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13:50 Nov 25, 2011
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Linguistics / Pessoa desagregadora
Portuguese term or phrase: Desagregador
Pessoa que sempre coloca pessoas contra as outras no intuito de desagregar, separar e criar inimizade entre os membros de uma equipe.
Adriana Portas
Brazil
Local time: 08:10


Summary of answers provided
5agent provocateur
Nick Taylor
3 +1instigator
Verginia Ophof
3 +1TroublemakerLuciano Eduardo de Oliveira
4separate/disunite (people,collegues etc)
connie leite


Discussion entries: 4





  

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
separate/disunite (people,collegues etc)


Explanation:
Hopes it helps

connie leite
Local time: 12:10
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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25 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Troublemaker


Explanation:
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/troublemaker

Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  manuel seixo
1 day16 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
instigator


Explanation:
Instigator - someone who deliberately foments trouble; "she was the instigator of their quarrel"

Verginia Ophof
Belize
Local time: 05:10
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 10

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Muriel Vasconcellos
7 hrs
  -> Thank you Muriel !!
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
agent provocateur


Explanation:
agent provocateur

Nick Taylor
Local time: 12:10
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Muriel Vasconcellos: Too strong for the context. See the following definition: 'Person who encourages, entices, or persuades another person to commit a crime, and then tries to get that person arrested' www.businessdictionary.com/definition/agent-provocateur.htm
1 hr
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