English-Portuguese translations for under

• sob
  Os Hutus estavam sob o controlo daqueles. The Hutus were under their control.
  Estamos em stresse, sob pressão de tempo. We are under stress, under time pressure.
  A cultura árabe está sob ataque. The Arab culture is under attack.
• embaixo de
• debaixo
  Durmo com uma Uzi debaixo do travesseiro. I sleep with an Uzi under my pillow.
  Não podemos varrer estes problemas para debaixo do tapete! We cannot sweep these problems under the carpet!
  "Por que estão eles debaixo de água?" , perguntar-me-á o senhor Presidente. 'Why underground?' , you may ask, Mr President.
• menos que/de
• under

Definition of under

• In or at a lower level than
• As a subject of; subordinate to
• Less than
• In the face of; in response to (some attacking force
• As, in the character of
• In a way lower or less than
• In a way inferior to
• In an unconscious state
• Being lower; being beneath something
• Under anesthesia, especially general anesthesia; sedated

Examples

• He served in World War II under General Omar Bradley
• to collapse under stress; to give in under interrogation
• he writes books under the name John Smith
• It took the hypnotist several minutes to make his subject go under.
• Ensure the patient is sufficiently under.

Related words

• understand
• understanding
• thunder
• thunderstruck
• underground
• understandable
• thunderbolt
• flounder
• underage