creak

[US]/kriːk/
[UK]/krik/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. um som agudo, áspero e estridente
vi. fazer um som agudo, áspero e estridente
vt. fazer com que produza um som agudo, áspero e estridente.
Word Forms
Particípio passadocreaked
Passado simplescreaked
Gerúndiocreaking
Pluralcreaks
Terceira pessoa do singularcreaks

Phrases & Collocations

door creaks

portas rangem

old chair creaks

cadeira velha range

Example Sentences

the creak of a floorboard broke the silence.

O rangido de um assoalho quebrou o silêncio.

The cart creaked along.

A carroça rangia.

the stairs creaked as she went up them.

As ela subia, os degraus rangiam.

the bus creaked round a sharp hairpin bend.

O ônibus rangeu ao contornar uma curva fechada.

the sofa creaked under his weight.

O sofá rangeu sob o peso dele.

Oil the hinges; the gate is creaking.

Lubrifique as dobradiças; o portão está rangendo.

The door in the old house creaked noisily.

A porta na casa velha rangia barulhentamente.

It was a weird old house, full of creaks and groans.

Era uma casa velha e estranha, cheia de rangidos e gemidos.

loose boards creaked as I walked on them.

As tábuas soltas rangiam enquanto eu andava sobre elas.

they listened to the soft ticking and creaking as the house settled.

Eles ouviram o tique-taque suave e o rangido enquanto a casa se acomodava.

the springs in the armchair creak whenever I change position.

As molas na poltrona rangem sempre que eu mudo de posição.

The door creaked as she opened it.

A porta rangeu quando ela a abriu.

as he came upstairs the boards creaked under his weight.

Ao subir as escadas, as tábuas rangiam sob o peso dele.

Harry and Ron seized him under the armpits and pulled him out, while a suit of armor at the top of the stairs creaked and clanked, laughing wheezily (GF12).

Harry e Ron o agarraram pelas axilas e o puxaram para fora, enquanto uma armadura no topo da escada rangia e tilintava, gargalhando com um chiado (GF12).

Real-world Examples

There had been a loud creak behind him.

Havia sido um rangido alto atrás dele.

Source: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

You can occasionally hear the creak of the leather as he talks.

Você pode ouvir ocasionalmente o rangido do couro enquanto ele fala.

Source: What it takes: Celebrity Interviews

As the door creaked, low, rumbling growls met their ears.

Quando a porta rangeu, rosnados baixos e retumbantes encontraram seus ouvidos.

Source: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

It creaked and groaned but did not yield.

Rangeu e gemeu, mas não cedeu.

Source: The Sign of the Four

That is something a creaking economy badly needs.

Isso é algo que uma economia cambaleante precisa desesperadamente.

Source: The Economist - International

Suddenly, the heavy door creaked open, all by itself.

De repente, a porta pesada rangeu ao abrir, sozinha.

Source: Bedtime stories for children

But the ratcheting up of sanctions is taking its toll on the country's creaking economy.

Mas o aumento das sanções está cobrando seu preço da economia cambaleante do país.

Source: The Economist - Comprehensive

I was surprised to hear more creaking under the bed.

Fiquei surpreso ao ouvir mais rangidos sob a cama.

Source: Storyline Online English Stories

Was he half expecting to hear the creak of a stair or the swish of a cloak?

Ele esperava ouvir o rangido de um degrau ou o farfalhar de um manto?

Source: 4. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

The road outside lay silent. No wagons creaked by.

A estrada lá fora estava silenciosa. Nenhuma carroça rangia.

Source: Gone with the Wind

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