Portuguese English Dictionary

português - English

para in English:

1. to to


Go to sleep.
I hope to one day speak German as well as you speak English.
Why aren't you going? "Because I don't want to."
It took me more than two hours to translate a few pages of English.
Look at me when I talk to you!
Homeroom teachers should make every effort to keep in touch with their students.
Nobody ever comes to see us in this out-of-the-way village.
If I can get into university, I am hoping to learn to speak two foreign languages.
Fewer workers meant fewer people with money to buy goods.
Franklin Roosevelt was born to a rich and important New York family.
Two roundtrip tickets to Osaka, please.
The president was quoted as saying he would like to visit Japan soon.
You are welcome to the use of our house while we are away on vacation.
It began to rain heavily just as we got to the gate.
According to the weather forecast, the rainy season will set in next week.

English word "para"(to) occurs in sets:

Space - Espaço

2. for for


Is this for me?
This book is for students whose native language is not Japanese.
The bricklayer calculated that he would need 500 bricks for the wall.
The people next door were annoyed with us for making so much noise last night.
Why do you insist on paying for your school expenses yourself, when your parents are willing to give you financial support?
He attended the high school for three years without missing a single day or being late.
Even though I have studied English at school for the past six years, I'm still not good at speaking it.
The market for luxury goods is growing fast.
For all his wealth, he was still unhappy.
I will do that work on condition that I get paid for it.
Almost everyone in the class voted in favor of having a thank-you party for the teachers.
How about going for a drive to Lake Yamanaka with us tomorrow?
The two men understood one another perfectly, and had a mutual respect for each other's strong qualities.
After spending three weeks looking for a job, he found a well-paid one.
Your boyfriend got tired of waiting for you and left just now.

English word "para"(for) occurs in sets:

1000 Most common Portuguese words - part 2

3. onto onto


Hang onto Daddy!
I held onto the rope for as long as I could, but I finally had to let go.
It's a job worth doing, but if I think about the working hours and the risk ... I could be onto a real losing proposition here.
Country girls like to cut red paper into peach and plum blossoms and paste them onto doors and windows.
Before retiring he usually dumps the chicken feed from all his pockets onto the table.
Don't go onto the crossing when the alarm is ringing.
I'd get a soup plate and then slide the glass very carefully over to the edge of the table, and let the water run into the soup plate - it doesn't have to run onto the floor.
Groaning strangely she is hurling her overflowing passion onto the canvas!
The game of pinball involves directing a little steel ball onto ramps and into holes with a pair of flippers.
My uncle retired from teaching last year, but he still managed to hang onto a position at the university.
Remove the cap from the ink refill bottle, fill the dropper with ink, and drip an appropriate amount onto the marker's core.
Somehow, a nearly bankrupt third-party publisher flashed the new Castlevania game onto the memory incompletely. As a result, an entire generation of kids in Macon, Georgia unanimously condemned it as "Simon Does Nothing but Fall into a Bottomless Pit."
Try as you might, but you cannot force a belief onto someone else, much less your own self.
When the All Blacks came out onto the field a roar like 'woooaahh' swept over the crowd.