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hint (EN)
substantivo, verbo

substantivo “hint”

sing. hint, pl. hints ou incontável
  1. dica
    The teacher gave us a subtle hint about what would be on the test.
  2. insinuação
    Without saying it outright, her glance at my untied shoelaces was a clear hint to fix them before I tripped.
  3. vestígio
    She noticed a hint of mint in the chocolate, enhancing its flavor.
  4. dica (em informática, ao passar o mouse sobre algo)
    When you hover over the icon, a hint appears explaining its function.
  5. dicas de renderização (para melhorar a visualização de fontes digitais em telas)
    To improve the readability of text on low-resolution screens, the designer carefully adjusted the hints in the digital font.
  6. orientação (para otimização da recuperação de dados por um computador)
    To speed up the search, the developer added a hint to the query, suggesting the database use a specific index.

verbo “hint”

infinitivo hint; ele hints; pret. hinted; part. hinted; ger. hinting
  1. insinuar
    He hinted that he might visit us next month.
  2. otimizar (a aparência de uma fonte digital em telas, ajustando seus detalhes)
    After designing his font, he spent hours hinting it to ensure its readability on various digital devices.