What does flagrante in Portuguese mean?
What is the meaning of the word flagrante in Portuguese? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use flagrante in Portuguese.
The word flagrante in Portuguese means act, blatant, flagrante, flagrante, gritante, apanhar, pegar, pegar em flagrante, em flagrante. To learn more, please see the details below.
Meaning of the word flagrante
actsubstantivo masculino (ação vista na hora) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) |
blatantadjetivo (evidente, incontestável) (adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.") |
flagranteadjective (brazen, blatant) (adjetivo: Modifica o sustantivo. Pode ser possessivo, numeral, demonstrativo ("casa grande", "mulher alta").) In flagrant disobedience of her father, Ivy stayed out all night. |
flagrante, gritantenoun (being flagrant or conspicuous) (substantivo masculino, substantivo feminino: Substantivos que têm os gêneros masculino e feminino. Ex. "menino, menina", "ator, atriz".) |
apanhar, pegarphrasal verb, transitive, separable (UK, often passive, informal (discover deceit) (verbo transitivo: Verbos que possuem complemento, direto ou indireto. Ex. "oferecer ajuda", "gostar de música", etc.) The detective suspected the suspect was lying, so she kept asking him questions in the hope of catching him out. |
pegar em flagrante(figurative (discover [sb] committing a crime) (descobrir alguém cometendo crime) (expressão: Para as expressões idiomáticas, ditados populares, expressões em geral. Ex. "gato escaldado tem medo de água fria"; "cara de pau".) I caught the thief red handed stealing my jewels. |
em flagranteadverb (figurative (in the act of committing a crime) (no ato de cometer um crime) (locução adverbial: Duas ou mais palavras com função adverbial. Ex. durante a festa (loc adv de tempo); às pressas (loc adv de modo).) The shoplifter was caught red-handed as he stuffed items into his pockets. The police nabbed the men red-handed with a hefty bag of heroin. |
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