| Formas compostas |
| age-old | adj | (ancient) | idoso adj |
| Hiram Bingham was the first outsider to view the age-old buildings of Machu Pichu. |
| age-old | adj | (long-standing) | antigo, velho adj |
| I'll give you some age-old advice: "Neither a borrower nor a lender be". |
| an old hand at | n | informal (experienced in: an activity) pessoa experiente numa atividade | velho de guerra loc sm |
| You'll do well to follow his advice; he's an old hand at this business. |
| The grandmother is an old hand at comforting a crying baby. |
| chip off the old block | n | informal (sb who behaves like his or her parent) informal | tal pai, tal filho |
| He'll be a womanizer just like his father; he's a chip off the old block. |
| days of old | npl | literary (ancient times) | tempos antigos, tempos remotos |
| Knights would fight dragons in days of old. |
| dirty old man | | | velho tarado |
| fifty year old | | | com cinqüenta anos |
| good old days | | | bons tempos antigos |
| good old times | npl | informal (nostalgic term for the past) | bons e velhos tempos loc sm pl |
| My grandparents often talk about the good old times when they were young. |
| grow old | | | ficar velho |
| he is still his same old self | | | continua sendo o mesmo |
| in the good old days | | | nos velhos tempos |
| of old | adj | (belonging to the ancient past) | dos tempos antigos loc adj |
| In days of old, people believed that spirits inhabited plants and animals. |
| old | adj | (of age) de idade | velho adj |
| How old do you have to be to drive? |
| * Ele está velho demais para se comportar como criança. |
| old | adj | (elderly) idoso | velho adj |
| She's getting very old. |
| Ela está ficando velha. |
| old | adj | (not new) não novo | velho adj |
| You can borrow my camera, but it's rather old. |
| Você pode pegar a câmera emprestada, mas ela é bem velha. |
| old | adj | (of a given age) de uma certa idade | velho adj |
| I'll be twenty-two years old tomorrow. |
| * Você me respeite, pois sou mais velha do que você. |
| old as the hills | adj | informal (very old, ancient) informal - muito velho, antigo | mais antigo do que as montanhas |
| That legend is as old as the hills. |
| old as time | adj | (very ancient) muito antigo | mais velho que Matusalém |
| The natives claimed that the spirits there were as old as time. |
| old bag | n | slang, pejorative (ugly or unappealing woman) gíria, pejorativo: mulher feia | mocreia, bruaca, dragão sf |
| Shut up, you old bag! |
| old cast-offs | | | desejos antigos |
| old chap | | | velho camarada |
| old days | npl | (a past era) | tempos antigos loc sm pl |
| Nursing home patients like to reminisce about the old days. |
| In the old days, there were no colour televisions. |
| old fogey | n | slang, pejorative (old-fashioned person) gíria, pessoa antiquada | careta sf |
| | gíria | quadrado sm |
| You look like such an old fogey when you wear that bow tie. |
| old geezer | | | ancião |
| old hand | | | pessoa com muita prática |
| | | veterano |
| old lady | n | (elderly woman) mulher idosa | velhinha sf |
| Jim helped the old lady carry her heavy shopping bags home. |
| old lady | n | slang, dated (girlfriend, wife) popular, esposa, namorada | patroa sf |
| My old lady will get upset if I go to the pub again tonight. |
| old maid | | | solteirona |
| old man | n | (elderly male) homem idoso | velhinho sm |
| The old man was slow to cross the street. |
| old man | n | slang, dated (boyfriend, husband) gíria, marido, namorado | velho, patrão sm |
| My old man is still at work. |
| old master | | | grande mestre da pintura |
| old person | n | (senior citizen, elderly individual) | idoso sm |
| She was rather spry for an old person. |
| old salt | n | slang (sailor) gíria, marinheiro | lobo do mar loc sm |
| The old salt staggered from the inn back to his ship. |
| old school | | | antigo, das antigas |
| | | velha escola |
| old style, old-style | n | (old-fashioned design) | fora de moda loc sf |
| Note: hyphen used when term is an adj before a noun |
| Suspenders and bowties are so old style. |
| old times | npl | (a past era) | tempos antigos loc sm pl |
| In old times, doctors bled their patients in the belief that they were curing them. |
| old times | npl | (shared past) passado compartilhado | bons tempos loc sm pl |
| Do you remember the good old times when we were young and full of life? |
| old wives' tale | | | história da carochinha |
| old woman | n | (elderly lady) | mulher idosa loc sf |
| Every day I see the same little old woman sitting on that park bench feeding pigeons. |
| ripe old age | | | idade avançada |
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