Translation of wonder – English–Portuguese dictionary

wonder

verb
uk
/ˈwʌn.dər/
us
/ˈwʌn.dɚ/

QUESTION

B1 [ I ]
to ask yourself questions or express a wish to know about something
perguntar-se
[ + question word ] Shouldn't you phone home? Your parents will be wondering where you are. Você não deveria ligar para casa? Seus pais vão estar se perguntando onde você está.
He's starting to wonder whether he did the right thing in accepting this job.
[ + speech ] Will this turkey be big enough for eight, I wonder?
"Have you decided where you're going next summer?" "I've been wondering about (= considering) going to Florida."
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wonder

noun
uk
/ˈwʌn.dər/
us
/ˈwʌn.dɚ/
[ U ]
a feeling of great surprise and admiration caused by seeing or experiencing something that is strange and new
admiração, assombro
The sight of the Grand Canyon stretching out before them filled them with wonder. A vista do Grand Canyon estendendo-se diante deles os encheu de encantamento.
The boys gazed in wonder at the shiny red Ferrari.
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(Translation of wonder from the Cambridge English-Portuguese Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Translation of wonder | GLOBAL English–Portuguese Dictionary

wonder
verb
/ˈwʌndər/
perguntar-se pensar sobre
I wonder if they’re OK. Eu me pergunto se eles estão bem.
Do you ever wonder about life after death? Você pensa sobre a vida após a morte?
He wondered why she hadn’t called him. Ele se perguntava por que ela não tinha ligado para ele.
I wonder if/whether
colloquial
used to make a polite request
gostaria de saber se
I wonder if you could help me move these tables? Gostaria de saber se você pode me ajudar a mover estas mesas.

(Translation of wonder from the GLOBAL English-Portuguese Dictionary © 2021 K Dictionaries Ltd)

wonder
noun
/ˈwʌndər/
admiração [ feminine ]
I stared at my newborn baby in wonder. Olhei para meu bebê recém-nascido com admiração.
maravilha [ feminine ]
the wonders of modern medicine as maravilhas da medicina moderna
do/work wonders
to have an extremely good result or effect
fazer maravilhas
a cream that works wonders for dry skin um creme que faz maravilhas na pele seca
(it’s) little/no wonder
indicates you are not surprised
não é de se estranhar
No wonder she’s overweight with all the junk food she eats. Não é de se estranhar que ela esteja acima do peso, com toda a junk food que ela come.

(Translation of wonder from the GLOBAL English-Portuguese Dictionary © 2021 K Dictionaries Ltd)

Examples of wonder

wonder
As tantalizing glimpses of the fully formed wonders to come, though, they offer a valuable perspective to anyone interested in this singular composer's musical evolution.
Finally, readers with a topological background may have wondered about possible generalizations of our approach to higher dimensions.
Yet the writer had no information at his disposal beyond two legendary names and essentially produced a rather thin pastiche of folklore and wonder tale.
One wonders how a life spanning such turbulent times, and an artistic output extended across thirty years, could remain so unaffected.
Not only were amazing new visual devices and technical wonders being offered: invisible worlds were suddenly made visible as if by magic.
It is little wonder that many elderly people should try to dissociate themselves personally from the false stereotype.
It will be no wonder if in the future these sciences advance further and the things which today appear fully ascertained may be proven wrong.
However, something extremely unlikely happens : those who witness the event do not wonder at it at all.
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Translations of wonder

in Chinese (Traditional)
質疑, 疑惑, 想知道…
in Chinese (Simplified)
质疑, 疑惑, 想知道…
in Spanish
preguntarse, admiración, asombro…
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काळजी करणे, कुतूहूल वाटणे…
~だろうかと思う, 驚き, 驚嘆…
merak etmek, hayret, şaşkınlık…
se demander, émerveillement [masculine], merveille [feminine]…
preguntar-se, admiració, astorament…
verwondering, wonder, het wonderlijke…
உங்களை கேள்விகளைக் கேட்க அல்லது எதையாவது தெரிந்து கொள்ள விருப்பத்தை வெளிப்படுத்த, சொற்றொடர்களில் பயன்படுத்தப்படுகிறது, ஒரு கோரிக்கையின் ஆரம்பத்தில்…
आश्चर्य होना, जानने को उत्सुक होना, (एक शिष्ट और औपचारिक) अनुरोध करना…
તમારી જાતને પ્રશ્નો પૂછવા અથવા કોઈ વસ્તુ વિષે જાણવાની ઈચ્છા વ્યક્ત કરવી, વિનંતીના સ્વરૂપમાં પ્રયોજવું…
forbløffelse, forundring, vidunder…
[för]undran, under[verk], det märkvärdiga…
rasa kagum, keajaiban, menakjubkan…
die Verwunderung, das Wunder, sich wundern…
undre på, lure på, undring [masculine]…
حیران ہونا, حیرت ہونا, حیرت (شائستہ انداز سے کسی سے کچھ پوچھنا، کچھ جاننے کی خواہش ظاہر کرنا)…
здивування, подив, диво…
ఆశ్చర్యం…
নিজেকে প্রশ্ন করতে বা কোনোকিছু জানার জন্যে ব্যবহৃত অভিব্যক্তি, অনুরোধের শুরুতে বাক্যাংশে ব্যবহার করা হয়…
údiv, div, úžasnost…
keheranan, keajaiban, keanehan…
ความพิศวง, สิ่งประหลาด, รู้สึกประหลาด…
sự ngạc nhiên, điều ngạc nhiên, điều gây ngạc nhiên…
zastanawiać się, podziw, zdumienie…
궁금해 하다, 경탄…
domandarsi, meraviglia, meravigliarsi…
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