Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
at loggerheads as they vie
Portuguese translation:
estão em desacordo enquanto disputam
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VagnerB
Sep 5, 2007 16:25
16 yrs ago
English term
at loggerheads as they vie
English to Portuguese
Social Sciences
Philosophy
theology; metaphysics
By separating God from the world, the infinite from the finite, and placing them dualistically side by side, it turns the two into competing powers that are continually at loggerheads as they vie for sovereignty.
Proposed translations
(Portuguese)
| 3 +2 | estão em desacordo enquanto disputam |
Cristina Santos
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| 4 | em guerra enquanto lutam |
Elvira Alves Barry
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Proposed translations
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18 mins
Cristina Santos
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in Portuguese
United Kingdom
Native in: Portuguese 
Works in: English to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese, Portuguese
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estão em desacordo enquanto disputam
be at loggerheads – estar em desacordo com / em conflito com
to vie – competir / rivalizar
estão sempre em desacordo/conflito enquanto disputam a soberania / na disputa pela soberania
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Note added at 19 mins (2007-09-05 16:45:23 GMT)
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loggerheads plural noun
be at loggerheads (with sb) to strongly disagree (with someone):
The Chancellor is at loggerheads with the Prime Minister over public spending.
vie verb [I] vying, vied, vied
to compete with other people to achieve or obtain something:
Six candidates are currently vying for the Democratic presidential nomination.
The two older children tend to vie with the younger one for their mother's attention.
(from Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
to vie – competir / rivalizar
estão sempre em desacordo/conflito enquanto disputam a soberania / na disputa pela soberania
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Note added at 19 mins (2007-09-05 16:45:23 GMT)
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loggerheads plural noun
be at loggerheads (with sb) to strongly disagree (with someone):
The Chancellor is at loggerheads with the Prime Minister over public spending.
vie verb [I] vying, vied, vied
to compete with other people to achieve or obtain something:
Six candidates are currently vying for the Democratic presidential nomination.
The two older children tend to vie with the younger one for their mother's attention.
(from Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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Comment: "Obrigado, Cristina."
16 mins
em guerra enquanto lutam
Ha sempre um conflicto entre os dois.
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