Vocab Bloom Hub

laugh off

/læf ɒf/

Tradução: Verbo frasal usado para indicar que algo é tratado como sem importância ou engraçado, muitas vezes para não levar a sério.

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/læf ɒf/B2formal
  • ptVerbo frasal usado para indicar que algo é tratado como sem importância ou engraçado, muitas vezes para não levar a sério.

A phrasal verb used to indicate dismissing or treating something as unimportant or amusing, often to avoid taking it seriously.

incontável · transitivo · phrasal, separável

  1. Dismiss with humorinformal

    To treat something serious or embarrassing as a joke to avoid dealing with it.

    ptLevar na brincadeira

    • He tried to laugh off the criticism from his boss.
    • She laughed off the awkward comment at the party.
    • They laughed off the mistake and moved on.

    Sinônimosbrush offshrug offtrivialize

    Antônimosacknowledgeaddressconfrontfaceheed

  2. Ignore or minimizeinformal

    To pretend something is not important or serious by laughing.

    ptRir para não levar a sério

    • She laughed off the rumors about her promotion.
    • He laughed off the pain from the injury.
    • They laughed off the threat as a joke.

    Sinônimosbelittlebrush offdismissdisregarddownplayminimizeplay downpooh-poohshrug off

    Antônimosacknowledgeaddressconfrontheed

Formas
  • laughed off past participle
  • laughed off past simple
  • laughing off present participle
  • laughs off third person singular

Verbo baselaugh

Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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