barbarous

[US]/ˈbɑːbərəs/
[UK]/ˈbɑːrbərəs/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. selvagem, cruel, não civilizado, grosseiro, estrangeiro.

Phrases & Collocations

barbarous behavior

comportamento bárbaro

barbarous treatment

tratamento bárbaro

Example Sentences

a remote and barbarous country.

um país remoto e bárbaro.

committed a barbarous crime.

cometeu um crime bárbaro.

It is barbarous to call at 5 a.m.

É bárbaro ligar às 5 da manhã.

She received the most barbarous treatment.

Ela recebeu o tratamento mais bárbaro.

It was barbarous to treat prisoners in that manner.

Era bárbaro tratar os prisioneiros dessa maneira.

They were guilty of the most barbarous and inhuman atrocities.

Eles foram culpados das atrocidades mais bárbaras e desumanas.

many early child-rearing practices were barbarous by modern standards.

Muitas práticas antigas de criação de filhos eram bárbaras pelos padrões modernos.

From Alexander the grammarian, to refrain from fault-finding, and not in a reproachful way to chide those who uttered any barbarous or solecistic or strange-sounding expression;

De Alexandre, o gramático, abster-se de procurar defeitos e não repreender, de forma reprovável, aqueles que proferissem alguma expressão bárbara, coloquial ou estranha;

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