long

I 1. [loŋ] adjective

1) (measuring a great distance from one end to the other: a long journey; a long road; long legs.) comprido

2) (having a great period of time from the first moment to the last: The book took a long time to read; a long conversation; a long delay.) longo

3) (measuring a certain amount in distance or time: The wire is two centimetres long; The television programme was just over an hour long.) de comprido

4) (away, doing or using something etc for a great period of time: Will you be long?) demorado

5) (reaching to a great distance in space or time: She has a long memory) comprido

2. adverb

1) (a great period of time: This happened long before you were born.) muito tempo

2) (for a great period of time: Have you been waiting long?) muito tempo

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- longways

- long-distance
- long-drawn-out
- longhand
- long house
- long jump
- long-playing record
- long-range
- long-sighted
- long-sightedness
- long-suffering
- long-winded
- as long as / so long as
- before very long
- before long
- in the long run
- the long and the short of it
- no longer
- so long! II [loŋ] verb

((often with for) to wish very much: He longed to go home; I am longing for a drink.) desejar

- longing

- longingly

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long¹

[lɔŋ] n 1 sílaba longa. 2 período ou grande distância. • adj 1 longo, comprido, alongado. 2 extenso. 3 tardio, dilatório. 4 de longo alcance. • adv 1 durante. 2 por longo tempo. 3 longamente. 4 a grande distância. as long as contanto que. before long logo, em breve. for long por muito tempo. how long...? há quanto tempo...? how long have you been here? / há quanto tempo você já está aqui? in the long run com o tempo. long since há muito tempo. so long até logo. the long and the short of it todo o assunto em poucas palavras. to be long tardar.

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long²

[lɔŋ] vt cobiçar, ambicionar, almejar, ansiar. the children are longing for ice-cream / as crianças estão loucas (anseiam) por sorvete.

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long⁴

abbr longitude (longitude).