dólares em pesquisa. Poderíamos seguir o exemplo deles.3turn over a new leaf to change the way you behave and become a better personmudar o próprio comportamento e tornar-se uma pessoa melhor: I see fatherhood as a chance to turn over a new leaf.Vejo a paternidade como uma chance de virar uma nova página.4page [countable] formalformal a page of a bookuma página de um livro: He slipped the letter between the leaves of his notebook.Ele deslizou a carta entre as páginas do seu caderno. → loose-leaf, overleaf5part of table [countable] a part of the top of a table that can be taken out to make the table smallerparte da tampa de uma mesa que pode ser removida para deixá-la menor → shake like a leaf at shake1(2)COLLOCATIONSCOLOCAÇÕESverbsverbosthe leaves turn red/brown etc (=become red, brown etc)· The maple leaves had turned a fiery red.· As folhas do bordo tinham ficado de um vermelho vivo.the leaves fall· All the leaves had fallen off the tree.· Todas as folhas tinham caído da árvore.a tree loses/sheds its leaves (=the leaves come off the tree)· Most trees shed their leaves in the autumn.· A maioria das árvores perde as folhas no outono.sweep (up) the leaves (=tidy away fallen leaves using a brush)· Jack was sweeping leaves in the back garden.· Jack estava varrendo folhas no jardim dos fundos.ADJECTIVES/NOUN + leafADJETIVOS/SUBSTANTIVO + leafa green/brown/yellow etc leaf· the deep green leaves of the coconut trees· as folhas verde-escuras dos coqueirosa dead leaf· The ground beneath the tree was covered in dead leaves.· O chão embaixo da árvore estava coberto de folhas mortas.fallen leaves (=that have fallen off the trees)· The children were jumping in piles of fallen leaves.· As crianças estavam pulando em montes de folhas caídas.autumn leaves (also fall leaves American English) (=leaves that have changed colour or fallen in autumn)· I love the colours of the autumn leaves.· Adoro as cores das folhas de outono.an oak/vine/spinach etc leaf (=a leaf from a specific plant or tree)· Vine leaves stuffed with rice is a typical Greek dish.· Folhas de parreira recheadas com arroz são um prato típico grego.phraseslocuçõesbe in leaf especially literaryespecialmente literário (=have leaves)· By this time, most of the trees were in leaf.· A essa altura, a maioria das árvores já estava com folhas.come into leaf (=start having leaves)· The apple tree had finally come into leaf.· A macieira finalmente havia brotado folhas.