English-Portuguese translations for familiar

• familiar
  Esta sua linha de argumentação soa-me familiar.Your line of argument here has a familiar ring to me.
  Trata-se de um argumento familiar nesta Assembleia. That is a familiar argument in this House.
  Na Europa Oriental, de onde sou originário, esta história é familiar. In Eastern Europe, where I come from, the story is a familiar one.
• conhecido
  O padrão é por demais conhecido. The pattern is all too familiar.
  São dados conhecidos de todos. We are all familiar with this subject.
  Este fracasso segue um padrão conhecido. The failure follows a familiar pattern.
• espírito familiar
• próximo
  Também o próximo Tratado encerra reminiscências dos bons velhos estados nacionais. The next treaty too will contain familiar echoes of the nation States of old.

Definition of familiar

• Known to one, or generally known; commonplace
• Acquainted
• Intimate or friendly
• Inappropriately intimate or friendly
• Of or pertaining to a family; familial
• An attendant spirit, often in animal or demon form
• A member of one's family or household
• A close friend
• The officer of the Inquisition who arrested suspected people

Examples

• there’s a familiar face; that tune sounds familiar
• Im quite familiar with this system; shes not familiar with manual gears
• we are not on familiar terms; our neighbour is not familiar
• Don’t be familiar with me, boy!
• The witch’s familiar was a black cat

Related words

• familiarly
• familiarise
• familiarize
• familiarity
• familiars
• unfamiliar
• familiarization
• unfamiliarity
• defamiliarization