Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

Ends justify the means

Portuguese translation:

os fins justificam os meios

Added to glossary by Carla Lopes
Dec 19, 2009 17:35
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English term

Ends justify the means

English to Portuguese Other Idioms / Maxims / Sayings Ends justify the means
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os fins justificam os meios

os fins justificam os meios

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http://br.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=2006081313424...

http://www.spra.pt/?aba=27&cat=3&doc=110&mid=115

http://www.unificado.com.br/calendario/06/maquiavel.htm


É A FAMOSA FRASE DE MAQUIAVEL....

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http://www.reflexao.com.br/mensagem_ler.php?idmensagem=239

Peer comment(s):

agree Mariana Moreira
1 min
Obrigada!
agree Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
7 mins
Obrigada!
agree Bruna Schutz
26 mins
obrigada!
agree Marlene Curtis
50 mins
obrigada!
agree Nadja B Batdorf
59 mins
obrigada!
agree Jorge Rodrigues
1 hr
obrigada!
agree amarante dasilva
1 hr
obrigada!
agree Metallica81
1 hr
obrigada!
agree Silvia Aquino
3 hrs
obrigada!
agree Antonio Tomás Lessa do Amaral
3 hrs
obrigada!
agree Filippe Vasconcellos de Freitas Guimarães
3 hrs
obrigada!
agree Marcelo da Luz
4 hrs
obrigada!
agree Maria Meneses
4 hrs
obrigada!
agree Rafael Rogel
4 hrs
Obrigada!
agree airmailrpl : -
4 hrs
obrigada!
agree Fernando Okabe Biazibeti
10 hrs
obrigada!
agree Thaiane Assumpção
13 hrs
obrigada!
agree José Henrique Lamensdorf
17 hrs
obrigada!
agree Flavia Martins dos Santos
21 hrs
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+1
2 mins

O fim justifica os meios

O fim justifica os meios
Peer comment(s):

agree airmailrpl : -
4 hrs
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+4
3 mins

os fins justificam os meios

Os obectivos justificam os meios usados para os atingir
Peer comment(s):

agree Maria Meneses
4 hrs
obrigado Maria e bom fim de semana!
agree airmailrpl : -
4 hrs
Obrigado airmailrpl e bom fim de semana nesse verão brasileiro!
agree Thaiane Assumpção
13 hrs
Obrigado Thaiane
agree Flavia Martins dos Santos
21 hrs
Obrigado Flávia
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+4
4 mins

Os fins justificam os meios

Same expression.

From SCHMIDT, M.A. and HAINFELDER, Dicionário de Locuções Expressões Idiomáticas Inglês - Português. São Paulo: Casa Editorial Schmidt, 1992, page 294.
Peer comment(s):

agree Maria Meneses
4 hrs
agree airmailrpl : -
4 hrs
agree Thaiane Assumpção
13 hrs
agree Flavia Martins dos Santos
21 hrs
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Reference comments

10 days
Reference:

ends justify the means

os fins justificam os meios
Example sentence:

People who doesn´t like planns says that the ends justify the means.

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