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TENIR LE MANCHE

Portuguese translation: Assumir o comando

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French term or phrase:TENIR LE MANCHE
Portuguese translation:Assumir o comando
Entered by: Francisco Fernandes

14:38 Jan 18, 2015
French to Portuguese translations [PRO]
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French term or phrase: TENIR LE MANCHE
Les premières exigences que le groupe vous demande : TENIR LE MANCHE par votre EXEMPLARITÉ.
Nathalie Tomaz
France
Local time: 14:54
Assumir o comando
Explanation:
....dando o exemplo...
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Francisco Fernandes
Brazil
Local time: 09:54
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2Assumir o comando
Francisco Fernandes
4LIDERAR
Giselle Unti
3 +1tomar/assumir as rédeas
expressisverbis
3segurar/conservar o seu emprego
Linda Miranda


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
LIDERAR


Explanation:
Sugestão.

Giselle Unti
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Assumir o comando


Explanation:
....dando o exemplo...

Francisco Fernandes
Brazil
Local time: 09:54
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sindia Alves
1 hr
  -> Obrigado, Sindia.
agree  Spiridon: sim
2 days 19 hrs
  -> Obrigado, Spiridon.
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
segurar/conservar o seu emprego


Explanation:
Por oposição a "branler dans le manche" = não ter o seu emprego seguro, não estar seguro no seu emprego

Linda Miranda
Portugal
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 12
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
tomar/assumir as rédeas


Explanation:
Se o contexto assim o permitir, penso que pode utilizar uma expressão idiomática em português análoga.

tomar as rédeas
• Assumir a direcção, o governo, o poder.

"rédeas", in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa [em linha], 2008-2013, http://www.priberam.pt/dlpo/rédeas [consultado em 18-01-2015].

Être le plus fort ; gouverner, décider

http://www.languefrancaise.net/bob/detail.php?id=30846


    Reference: http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=1892291
expressisverbis
Portugal
Local time: 13:54
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Stephania Matousek (X)
16 hrs
  -> Muito obrigada Stephania
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