set in

• Verbo frasal usado para indicar o início e a continuação de algo, especialmente algo desagradável ou persistente, como uma mudança no tempo, uma doença ou um estado de espírito.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the beginning and continuation of something, especially something unpleasant or persistent, such as a change in weather, a disease, or a mood.

incontável · verbo irregular · intransitivo · phrasal, inseparável

1. Begin and continueformal

   To start and seem likely to continue, often used for weather, conditions, or feelings.

   Instalar-se e continuar

   • Winter has set in early this year.
   • Panic set in when the power went out.
   • The rain set in for the rest of the day.

   Sinônimosarrivebegincomedevelopensuestarttake hold

   Antônimosceaseendstopsubside

2. Become establishedformal

   To become fixed or established in a particular state or condition.

   Estabelecer-se

   • Bad habits can set in if you are not careful.
   • The infection set in quickly after the injury.
   • A feeling of boredom set in after the first hour.

   Sinônimosappeararrivebegindevelopstarttake holdtake root

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