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government meaning in Portuguese

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government [governments] (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)
noun
[UK: ˈɡʌ.vən.mənt]
[US: ˈɡʌ.vər.mənt]

governonoun
{m}

government [governments] (grammar: relationship between a word and its dependents)
noun
[UK: ˈɡʌ.vən.mənt]
[US: ˈɡʌ.vər.mənt]

regêncianoun
{f}

government [governments] (management or control of a system)
noun
[UK: ˈɡʌ.vən.mənt]
[US: ˈɡʌ.vər.mənt]

controlenoun
{m}

government bond (bond issued by a national government)
noun

título públiconoun
{m}

governmental (relating to a government)
adjective
[UK: ˌɡʌv.n̩.ˈmen.tl̩]
[US: ˌɡʌ.vərn.ˈmen.tl̩]

governamentaladjective

antigovernment (opposed to a government currently in power)
adjective
[UK: ˌæn.ti.ˈɡə.vərmənt]
[US: ˌæn.ti.ˈɡə.vər.mənt]

antigovernamentaladjective

antigovernoadjective

branch of government (part of a governing body)
noun

ramo do governonoun
{m}

central government (highest level of government in a unitary state)
noun

governo centralnoun
{m}

eGovernment (use of information technologies in government)
noun

governo eletrôniconoun
{m}

federal government (general term for a federal government)
noun

governo federalnoun
{m}

head of government (chief officer of the executive branch of a government)
noun
[UK: hed əv ˈɡʌ.vən.mənt]
[US: ˈhed əv ˈɡʌ.vər.mənt]

chefe de governonoun
{m}

intergovernmental (of, relating to, or involving two or more governments)
adjective
[UK: ˌɪn.tə.ˌɡʌ.vən.ˈmen.tl̩]
[US: ˌɪn.tər.ˌɡə.vərn.ˈmen.tl̩]

intergovernamentaladjective

non-governmental organization [non-governmental organizations] (organization with no government participation)
noun
[UK: nɒn ˌɡʌv.n̩.ˈmen.tl̩ ˌɔː.ɡə.naɪ.ˈzeɪʃ.n̩]
[US: ˈnɑːn ˌɡʌ.vərn.ˈmen.tl̩ ˌɔːr.ɡə.nə.ˈzeɪʃ.n̩]

organização não-governamentalnoun
{f}

puppet government (government which is de facto controlled by a foreign power)
noun
[UK: ˈpʌ.pɪt ˈɡʌ.vən.mənt]
[US: ˈpʌ.pət ˈɡʌ.vər.mənt]

governo fantochenoun
{m}

seat of government (the centre of authority to govern)
noun

sede do governonoun
{f}

shadow government (government-in-waiting that is prepared to take control)
noun

governo sombranoun
{m}