mexerme.xer [meʃ′er]vtd+vint+vpr1 to move, stir, shake, fidget, budge:
ela não se mexeu do lugar / she didn’t budge:
não se mexa / don’t budge.
2 to touch:
não mexa nisso / leave it alone.
3 to rummage:
quem mexeu nesta gaveta? / who has been rummaging around this drawer?
4 to swagger, move one’s body.
5 mexer-se hurry, move on:
mexa-se! / get a move on!, keep yourself busy!
Expressõesmexer céu e terra to move heaven and earth.
mexer com to tease, annoy, provoke, harass.
mexer num vespeiro to stir up a hornets’ nest.
mexer o café to stir one’s coffee.
mexer os pauzinhos to do everything exactly right to get what one wants.
