muster the nerve

Portuguese translation: reunir coragem

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English term or phrase:muster the nerve
Portuguese translation:reunir coragem
Entered by: Marlene Curtis

13:32 Aug 17, 2008
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Human Resources / Administração de conflitos
English term or phrase: muster the nerve
Her natural reaction is to tense up and to clam up, unable to muster the nerve to express her feelings
Jeovane Cazer
Brazil
Local time: 14:03
reunir coragem
Explanation:
Coluna Comportamento - Oriente-se pela psicologia e cultive sua ...- [ Translate this page ]Quando reunir coragem para integrar-se ao seu verdadeiro eu, libertar-se das máscaras que te aprisionam ao manter suas necessidades e expectativas perante ...
www2.uol.com.br/vyaestelar/mascaras.htm - 11k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this

Conexão Texto 53- [ Translate this page ]Você quer expressar a sua alegria, mas não é corajoso o suficiente para estar ... É preciso reunir coragem. E se as pessoas disserem que você está maluco, ...
www.oshobrasil.com.br/conexaotexto53.htm

Muster courage to tell your love... Article SummaryMuster courage to tell your love... Article Summary - Think that you like to walk up to a girl you like and talk to her But you feel rather nervous or ...
www.shvoong.com/social-sciences/1789411-muster-courage-tell... - 58k

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Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 13:03
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Summary of answers provided
4 +5reunir coragem
Marlene Curtis
4 +4criar coragem
Mary Palmer
4 +1armar-se de coragem
Edimilson Ferreira
3Concentrar energias
Rafael Anselmé
3ganhar coragem
DMatos


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
armar-se de coragem


Explanation:
"(...) incapaz de armar-se de coragem para (...)".

Edimilson Ferreira
Armenia
Local time: 21:03
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Paula Vaz-Carreiro
1 hr
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
reunir coragem


Explanation:
Coluna Comportamento - Oriente-se pela psicologia e cultive sua ...- [ Translate this page ]Quando reunir coragem para integrar-se ao seu verdadeiro eu, libertar-se das máscaras que te aprisionam ao manter suas necessidades e expectativas perante ...
www2.uol.com.br/vyaestelar/mascaras.htm - 11k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this

Conexão Texto 53- [ Translate this page ]Você quer expressar a sua alegria, mas não é corajoso o suficiente para estar ... É preciso reunir coragem. E se as pessoas disserem que você está maluco, ...
www.oshobrasil.com.br/conexaotexto53.htm

Muster courage to tell your love... Article SummaryMuster courage to tell your love... Article Summary - Think that you like to walk up to a girl you like and talk to her But you feel rather nervous or ...
www.shvoong.com/social-sciences/1789411-muster-courage-tell... - 58k



Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 13:03
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 684
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Isabel Maria Almeida
1 min

agree  Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
8 mins
  -> Grata Teresa!

agree  Lúcia Leitão
10 mins
  -> Grata Lucia!

disagree  Rafael Anselmé: Não me soa natural dizer "reunir coragem", talvez seria melhor "reunir/juntar forças ". Outras combinações seriam "arranjar coragem", "achar coragem", "ter coragem" etc (Claro que não querem dizer extamente "muster the nerve").
41 mins
  -> Veja os exemplos acima. Como brasileira, é como eu diria.

agree  Maria José Tavares (X)
58 mins
  -> Grata Maria José!

agree  Paula Vaz-Carreiro: This is certainly the meaning and if you say it like that in Brazil, then I agree :-)
1 hr
  -> Thanks Paula!

agree  Marcelo Gonçalves
11 hrs
  -> Grata Marcelo!
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58 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Concentrar energias


Explanation:
Concentrar energias, concentrar coragem

Me ocorreu agora.

Sorte

Rafael Anselmé
Brazil
Local time: 14:03
Works in field
Native speaker of: Portuguese
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
criar coragem


Explanation:
outra sugestão :)

Mary Palmer
United States
Local time: 14:03
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Adam Prus-Szczepanowski: Also right!
1 hr
  -> thanks Adam! :)

agree  rhandler: É o mais natural.
4 hrs
  -> I think so too! thanks Ralph! :)

agree  Rafael Anselmé
1 day 9 hrs

agree  DMatos
1 day 12 hrs
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1 day 14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
ganhar coragem


Explanation:
ainda mais natural!! lol... no contexto da frase acho que assenta...

DMatos
Portugal
Local time: 18:03
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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