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Portuguese term or phrase:
desarmar
English translation:
disarm
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Portuguese term
Brazil
TV Interpreter English Portuguese
Native in: Portuguese 
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
desarmar
Portuguese to English
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Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
Sua capacidade para encarar os conflitos o faz agir sem desgastar-se e com prontidão, **desarmando** os envolvidos para a manutenção de um ambiente propício à participação crítica das pessoas. Agindo dessa forma, crê que pode criar um ambiente onde os problemas sejam discutidos e resolvidos internamente.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +4 | disarm |
Walter Moura
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| 4 | Pacify |
Ivan Rocha, CT
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| 4 | Defusing |
Virginia De Klerk
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Proposed translations
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12 mins
Walter Moura
Brazil
Brazil
Native in Portuguese
Brazil
Your message. Clearly and on time.
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese
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disarm
Source: The American Heritage Dictionary
dis·arm (d¹s-ärm“) v. dis·armed, dis·arm·ing, dis·arms. --tr. 1.a. To divest of a weapon or weapons. b. To deprive of the means of attack or defense; render harmless. “Have the courage to appear poor, and you disarm poverty of its sharpest sting” (Washington Irving). 2.a. To overcome or allay the suspicion, hostility, or antagonism of. b. To win the confidence of. --int
dis·arm (d¹s-ärm“) v. dis·armed, dis·arm·ing, dis·arms. --tr. 1.a. To divest of a weapon or weapons. b. To deprive of the means of attack or defense; render harmless. “Have the courage to appear poor, and you disarm poverty of its sharpest sting” (Washington Irving). 2.a. To overcome or allay the suspicion, hostility, or antagonism of. b. To win the confidence of. --int
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1 min
Ivan Rocha, CT
Canada
Canada
Native in Portuguese
Canada
Certified Translator, LL.B.
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, French to Portuguese, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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8
Pacify
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1 hr
Virginia De Klerk
South Africa
South Africa
Native in Portuguese
&
English
South Africa
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Native in: Portuguese , English
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese, Afrikaans to English
Defusing
Or neutralizing, or counterbalancing, or disarming.
Example sentence:
"He was able to defuse those involved in the conflict so that a constructive and peaceful resolution could take place"
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