English-Portuguese translations for ape

• macaco
  Tanto quanto sei, existem fortes suspeitas de os vírus HIV contraídos por seres humanos terem sido transmitidos por macacos.According to my information, there is a strong suspicion that HIV viruses were transmitted from apes to man.
  No entanto, é uma questão muito sensível, em especial quando se trata de investigação que utiliza macacos e, em especial, grandes símios. However, it is a very sensitive issue, in particular when it comes to research using monkeys and especially great apes.
• imitar
• macaquear
• primata

Definition of ape

• A primate of the clade Hominoidea, generally larger than monkeys and distinguished from them by having no tail
• An uncivilised person
• To behave like an ape
• Wild; crazy

Examples

• We were ape over the new look.
• He went ape when he heard the bad news.

Related words

• skyscraper
• paper
• raper
• escape
• landscape
• grape
• scapegoat
• Budapest
• Yapese