Significado de six em inglês
sixsix /sɪks/ number
Ver todas as traduções1the number 6o número 6:
six months agoseis meses atrás
She arrived just after six (=six o'clock).Ela chegou logo depois das seis (=seis horas).
He learnt to play the violin when he was six (=six years old).Ele aprendeu a tocar violino quando tinha seis anos (=seis anos de idade).2six figures/digits used to talk about a number that is between 100,000 and 1,000,000usado para se referir a um número entre 100.000 e 1.000.000:
The final cost of the project will easily run into six figures (=be over £100,000 or $100,000).O custo final do projeto vai facilmente chegar a seis dígitos (=ultrapassar £100.000 ou $100.000).3at sixes and sevens informalinformal disorganized and confuseddesorganizado e confuso:
When the visitors arrived, we were still at sixes and sevens.Quando os visitantes chegaram, ainda estávamos em total desordem.4it’s six of one and half a dozen of the other spokenoral used to say that both people or groups who are involved in a situation are equally responsible for something bad that happensusado para dizer que as duas pessoas ou grupos envolvidos em uma situação são igualmente responsáveis por algo ruim que acontece:
In any family quarrel, it’s usually six of one and half a dozen of the other.Em qualquer briga familiar, geralmente a culpa é igualmente dos dois lados.5knock/hit somebody for six British English spokenoral to affect someone strongly in a bad wayafetar alguém de maneira muito negativa:
Losing his job really knocked him for six.Perder o emprego o abalou profundamente.6[countable] a hit in cricket that scores six runs because the ball crosses the edge of the playing area before touching the groundno críquete, tacada que marca seis corridas porque a bola cruza a linha do campo antes de tocar o chão
Ver todas as traduções1the number 6o número 6:
six months agoseis meses atrás
She arrived just after six (=six o'clock).Ela chegou logo depois das seis (=seis horas).
He learnt to play the violin when he was six (=six years old).Ele aprendeu a tocar violino quando tinha seis anos (=seis anos de idade).2six figures/digits used to talk about a number that is between 100,000 and 1,000,000usado para se referir a um número entre 100.000 e 1.000.000:
The final cost of the project will easily run into six figures (=be over £100,000 or $100,000).O custo final do projeto vai facilmente chegar a seis dígitos (=ultrapassar £100.000 ou $100.000).3at sixes and sevens informalinformal disorganized and confuseddesorganizado e confuso:
When the visitors arrived, we were still at sixes and sevens.Quando os visitantes chegaram, ainda estávamos em total desordem.4it’s six of one and half a dozen of the other spokenoral used to say that both people or groups who are involved in a situation are equally responsible for something bad that happensusado para dizer que as duas pessoas ou grupos envolvidos em uma situação são igualmente responsáveis por algo ruim que acontece:
In any family quarrel, it’s usually six of one and half a dozen of the other.Em qualquer briga familiar, geralmente a culpa é igualmente dos dois lados.5knock/hit somebody for six British English spokenoral to affect someone strongly in a bad wayafetar alguém de maneira muito negativa:
Losing his job really knocked him for six.Perder o emprego o abalou profundamente.6[countable] a hit in cricket that scores six runs because the ball crosses the edge of the playing area before touching the groundno críquete, tacada que marca seis corridas porque a bola cruza a linha do campo antes de tocar o chão