purchase on

Portuguese translation: influência

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English term or phrase:purchase on
Portuguese translation:influência

12:02 Oct 25, 2011
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English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Philosophy
English term or phrase: purchase on
It is a matter of refusing meanings and their purchase on our imagination, rather than devising structures within which they can proliferate"

seria atração?
ou pressão?
priscila santos
Local time: 13:17
influência
Explanation:
Diria assim...

purchase
[N] (influência): influência, importância, peso, pressão, preponderância, prevalência, ...
http://pt.w3dictionary.org/index.php?q=purchase
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Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Portugal
Local time: 17:17
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obrigada
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Summary of answers provided
4influência
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
3pressão
Lidia Carney
3apropriação (da nossa imaginação)
Rebelo Júnior


  

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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
pressão


Explanation:
I would go for this one, since the author seems to indicate about "refusing meanings", rather than embracing them... I hope it helps!

Lidia Carney
United Kingdom
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
apropriação (da nossa imaginação)


Explanation:
sentidos (significâncias) que se apropriam da nossa imaginação. Sugestão.

Rebelo Júnior
Brazil
Local time: 13:17
Native speaker of: Portuguese
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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
influência


Explanation:
Diria assim...

purchase
[N] (influência): influência, importância, peso, pressão, preponderância, prevalência, ...
http://pt.w3dictionary.org/index.php?q=purchase

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Portugal
Local time: 17:17
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
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obrigada
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