English-Portuguese translations for time

• altura
  É mais do que altura de o fazer. It is high time that was done.
  Estava na altura de isto acontecer. It was high time this happened.
  Penso que é altura de o fazer já. I think it is time to do it now.
• cronometrar
• marcar
  Se conseguir marcar desta vez, em Outubro ganhará a taça. If you score this time, in October you will win the trophy.
  Não é altura, nem este é assunto, para marcar pontos em termos políticos. It is neither a time nor a subject for political point-scoring.
  A economia europeia está a marcar passo. The European economy, meanwhile, is marking time.
• momento
  Chegou o momento de o concluir. The time has come to conclude.
  Chegou, portanto, o momento de agir. So this is the time for action.
  O momento chegou, mas o tempo urge. Now is the time, but the time is limited.
• programar
  O sector precisa de estabilidade e não de sobressaltos, de tempo para se adaptar e programar, pelo que me parece conveniente que terminemos de aplicar a actual reforma antes de pensarmos na seguinte. The sector needs stability and not shocks, time to adapt itself and to plan, and I therefore think that we should finish applying the current reform before thinking about the next one.
• tempo
  Não podemos perder mais tempo. No further time can be wasted.
  É tempo de pôr fim a este desperdício. It is time we ended this waste.
  O momento chegou, mas o tempo urge. Now is the time, but the time is limited.
• vez
  Não fiquemos calados desta vez. This time let us not be silent.
  Espero que desta vez sejam aprovadas.I hope that they pass this time.
  Desta vez, as pessoas ficaram sem saber o que fazer. This time, people were at a loss.

Definition of time

• The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present events into the past
• A duration of time
• An instant of time
• The measurement under some system of region of day or moment
• Ratio of comparison
• Tense
• The measured duration of sounds; measure; tempo; rate of movement; rhythmical division
• To measure or record the time, duration, or rate of
• To choose when something begins or how long it lasts
• To keep or beat time; to proceed or move in time
• To pass time; to delay
• To measure, as in music or harmony
• A call by a bartender to warn patrons that the establishment is closing and no more drinks will be served

Examples

• Time stops for nobody.   the ebb and flow of time
• Both science-fiction writers and physicists have written about travel through time
• Time slows down when you approach the speed of light
• An essential definition of time should entail neither speed nor direction, just change
• More time is needed to complete the project.   You had plenty of time, but you waited until the last minute.   Are you finished yet? Time’s up!
• a long time;  Record the individual times for the processes in each batch.   Only your best time is compared with the other competitors.   The algorithm runs in O(n2) time
• The judge leniently granted a sentence with no hard time.   He is not living at home because he is doing time
• We had a wonderful time at the party
• Roman times;  the time of the dinosaurs
• In my time, we respected our elders
• Excuse me, have you got the time?   What time is it, do you guess? Ten o’clock?   A computer keeps time using a clock battery
• it’s time for bed;  it’s time to sleep;  we must wait for the right time;  its time we were going
• at what times do the trains arrive?;  these times were erroneously converted between zones
• When was the last time we went out? I don’t remember
• see you another time;  that’s three times he’s made the same mistake
• Okay, but this is the last time. No more after that!
• Last call: its almost time
• It was his time.
• Lets synchronize our watches so were not on different time
• your car runs three times faster than mine;  that is four times as heavy as this
• the time of a verb
• common or triple time;   the musician keeps good time
• I used a stopwatch to time myself running around the block.
• The President timed his speech badly, coinciding with the Super Bowl.
• The bomb was timed to explode at 9:20 p.m.

Related words

• on time
• on-time