Translation of rather – English–Portuguese dictionary
rather
adverb
SMALL AMOUNT
- It is a rather grey, colourless city, with few interesting sights or historical monuments.
- His books tend to be rather densely written.
- The company's prospects for the future are rather dim.
- She found the formality of the occasion rather daunting.
- To people who don't know him he probably appears (to be) rather unfriendly.
MORE EXACTLY
B2
more accurately; more exactly
- I'll be home before 6, or rather, I will unless I get asked to stay late again.
- She's not shy. Rather the opposite.
- She was in a good mood, or rather she was until she heard the bad news.
- They go on holiday to France every year, or rather, they have done for the last ten years.
- He's selling his flat, or rather, he will sell it if he can find a buyer.
PREFERENCE
rather than
B1
- You can use cocoa powder to make the cake rather than chocolate - it's a bit of a cheat, but nobody notices the difference.
- Helicopters are mainly used for military rather than civil use.
- The matter would be better dealt with in the civil court rather than by an expensive criminal proceeding.
- Most convalescents prefer to be cared for at home rather than in a hospital.
- I prefer photographing people rather than places.
would rather
B1 (also 'd rather)
used to show that you prefer to have or do one thing more than another
Grammar
(Translation of rather from the Cambridge English-Portuguese Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Translation of rather | GLOBAL English–Portuguese Dictionary
Examples of rather
rather
The findings underline the importance of using specific rather than general tasks to assess phonology, phonological sensitivity, and phonological representations.
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Clearly, the public health official is not replacing the physician; rather, ethicists now realize a need to be in dialogue with both.
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The semantics of the language is based on a translation, and it exploits abstract data types rather than polymorphic types and recursion.
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Analysis of single channel records indicate that the effect is to favor transition to a substate rather than to physically alter the conductance pathway.
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We can differentiate these categories as purely lexical, rather than syntactic.
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This test did not reject the hypothesis of orthogonality so the estimation was done through a random effects model rather than a fixed effects model.
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Rather, he stressed that the more people, the greater the energy for socialist revolution and construction.
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Therefore, growth rates may increase over time simply because the initial and descendant cells are recovering from treatment rather than evolving.
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काहीसा, जरासा, खरे तर…
少し, やや, 正しくは…
biraz, az çok, oldukça…
plutôt, un peu, plutôt (que)…
una mica, més aviat, millor dit…
tamelijk, liever, eerder…
மிகவும், ஒரு சிறிய அளவிற்கு, இன்னும் துல்லியமாக…
पूरी तरह, कुछ हद तक, ज़्यादा सटीक रूप से…
સારુ એવું, થોડાઘણાં અંશે, વધુ ચોક્કસપણે…
ret, temmelig, hellere…
ganska, [jag tror] nästan [att jag har ätit för mycket], hellre…
agak, lebih suka, lebih tepat…
ziemlich, lieber, besser gesagt…
ganske, snarere, heller…
قدرے, کسی حد تک, ترجیحاً…
дещо, досить, краще…
చాలా, స్వల్ప స్థాయికి, ఎక్కువ ఖచ్చితంగా…
বেশ, একটু, আরও নিখুঁতভাবে…
dosti, spíše, raději…
agak, lebih suka, lebih tepatnya…
ค่อนข้าง, มากกว่า, ถ้าจะพูดให้ถูก…
khá, thà, thích hơn…
dosyć, dość, raczej…
다소, (앞에 말한 내용과 반대 되며 좀더 정확히 말할 때) 오히려, 차라리…
piuttosto, assai, anzi…
