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scrounge Meaning in Portuguese (scrounge significado em português)

pedir, procurar
pedir in English:scrounge
Phonetic:pɛˈdʒiɾ
Quick Answer • Resumo

O significado de scrounge em português é pedir, procurar. (Obter algo, tipicamente comida ou dinheiro, pedindo ou encontrando em vez de comprar ou ganhar.)

Definitions of Scrounge

  1. 1
    verb(informal)
    pedir

    To obtain something, typically food or money, by asking for it or by finding it rather than by buying or earning it.

    Obter algo, tipicamente comida ou dinheiro, pedindo ou encontrando em vez de comprar ou ganhar.

  2. 2
    verb(colloquial)
    procurar

    To search for and collect something, often with difficulty or from various sources.

    Procurar e coletar algo, muitas vezes com dificuldade ou de várias fontes.

Example Sentences

casual

“He's always trying to scrounge a cigarette from someone.”

Ele está sempre tentando pedir um cigarro a alguém.

casual

“Can you scrounge up some extra chairs for the party?”

Você consegue arranjar algumas cadeiras extras para a festa?

formal

“They had to scrounge for food during the famine.”

Eles tiveram que procurar comida durante a fome.

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Synonyms (Sinônimos)

In English:

begcadgespongefreeloadborrow

Antonyms (Antônimos)

Inflected Word Forms

past tensescrounged
present participlescrounging
agent nounscrounger

Phrases & Idiomatic Expressions

scrounge aroundphrasal_verb

To search in various places for something, often something that is difficult to find.

scrounge off someonephrasal_verb

To get food, money, or other things from someone without paying or working for them.