un potentat qui s'ignore

Portuguese translation: um potentado que se ignora / um potentado que ignora a si próprio

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French term or phrase:un potentat qui s'ignore
Portuguese translation:um potentado que se ignora / um potentado que ignora a si próprio
Entered by: Mariclara Barros

10:29 May 17, 2011
French to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Marketing - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. / Histoire, politique; structure de la phrase
French term or phrase: un potentat qui s'ignore
"L'occident est un potentat qui s'ignore. Son passe-temps favori consiste à donner des leçons de morale au monde entier. Sa mémoire est de pierre. Elle se confond avec des intérêts économiques."

É para um texto que fala do papel do ocidente no mundo, suas ações e consequências ao longo da História no Oriente Médio, África, Ásia, Caribe, América Latina etc.

Obrigada.
Mariclara Barros
France
Local time: 09:49
um potentado que se ignora
Explanation:
potentado
s. m.
1. Chefe de um Estado poderoso.
2. Por ext. Pessoa de grande poder, autoridade ou influência.
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Celine Correia
Local time: 08:49
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Summary of answers provided
4déspota/ditador que se ignora (a si próprio)
Gil Costa
4um potentado que se ignora
Celine Correia
3um tirano/opressor/autoridade/potência/soberano que se ignora
Edna Almeida


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déspota/ditador que se ignora (a si próprio)


Explanation:
Sug.

Gil Costa
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um potentado que se ignora


Explanation:
potentado
s. m.
1. Chefe de um Estado poderoso.
2. Por ext. Pessoa de grande poder, autoridade ou influência.

Celine Correia
Local time: 08:49
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in FrenchFrench
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um tirano/opressor/autoridade/potência/soberano que se ignora


Explanation:
http://www.cnrtl.fr/synonymie/potentat
monarque
roi
tyran
gouvernant
oppresseur
puissance
souverain

Edna Almeida
Portugal
Local time: 08:49
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