| Formas compostas |
| by common consent | adv | (by the agreement of everyone) por consentimento de todos | por consenso loc adv |
| common ancestry | n | (shared family history) genealogia familiar | origem comum loc sf |
| My friend and I always thought it was strange how we looked so alike until we discovered we shared a common ancestry. |
| common ancestry | v | (species: shared descent from a distant ancestor) espécies: descendência compartilhada | origem comum loc sf |
| Apes and humans share a common ancestry. |
| common belief | n | (idea shared by many people) ideia compartilhada | crença geral loc sf |
| It is a common belief that education will improve your employment prospects. |
| common belief | n | (mutual, shared opinion) opinião compartilhada | crença geral loc sf |
| It means a lot to both of us that, over the years, we continue to share many common beliefs. |
| common bond | n | (sth shared, unifying) | elo comum loc sm |
| My common bond with him is that we grew up in the same neighborhood. |
| common carrier | n | (company providing freight service) | transporte público loc sm |
| | | empresa de transportes |
| That company is a common carrier both in California and Nevada. |
| common cold | | | resfriado comum |
| common denominator | n | literal (mathematics: shared quantity in fractions) literal: matemática | denominador comum loc sm |
| common denominator | n | figurative (common or shared factor) figurativo - fator compartilhado ou comum | denominador comum loc sm |
| Though the sisters were different in almost every way, one common denominator was their love of horses. |
| common good | | | bem comum |
| common knowledge | n | (sth that most people know) | conhecimento geral loc sm |
| It was common knowledge among the staff that Bill had a drinking problem. |
| Though Galileo was persecuted for saying this in the 17th century, it is now common knowledge that the earth orbits around the sun. |
| common law, common-law | n | (informal but recognized status) lei consuetudinária | lei comum loc sf |
| Note: hyphen used when term is an adj before a noun |
| Though they never married, they lived together long enough to be considered common-law partners. |
| common man | | | homem comum |
| common ownership | n | (joint ownership, trusteeship) | posse comum loc sf |
| The condominium owners have common ownership of the public areas. |
| common people | n | (ordinary people) pessoas simples | povo sm |
| | | massa sf |
| They don't stand out for any particular reason, they're just common people. |
| common people | n | (working-class people) | classe trabalhadora loc sf |
| God must have loved the common people, he made so many of them. A. Lincoln |
| common phrase | n | (much-used expression) | expressão comum loc sf |
| It takes awhile to learn the common phrases in a foreign language. |
| common practice | n | (sth customary, sth often done) | prática comum loc sf |
| It is common practice to speak softly in a library. |
| It's common practice to shake hands in business affairs. |
| common saying | n | (much-used expression or proverb) | expressão comum loc sf |
| | | clichê, chavão, lugar-comum sm |
| When I use a common saying it's folk wisdom, and when you use it, it's called a cliché. |
| common sense | | | senso comum |
| common source | n | (frequent place of origin) lugar de origem compartilhada | fonte comum loc sf |
| Poorly built homes are a common source of law suits. |
| The Internet is now a common source of information. |
| common source | n | (shared origin ) origem compartilhada | fonte comum loc sf |
| All Indo-European languages are thought to come from a common source. |
| common stock | n | (animal: not of pure breeding) animal: que não é de raça pura | mestiço sm |
| Breeding the common stock with purebreds improves the quality of the herd. |
| common stock | n | pejorative (person: working-class background) pejorativo - pessoas da classe trabalhadora | gentalha, gentinha sf |
| They're not in our class, dear. They come from common stock. |
| common stock | n | (finance: a type of capital stock) finanças | ação comum, ação ordinária loc sf |
| The company issues two classes of equity: common stock and preferred stock. |
| common-law, common law | adj | (unofficial, not formalized) não formalizado | de direito consuetudinário loc adj |
| | | de direito comum |
| Note: hyphen used when term is a noun or an adj before a noun |
| common-law marriage | n | (partnership not formalized by marriage ceremony) não formalizado | concubinato sm |
| When a common law marriage exists, the spouses receive the same legal treatment given to legally married couples |
| common-law wife | n | (woman in a partnership not formalized by marriage) não formalizado | concubina sf |
| John had more than one common-law wife, though he was never married. |
| have little in common | | | ter pouca coisa em comum |
| have nothing in common | | | não ter nada em comum |
| have things in common | | | ter coisas em comum |
| least common denominator | n | (mathematics: lowest common multiple) mat: | mínimo denominador comum loc sm |
| The least common denominator of the two fractions 1/6 and 1/4 is 12. |
| least common multiple | n | (mathematics: lowest common denominator) mat: | mínimo múltiplo comum loc sm |
| lowest common denominator | n | (mathematics: least common multiple) mat: | mínimo múltiplo comum loc sm |
| lowest common denominator | n | figurative (people with least education, understanding) figurativo - pessoas de educação limitada | mínimo múltiplo comum loc sm |
| The movie was crude and superficial, appealing to the lowest common denominator. |
| make common cause with | | | ter causa comum com |
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