hurdle meaning in Português | English Dictionary

📖 Definições

noun
cerca; obstáculo; barreira; corrida com barreiras; grade de arrasto

EN: A light portable frame covered with wicker, brush, or similar material, formerly used as a fence, gate, or pen for animals.; An obstacle or difficulty that must be overcome or dealt with.; One of a series of lightweight barriers placed at intervals on a track, over which runners must jump in a hurdle race.; A race in which competitors must jump over a series of hurdles; a hurdle race.; A frame of interwoven sticks or twigs used historically as a sledge on which criminals were dragged to execution.
verb
saltar uma barreira; superar; cercar com estacas

EN: To jump over or clear a hurdle or obstacle, especially in a race.; To overcome or deal with a difficulty or problem successfully.; To enclose or fence with hurdles.

🔗 Detalhes

Formas da palavra

contável Plural: hurdles 3.ª pess. sing.: hurdles Passado: hurdled Particípio passado: hurdled Particípio presente: hurdling

Colocações

clear a hurdlejump over a hurdleovercome a hurdlehurdle racefinal hurdlehurdle event

Derivados

hurdlerhurdling

Sinônimos

obstaclebarrierimpedimentobstructionchallengedifficulty

Antônimos

advantageaidhelp

Frequentemente confundidos

hurtle

EN: 'Hurtle' means to move at great speed or force; 'hurdle' is an obstacle or the act of jumping over one.

pt: 'Hurtle' significa mover-se em alta velocidade ou com força; 'hurdle' é um obstáculo ou o ato de pular sobre ele.

Dicas de ortografia

EN: Do not confuse 'hurdle' (an obstacle; to jump over) with 'hurtle' (to rush or move rapidly). They differ by only one letter but have very different meanings.

pt: Não confunda 'hurdle' (um obstáculo; pular sobre) com 'hurtle' (correr ou mover-se rapidamente). Eles diferem por apenas uma letra, mas têm significados muito diferentes.

💬 Exemplos

The farmer used hurdles to enclose the sheep in the field.

O fazendeiro usou cercas para cercar as ovelhas no campo.
Getting a visa was the biggest hurdle in her plan to study abroad.

Conseguir o visto foi o maior obstáculo no seu plano de estudar no exterior.
She knocked over the third hurdle but managed to finish the race.

Ela derrubou a terceira barreira, mas conseguiu terminar a corrida.
He won the 110-meter hurdles at the national championships.

Ele venceu os 110 metros com barreiras no campeonato nacional.
In medieval England, traitors were drawn on a hurdle to the place of execution.

Na Inglaterra medieval, os traidores eram arrastados em uma esteira até o local da execução.
The athlete hurdled the barrier with perfect form.

O atleta saltou a barreira com forma perfeita.
The company managed to hurdle the financial crisis and emerge stronger.

A empresa conseguiu superar a crise financeira e sair fortalecida.
They hurdled the garden to keep the rabbits out.

Eles cercaram o jardim para manter os coelhos fora.