Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
work like clockwork
Portuguese translation:
funcionar perfeitamente; funcionar com precisão; funcionar como um relógio
English term
Brazil
IT Specialist • M.A. in Linguistics
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian) 
Works in: English to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, and 1 more.
work like clockwork
These new updates make the tool work like clockwork and...
Sugestões criativas? Mesmo que seja correto, gostaria de fugir do óbvio (funcionar como um relógio), se possível.
Thanks!
Proposed translations
Brazil
MKT | Tourism | IT/Soft | Subtitling
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese
funcionar perfeitamente/com grande precisão
like clockwork = With machinelike regularity and precision; perfectly
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Catarina Ribas
16 mins
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Obrigado, Catarina!
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Daniel Pimentel
20 mins
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Obrigado, Daniel!
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Ana Cravidao
29 mins
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Obrigado, Ana!
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ferreirac
35 mins
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Obrigado, ferreirac!
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Paulinho Fonseca
2 hrs
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operar/rodar com precisão
Brazil
Making connections with Portuguese words
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese, Portuguese
funcionar sem interrupções/continuamente/constantemente/ininterruptamente
Portugal
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida 
30+ years translating EU documents
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: European/Portugal)
Works in: English to Portuguese, French to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese, and 1 more.
funciona com precisão cronométrica
Brazil
Fast|Professional|Reliable
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian) 
, English
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, English
regularmente/de forma regular
funciona muitíssimo bem
Brazil
The language of science and technology
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Italian to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, and 2 more.
funcionar com precisão cirúrgica
fica uma sugestão.
E uma rima, hehe...
Will do!
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: European/Portugal)
Works in: English to Portuguese, French to Portuguese, German to Portuguese, and 1 more.
funcione na perfeição
Na perfeição, porque não tem falhas.
funcionar precisamente
De modo preciso, à perfeição (galicismo?).
Portuguese to English, English to Portug
Native in: English
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese
funciona na boa
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Rafael Mantovani
: way too informal for this context... "na boa" is street language
6 hrs
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Brazil
Engineer plus 22 years of translations
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
funciona com absoluta exatidão
Germany
Communication above all
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, German to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese
funcionar em perfeita harmonia
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