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University of Vigo

English-Galician CLUVI Dictionary, 2nd edition (revised version 2.2)

(Based on the CLUVI Corpus of the University of Vigo)



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- cigarette, cinchona, cinder, Cinderella, cinema, cinematic, cinematographic, cipher, circa, circle, circlet, circling, circuit, circuitous, circular, circularity, circulate, circulation, circumcision


circle


- transitive verb
- dar voltas

EN He knew that wherever the trackers lost his path they must circle and lose time before they found it again.
GL Sabía que alí onde os rastrexadores perderan a súa pista, eles deberían dar voltas ó redor e perder algún tempo ata atopala de novo.
- Fonte: PER (1419)
- circular

EN In the beginning he contented himself with circling timidly round the neighbouring square or, at most, going half way down one of the side streets but when he had made a skeleton map of the city in his mind he followed boldly one of its central lines until he reached the customhouse.
GL Ao primeiro contentouse con circular timidamente ao redor da praza do barrio ou, canto máis, en percorrer a metade dalgunha das rúas laterais, pero cando tivo un esquema do mapa da cidade na mente seguía valentemente calquera das súas liñas centrais ata que chegaba á alfándega.
- Fonte: RET (1424)


- noun
- círculo

EN His mind revolved in circles -- from sentiment to lust and back again from belief to cynicism.
GL A súa mente xiraba en círculos: do sentimento á luxuria para tornar de novo da fe ao cinismo.
- Fonte: TER (1642)
- esfera

EN All NGO actions are based on a obvious priority, namely that of supporting social protests and public pressure during major negotiations taking place within the main circles of power.
GL Toda a acción das ONG asenta nunha opción sumamente precisa: darlle prioridade á mobilización social e á presión pública nas grandes negociacións que se desenvolven nas esferas do poder.
- Fonte: C08 (562)