Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
take on
Portuguese translation:
adquirem
Added to glossary by
Teresa Cristina Felix de Sousa
Mar 31, 2007 19:15
17 yrs ago
English term
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Teresa Cristina Felix de Sousa
Technical Translation Specialist
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese
take on
English to Portuguese
Tech/Engineering
Management
Project Management
Projects take on their own momentum, especially in end-game, and they can't be directed so much as influenced. When the activity is focused on working with bugs, there are many individual decisions being made across the team,
Proposed translations
(Portuguese)
| 4 +4 | adquirem |
MLeiria
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| 4 +1 | têm sua própria força/energia |
Clauwolf
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| 5 | embarcam/aceitam/admitem/encarregam-se |
Joon Oh
|
Proposed translations
+4
14 mins
Selected
adquirem
Adquirem o seu próprio ímpeto/impulso.
take on
1. To undertake or begin to handle: took on extra responsibilities.
2. To hire; engage: took on more workers during the harvest.
3. To oppose in competition: a wrestler who took on all comers.
4. Informal To display violent or passionate emotion: Don't take on so!
5. To acquire (an appearance, for example) as or as if one's own: Over the years he has taken on the look of a banker.
take on
1. To undertake or begin to handle: took on extra responsibilities.
2. To hire; engage: took on more workers during the harvest.
3. To oppose in competition: a wrestler who took on all comers.
4. Informal To display violent or passionate emotion: Don't take on so!
5. To acquire (an appearance, for example) as or as if one's own: Over the years he has taken on the look of a banker.
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Bom finalzinho de domingo!
T."
+1
7 mins
10 hrs
embarcam/aceitam/admitem/encarregam-se
sugestão
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