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be random

[/bi ˈrændəm/]
verb phrase
ser aleatório, ser casual, agir aleatoriamente
1. to act or behave in an unpredictable, unplanned, or haphazard manner
His decisions are often random; he doesn't plan ahead.
Suas decisões são frequentemente aleatórias; ele não planeja com antecedência.
2. to occur or happen by chance without pattern or purpose
The selection process is random to ensure fairness.
O processo de seleção é aleatório para garantir imparcialidade.
3. to behave in an erratic or unpredictable way (informal)
He's being random again with those weird jokes.
Ele está sendo aleatório novamente com essas piadas estranhas.
NYC Slang
be crazy, be wild, do your thing
Synonyms
be unpredictablebe haphazardbe erraticbe chaoticact randomly
Antonyms
be plannedbe methodicalbe organizedbe systematicbe predictable

Regional Variations

General Brazilian
ser aleatório, ser casual
Most common usage in casual and formal contexts
Rio de Janeiro
ser de boa, ser louco
Colloquial slang for unpredictable or spontaneous behavior
São Paulo
ser aleatório, ser doido
Common in urban informal speech
Portugal
ser aleatório, ser do acaso
Standard usage; more formal than Brazilian equivalents

Related Idioms & Phrases

throw caution to the wind
go with the flow
fly by the seat of one's pants
play it by ear
no rhyme or reason
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