subir de tom

English translation: escalate

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Portuguese term or phrase:subir de tom
English translation:escalate
Entered by: Márcia Francisco

19:42 May 4, 2020
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Journalism
Portuguese term or phrase: subir de tom
A tensão gerada à volta das medidas adotadas subiu de tom com a tentativa de desmentido feita pelo empresário.
Márcia Francisco
Portugal
Local time: 00:10
escalate
Explanation:
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Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira
Brazil
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Summary of answers provided
4 +7escalate
Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira
4 +1was intensified with
Bianca Damacena
4ramp up
Muriel Vasconcellos
4reached a new level
airmailrpl


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
escalate


Explanation:
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Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira
Brazil
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 40

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marisa Averbuch
3 mins

agree  Alda Lima
8 mins

agree  Katarina Peters
16 mins

agree  Mark Robertson: escalated
19 mins

agree  Luis Fernando Arbex
22 mins

agree  Paulinho Fonseca
1 hr

agree  Anderson Calixto
7 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
was intensified with


Explanation:
The tension generated around the measures adopted was intensified with the attempt by the businessman to deny it.


Bianca Damacena
Brazil
Local time: 21:10
Native speaker of: Portuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  TechLawDC: became more intense when the contractor (or manager or businessman) attempted to reject them (or deny their applicability).
14 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
ramp up


Explanation:
More idiomatic

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Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 17:10
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
subiu de tom
reached a new level


Explanation:
subiu de tom => reached a new level


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airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 21:10
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 12
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