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push the envelope

Portuguese translation: desafiar os limites

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English term or phrase: push the envelope
Portuguese translation:desafiar os limites
Entered by: Alexandre Reis

21:39 Nov 24, 2009
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
English term or phrase: push the envelope
It's a concept that has been dealt with several times before ("What would Gotham be without Batman?") and for a series that claims to push the envelope and bring Batman to his lowest, this plot device is something I could do without. It's there, nonetheless, and it represents only a minor chink in the armor that is "R.I.P."

http://www.comicsbulletin.com/reviews/121899009793862.htm
Alexandre Reis
Brazil
Local time: 16:04
desafiar os limites
Explanation:
Ivo Korytowski's English-Portuguese Translator's Dictionary

push the envelope
ser inovador, assumir riscos, desafiar os limites

Concise Oxford English Dictionary

push the (edge of the) envelope
informal
approach or extend the limits of what is possible. [orig. aviation sl., relating to graphs of aerodynamic performance.]
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Leniel Maccaferri
Brazil
Local time: 16:04
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2ser inovador / assumir riscos
Rui Sousa
3 +2desafiar os limites
Leniel Maccaferri


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
ser inovador / assumir riscos


Explanation:
Sug.

Rui Sousa
Portugal
Local time: 20:04
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
21 mins
  -> Obrigado, Teresa!
agree  Joice Costa
17 hrs
  -> Obrigado, Joice!
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26 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
desafiar os limites


Explanation:
Ivo Korytowski's English-Portuguese Translator's Dictionary

push the envelope
ser inovador, assumir riscos, desafiar os limites

Concise Oxford English Dictionary

push the (edge of the) envelope
informal
approach or extend the limits of what is possible. [orig. aviation sl., relating to graphs of aerodynamic performance.]

Leniel Maccaferri
Brazil
Local time: 16:04
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 24

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ana Falasca Bernardes
15 hrs
agree  imatahan
2 days 4 hrs
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