Vocabulário para IELTS (Básico) - Linguagem e Gramática

the shortened form of a word, etc.

abreviação, sigla

(grammar) the voice in which the subject is the agent that does the action of the verb

voz ativa

(grammar) a word or phrase that adds more information to another word in sense of time, manner, degree or cause

advérbio, modificador

the symbol ' used in writing to show possession or omission of letters or numbers

apóstrofo, sinal de apóstrofo

(grammar) any type of determiner that shows whether we are referring to a particular thing or a general example of something

artigo definido, artigo indefinido

a verb that is used with other verbs to indicate tense, voice, etc., such as do, have, and be

verbo auxiliar

(grammar) a group of words that contains a subject and a verb and functions as a unit within a sentence

cláusula, oração

(grammar) a word such as and, because, but, and or that connects phrases, sentences, or words

conjunção

a short form of a word or a group of words used instead of the full form

contração, abreviação

(grammar) a word coming before a noun or noun phrase to specify its denotation

determinante, artigo

the symbol ! that marks an interjection, which is a word or phrase indicating surprise, anger, excitement, etc.

sinal de exclamação, ponto de exclamação

connected to the rules or the study of grammar

gramatical, gramática

(grammar) a verb or verb phrase that expresses an order to do something

verbo imperativo, verbo no imperativo

(phonetics) the rising and falling of the voice when speaking

entonação

(grammar) a verb without a direct object

verbo intransitivo, verbo sem objeto direto

(grammar) a verb that needs a direct object

verbo transitivo, verbo que precisa de objeto direto

(grammar) any of the grammatical classes that words are categorized into, based on their usage in a sentence

(in grammar) the form of a verb used when the grammatical subject is affected by the action of the verb, rather than performing it

voz passiva

the symbol . used to mark the end of a sentence or an abbreviation

ponto, sinal de pontuação

(grammar) a letter or a set of letters that are added to the beginning of a word to alter its meaning and make a new word

prefixo

(grammar) a letter or a set of letters that are added to the end of a word to alter its meaning and make a new word

sufixo, terminação

(grammar) describing a word that indicates that the action of the verb affects the agent performing it

reflexivo, reflexiva

(grammar) referring to a noun, clause or sentence that has come before

relativo, relativa

to say the exact sentence or group of words someone else used in a movie, book, etc.

citar, reproduzir

(grammar) the name of a place, person, country, etc. with its first letter capitalized

nome próprio, substantivo próprio

(grammar) a noun that refers to an object or a concept in a category but not to a specific one

substantivo comum, nome comum

either of the symbols " " or ' ' used before and after a word or words to indicate the beginning and the end of a title or quoted remark, or to mark a jargon

aspas, sinal de citação

(grammar) a noun or noun phrase that is affected by the action of the verb, or is followed by a preposition

objeto, complemento

(grammar) a noun that denotes a general quality or an idea, rather than a physical object or real world event

substantivo abstrato, nome abstrato

an emphasis given to a particular syllable of a word, part of a sentence, or note in a set of musical notes

acento, ênfase