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suggest

verbocorrente nos diálogos

  • Reino Unido//səˈd͡ʒɛst//
  • Estados Unidos//sə(ɡ)ˈd͡ʒɛst//

To imply but stop short of explicitly stating (something).

verbo

  1. 1

    To imply but stop short of explicitly stating (something).

    Are you suggesting that I killed my wife?

  2. 2

    To cause one to suppose (something); to bring to one's mind the idea (of something).

    The name "hamburger" suggests that hamburgers originated from Hamburg.

    , Book II, Chapter III Some ideas […] are suggested to the mind by all the ways of sensation and reflection.

    In the abstract, Stuhlbarg’s twinkly-eyed sidekick suggests Joe Pesci in Lethal Weapon 2 by way of late-period Robin Williams with an alien twist, but Stuhlbarg makes a character that easily could have come across as precious into a surprisingly palatable, even charming man.

    The [British Heart Foundation's] data […] suggests there has been little improvement in eating, drinking and exercise habits in spite of the concern about obesity and the launch of the government's child measurement programme, which warns parents if their children are overweight. About a third of under-16s across the UK are either overweight or obese.

  3. 3

    To explicitly mention (something) as a possibility for consideration, often to recommend it.

    This meeting venue was suggested to us by our boss.

    He suggests that we celebrate with dinner at Bellissimo. He suggests our celebrating with dinner at Bellissimo.

    The guidebook suggested that we visit the local cathedral, so that's what we did.

    But Rachida Dati has now turned on her own party elite with such ferocity that some have suggested she should be expelled from the president's ruling party.

  4. 4

    obsoletoTo seduce; to prompt to evil; to tempt.

    Knowing that tender youth is soon suggested.

Etimologia

Coined based on Latin suggestus, perfect passive participle of suggerō (“bring up, bring under, lay beneath, furnish, supply, excite, advise, suggest”, verb), from sub (“from below, under”) + gerō (“bear, carry”, verb).

Formas

pretérito
suggested
particípio passado
suggested
gerúndio
suggesting
3.ª pessoa do singular
suggests
As páginas vizinhasA ordem alfabética segue as regras da língua, não o valor dos bytes: um acento só desempata entre duas palavras de resto idênticas, e o espanhol trata o Ñ como uma letra à parte.

Conteúdo lexical proveniente do Wiktionary, sob licença CC BY-SA 4.0 · Entrada de origem · Versão dos dados 2026-08-23

Posição entre as palavras do corpus OpenSubtitles 2018 — legendas de cinema e televisão, ou seja língua falada e não escrita (CC BY-SA 3.0).