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Glossary entry

Portuguese term or phrase:

Abrir mão de algo

English translation:

give up something

Added to glossary by Claudio Mazotti
Sep 1, 2008 20:09
16 yrs ago
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Portuguese term

Abrir mão de algo

Non-PRO Portuguese to English Art/Literary Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
Meu gato pode ter 9 vidas, mas eu naõ abro mão de nenhuma delas.
Change log

Sep 6, 2008 09:09: Claudio Mazotti changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/889181">Ine / Eni Rodrigues's</a> old entry - "Abrir mão de algo"" to ""give up something""

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give up something

give up. Get Babylon's Translation Software! Free Download Now! ... give up abrir mão, desistir, dar-se por vencido; desesperar-se gave up desistiu ...
www.babylon.com/definition/give_up/Portuguese

b) Ceder, abrir mão de (geralmente, em favor de outra pessoa). “Women expect men to give up their seats to them in buses.” As mulheres esperam que os homens ...
www.brasilnews.ca/cgi/cgilua.exe/sys/start.htm?infoid=1523&...

... to give up, relinquish, put aside, drop Teve que abrir mao de seus planos. at hand, on hand, close, nearby, available 0 livro estava à mao; ...
www.books.google.com.br/books?isbn=0878403442...

Abrir mão de algo To give something up; You shouldn't give up your beliefs just because you married someone whose opinion is different. ...
www.educacao.uol.com.br/ingles/harp-on.jhtm
Peer comment(s):

agree veratek
26 mins
tks a lot!
agree Maria José Tavares (X)
1 hr
tks a lot!
agree Erik Bry : I won't give any of them up.
2 hrs
tks a lot!
agree Rafael Mantovani
2 hrs
tks a lot!
agree Marcelo Gonçalves
1 day 18 hrs
tks a lot!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Muito obrigada!"
+3
3 mins

to let go of something

i.e., I won't let go of any of them (lives)

Peer comment(s):

agree veratek
29 mins
Thanks Vera
agree Flavia Martins dos Santos
35 mins
Thanks Flavia
agree Paulo Horsky
48 mins
Thanks Paulo
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+2
1 hr

Give up

In this case specifically, the person is not willing to give up any of her cats nine lives.
Example sentence:

My cat may have nine lives, but I won't give up any of them.

Peer comment(s):

agree Rafael Mantovani
1 hr
agree ARHage (X) : é como eu tb diria, com certeza.
18 hrs
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16 hrs

relinquish

I think relinquish is the closest to "Abrir mao"
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1 day 12 mins

to forsake

A suggestion.
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