Summary
better {adjective}
superior · melhor
well {noun}
poço · nascente
well {adjective}
bem disposto · pois bem · sadio
Synonyms
better: best · improve · ameliorate
well: good · easily · comfortably
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English-Portuguese translation for "better"
"better" Portuguese translation
better {noun}
better {adjective}
To be competitive, an entity needs to enjoy better productivity than its rivals.
We are aware of the need for technology that is equivalent to or better than GPS.
I am certain that the intellectual potential of the European Union could produce a much better directive.
Those amendments reflected the agreement between the different groups but I insist that, technically, this text is better.
The Centre must become significantly better in this area than it is at present.
If it goes through, I shall gladly take the Leninist view that worse is better.
I certainly feel, having read his report, that I understand it very much better.
The concept of 'new medicinal product ' needs to be better defined, Commissioner.
It means lower prices and a wider range and better quality of goods and services.
to better {verb}
to better [bettered|bettered] {v.t.} (also: to meliorate)
Mr President, I shall see whether I can do any better with this oral amendment.
I would like to give just a few examples of where things must definitely get better.
However, now it would appear that there is hope for better things to come.
Should we be collecting it, gathering it, so we can make his online experience better?
I just pray that one day I take part in a debate when things are getting better.
well {noun}
They're moving around in this gravitational potential well of this cluster, OK.
I once -- this was years ago I saw Ted Kennedy and Dan Quayle meet in the well of the Senate.
The camera's looking down at her because she's in the well.
She's in the absolute well of her own sense of being mortal.
It cannot be based on the bottomless well principle.
well {adjective}
well {adj.} (also: in good form)
Well then, I dreamt that I was a very old pensioner who needed some medicine.
Well, this is year eleven; it is a shameful situation that cannot continue.
Well, as regards the Mediterranean, substantial problems still remain unresolved.
Well then, that is precisely what happened in Genoa during the G8 period.
Well guess what, they're known to freeze their upper bodies when they're lying.
Sound quota management in that very sector has meant that, relatively speaking, this sector is doing well, certainly taking into...
well {adverb}
You say, "Huh, what do you mean?" Well actually, you are going to whistle along.
Well, there are a number of political reasons why people have found it congenial.
Well this has sparked a craze in Japan, because everyone's wanting a masterpiece.
Well, the Earth -- our environment, in the form of us -- is creating knowledge.
Some psychologists went around and polled citizens who were very well informed.
Synonyms
Synonyms (English) for "better":
© Princeton Universitybest · improve · ameliorate · meliorate · amend · break · bettor · wagerer · punter
Synonyms (English) for "well":
© Princeton Universitygood · easily · comfortably · advantageously · considerably · substantially · intimately · swell · wellspring · fountainhead
Usage examples
Usage examples for "better" in Portuguese
Forum results
"better" translation - forum results
Similar words
beta · betablocker · betcha! · Bethlehem · betimes · betony · betrayal · betrayer · betrothal · betrothed · better · betterment · betting · between · bevel · beverage · beverages · bevy · bewildering · bewilderment · bewitched
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