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Isso é que é força de vontade!

English translation: This is what I call will power/ This is what I would call determination

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Portuguese term or phrase:Isso é que é força de vontade!
English translation:This is what I call will power/ This is what I would call determination
Entered by: Marcella S.

19:14 Jul 31, 2008
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Slang / expressões cotidianas
Portuguese term or phrase: Isso é que é força de vontade!
Duas pessoas conversando sobre rapaz que trabalha o dia todo e frequenta faculdade à noite e que, mesmo assim, faz um esforço a mais para acordar às 6 e frequentar a academia antes do trabalho, ao que uma delas exclama: Isso é que é força de vontade!
Luana Molena Xavier
Brazil
Local time: 19:45
This is what I call will power
Explanation:
Flower A. Newhouse, a Christian mystic, once said, "Lack of willpower has caused more failure than lack of intelligence or ability."

The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines willpower as "energetic determination." Synonyms of willpower include "self-discipline," "self-government," "self-mastery," "self-command," "self-control" and "self-restraint."

What allows one person to possess great willpower and another none? Is there a genetic predisposition for self-restraint? Is it a learned pattern? Are you born with it? More important, can you develop willpower? ...



http://findinarticles.com/a36C5QO/227845/The-Quest-for-Willp...
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Marcella S.
New Zealand
Local time: 10:45
Grading comment
Obrigada pelos vários exemplos!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +9Now that's what I'd call determination!
Amy Duncan (X)
4 +6This is what I call will power
Marcella S.
4 +5that's what I would call motivation
María Leonor Acevedo-Miranda
4that is will power
Humberto Ribas
4That's willpower!
Leniel Maccaferri


  

Answers


2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
that's what I would call motivation


Explanation:
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Note added at 3 mins (2008-07-31 19:17:26 GMT)
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will power... etc

María Leonor Acevedo-Miranda
Local time: 17:45
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in SpanishSpanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Alexandra Gouveia
1 min
  -> Obrigada Xana
agree  Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira
1 min
  -> Grata, Luciano
agree  Mary Palmer
52 mins
  -> Obrigada Mary
agree  Fernanda Rocha
1 hr
  -> Obrigada Fernanda
agree  Luciane Shanahan
2 hrs
  -> Grata Luciane
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
This is what I call will power


Explanation:
Flower A. Newhouse, a Christian mystic, once said, "Lack of willpower has caused more failure than lack of intelligence or ability."

The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines willpower as "energetic determination." Synonyms of willpower include "self-discipline," "self-government," "self-mastery," "self-command," "self-control" and "self-restraint."

What allows one person to possess great willpower and another none? Is there a genetic predisposition for self-restraint? Is it a learned pattern? Are you born with it? More important, can you develop willpower? ...



http://findinarticles.com/a36C5QO/227845/The-Quest-for-Willp...

Marcella S.
New Zealand
Local time: 10:45
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Obrigada pelos vários exemplos!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Paula Góes
0 min
neutral  María Leonor Acevedo-Miranda: sugeri isso mesmo tb...
5 mins
agree  Flavia Martins dos Santos
20 mins
agree  Mary Palmer
50 mins
agree  Fernanda Rocha
1 hr
agree  Adriana Veleda
4 hrs
agree  Gisele Guerra
4 hrs
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
that is will power


Explanation:
that's what will power is

Humberto Ribas
Brazil
Local time: 19:45
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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25 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
That's willpower!


Explanation:
That's willpower!

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Note added at 26 mins (2008-07-31 19:40:58 GMT)
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willpower
n. combination of one's determination to accomplish something and one's self-control

Merriam-Webster Collegiate® Thesaurus
willpower
Function: noun
Synonyms: WILL 3, discipline, self-command, self-control, self-discipline, self-government, self-mastery, self-restraint


    Reference: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22That%27s+willpower!%...
Leniel Maccaferri
Brazil
Local time: 19:45
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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39 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +9
Now that's what I'd call determination!


Explanation:
Another suggestion.

Amy Duncan (X)
Brazil
Local time: 19:45
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 24

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marcella S.: Very good suggestion!!!
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Marcella!
agree  María Leonor Acevedo-Miranda: Indeed....
2 hrs
  -> Thanks, María!
agree  Adriana Veleda
3 hrs
  -> Thanks, Adriana!
agree  Lincoln Silveira (X): This is THE answer.
5 hrs
  -> Thanks, Lincoln!
agree  Ligia Dias Costa
11 hrs
  -> Thanks, Ligia!
agree  Alexandra Gouveia
12 hrs
  -> Thanks, Alexandra!
agree  Marcelo Gonçalves
18 hrs
  -> Thanks, Marcelo!
agree  Cristina Santos
21 hrs
  -> Thanks, Cristina!
agree  Alyson Steele Weickert, Ph.D.
1 day 18 hrs
  -> Thanks, Alyson!
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