betrothed

• Termo usado para descrever uma pessoa que está noiva, ou seja, que assumiu o compromisso de se casar. Pode ser empregado como adjetivo ou substantivo.

An old-fashioned term for someone who is engaged to be married.

1. Engaged to be marriedC1formal

   Formally promised to marry someone.

   Noivo

   • She is betrothed to a wealthy merchant.
   • The betrothed couple exchanged rings at the ceremony.
   • He was betrothed to his childhood sweetheart.

   Sinônimosengagedpledged

   Antônimossingleunattachedunengagedunpromised

• Substantivo que designa a pessoa com quem alguém está noivo; o noivo ou a noiva.

A noun referring to a person to whom one is engaged to be married; a fiancé or fiancée.

1. Fiancé or FiancéeC1formal

   A person to whom someone is engaged to be married.

   Noivo ou noiva

   • He introduced his betrothed to the family at dinner.
   • The betrothed exchanged rings during the ceremony.
   • She wrote a letter to her betrothed, who was away at war.

   Sinônimosintended

• Verbo geralmente formal ou literário que significa oficialmente firmar o noivado de alguém, prometendo-o em casamento; também pode indicar o ato de prometer alguém como noivo ou noiva a outra pessoa.

An archaic verb meaning to formally engage someone to be married; to promise in marriage.

1. Promise in marriageC2formal

   To formally promise someone in marriage, often used in historical or formal contexts.

   Prometer em casamento

   • The king betrothed his daughter to a neighboring prince.
   • They were betrothed at a young age by their families.
   • He betrothed his son to the merchant's daughter.

   Sinônimosaffianceengageespouseplight