What does século in Portuguese mean?
What is the meaning of the word século in Portuguese? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use século in Portuguese.
The word século in Portuguese means century, século, século, século, século XIV, meio século, de meio século, século XVII, virada do século. To learn more, please see the details below.
Meaning of the word século
centurysubstantivo masculino (conjunto de 100 anos) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) |
séculonoun (100-year period) (substantivo masculino: Substantivo exclusivamente masculino. Ex. "ator", "menino", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "carrinho de mão", "guarda-chuva", etc.) Alguns dizem que a Revolução Industrial iniciou-se no século XVIII. Some say the Industrial Revolution began in the eighteenth century. |
séculonoun (hundred years) (substantivo masculino: Substantivo exclusivamente masculino. Ex. "ator", "menino", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "carrinho de mão", "guarda-chuva", etc.) Esta casa sólida irá durar por um século. This sturdy house will last a century. |
séculonoun (written abbreviation (century) |
século XIVadjective (century: 1300s) (expressão: Para as expressões idiomáticas, ditados populares, expressões em geral. Ex. "gato escaldado tem medo de água fria"; "cara de pau".) This is one of the most famous paintings of the fourteenth century. |
meio séculonoun (fifty years) |
de meio séculoadjective (relating to fifty years) (locução adjetiva: Duas palavras juntas com função adjetiva. Normalmente, preposição+substantivo; preposição+advérbio.Ex. (estrada) de ferro = férrea; (dor) no abdômen = abdominal, etc.) We are approaching the half-century point since the end of the war. |
século XVIIadjective (century: 1600s) (locução adverbial: Duas ou mais palavras com função adverbial. Ex. durante a festa (loc adv de tempo); às pressas (loc adv de modo).) This novel was written in the seventeenth century. |
virada do séculonoun (point when one century becomes another) (ponto no qual se inicia um novo século) At the turn of the century Queen Victoria was still on the throne. |
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