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wade through

[/weɪd θruː/]
phrasal verb
atravessar com dificuldade; percorrer laboriosamente
1. To walk through water or another liquid with effort
The children waded through the stream to reach the other side.
As crianças atravessaram o riacho com dificuldade para chegar ao outro lado.
2. To work through something tedious or difficult slowly and laboriously
I had to wade through hundreds of pages of documentation.
Tive que percorrer laboriosamente centenas de páginas de documentação.
3. To progress slowly through something overwhelming or complex
She waded through the legal jargon to understand the contract.
Ela navegou pela linguagem jurídica para entender o contrato.
NYC Slang
slog through; grind through
Synonyms
plough throughwork throughslog throughtrudge throughstruggle through
Antonyms
breeze throughfly throughskipskim

Regional Variations

General Brazilian
atravessar com dificuldade; percorrer laboriosamente
Standard usage in both spoken and written Portuguese
Portugal
atravessar com esforço; navegar por
Common in European Portuguese, often used metaphorically

Related Idioms & Phrases

wade in
wade into
in deep water
swimming upstream
tough row to hoe
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