browse

[/braʊz/]

verb

navegar, folhear, procurar

1. to look through something casually without a specific purpose

I like to browse through magazines at the coffee shop.

Gosto de folhear revistas na cafeteria.

2. to look at items in a shop without intending to buy anything specific

She spent the afternoon browsing in the bookstore.

Ela passou a tarde procurando livros na livraria.

3. to search or navigate the internet using a web browser

I browse the web every morning to check the news.

Navegueinternet cada manhã para verificar as notícias.

4. to feed on leaves, shoots, or other vegetation (animals)

The deer browse on the young leaves of trees.

Os cervos se alimentam das folhas jovens das árvores.

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Regional Variations

General Brazilian

navegar, procurar, folhear

Most common usage across Brazil

Rio de Janeiro

fuçar, navegar

Informal: 'fuçar' means to poke around or browse casually

São Paulo

navegar, procurar

Standard usage, especially for internet browsing

Portugal

folhear, navegar, espreitar

'Espreitar' used colloquially for casual browsing; 'navegar' for web browsing

browse the internet

browse through files

casual browsing

window shopping (related concept)

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