hold sway

Portuguese translation: imperar

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English term or phrase:	hold sway
Portuguese translation:	imperar
Entered by:	Cristina Spohr

12:26 Feb 17, 2009

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Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature

English term or phrase: hold sway

Qual é a tradução de "hold sway", como no texto abaixo?

New fortunes are made. But mostly only those with old connections join Newport society, she gently explains. Even new things don't have currency in her circles. Her friends are too busy preserving the old. # " The idea is to hold on to them now and maintain them and keep them recovered, " she says. " I don't see much acceptance of the modern and ultramodern. " # In New York, Muffie Potter Aston voices a different worry about a world where change and new things do hold sway. # " People have gotten spoiled when the best is available in so many places, " she says. "

Cristina Spohr Not a translator KudoZ activity Questions: 115 (none open) Answers: 0 Brazil
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dominar, imperar

Explanation:
Diria assim...

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Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Portugal
Local time: 18:25

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4 +7

dominar, imperar

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida

4 +5

dominam

Floriana Leary

dominar, controlar

marco lessa (X)

predominam

Paul Dixon

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6 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +7

dominar, imperar

Explanation:
Diria assim...

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Portugal
Local time: 18:25
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 262

6 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

dominam

Explanation:
...as coisas novas dominam.

Floriana Leary
United States
Local time: 13:25
Native speaker of:

English,

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 40

8 mins confidence:

dominar, controlar

Explanation:
above

marco lessa (X)
Brazil
Local time: 14:25
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 40

1 hr confidence:

predominam

Explanation:
Uma sugestão.

Paul Dixon
Brazil
Local time: 14:25
Native speaker of:

English,

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 16

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