Glossary entry

Portuguese term or phrase:

avesos a opinião

English translation:

contrary/resistant/reluctant to the opinion of

Added to glossary by Claudio Mazotti
Mar 17, 2014 10:37
10 yrs ago
Portuguese term

avesos a opinião

Portuguese to English Bus/Financial Business/Commerce (general)
Does anyone know what "avesos a opinião" means in this sentence below?

"Vejo que muitos dos diretores e presidente acabaram de chegar,vieram de um mercado totalmente diferente e são extremamente avesos a opinião de quem está nesse mercado há muito tempo, e sabe que as peculiaridades do mesmo são significativas para o resultado final"
Change log

Mar 20, 2014 21:02: Claudio Mazotti Created KOG entry

Discussion

Mario Freitas Mar 17, 2014:
Avessos à opinião, Misspelled and missing the "crase". Just hope the rest of the document doesn't follow he same standard, or you'll have a hard time translating it.
You could be right, Thiago! In that case, meaning reluctant to accept, which makes more sense...
Thiago Araujo Mar 17, 2014:
I think it should've been "averso" But the meaning is the same.
It should be "avessos" "double "s") and it means "contrary, opposite", i.e. they don't accept easily the opinion of people that are actually involved in that market.

Proposed translations

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contrary/resistant to the opinion of

www.wordreference.com/pten/avesso‎
avesso - Online Portuguese-English dictionary. ... principais/Principal Translations. avesso adj, opposite, contrary, converse adj. pelo avesso, inside out adv ...

www.linguee.com/portuguese-english/translation/avesso a ris...
Translation examples from external sources for 'avesso a riscos': .... themselves to be more resistant to high-risk applications, particularly in emerging countries.
Peer comment(s):

agree Mario Freitas :
1 hr
tks a lot!
agree profcamilla
2 hrs
tks a lot!
agree Michael J. DeSouza (X)
8 hrs
tks a lot!
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don't believe a word

In context, I believe this is how I would expect to see it wtitten in English

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Note added at 1 hr (2014-03-17 12:01:52 GMT)
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the word 'extremamente' is also included in this ...
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e não aceitam de nenhuma forma a opinão...

sug.
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