noun, verbmasculinepl: Googles
Google
1. A multinational technology company and search engine that provides internet search services
I work at Google in Mountain View, California.
Eu trabalho na Google em Mountain View, Califórnia.
2. To search for information on the internet using Google or any search engine (used as a verb)
Let me google that for you.
Deixa eu googlar isso para você.
3. To use a search engine to look up information online (verb, informal)
I'll google the restaurant's address before we go.
Vou googlar o endereço do restaurante antes de irmos.
Google has become so dominant in internet search that its name is often used as a generic verb for searching online, similar to 'Xerox' for photocopying. In Brazil, 'googlar' is widely accepted in informal speech. In Portugal, people tend to use the phrase 'pesquisar no Google' (search on Google) instead of the verb form. The company itself is referred to as 'Google' in both English and Portuguese without translation.
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