English-Portuguese translations for antagonist

• antagonista
  É um facto que há contradições, mas desde o Presidente Mao que se sabe que há que distinguir entre as contradições antagonistas e não antagonistas, e o senhor é maoista! There are contradictions, it is true, but we know from Chairman Mao that a distinction must be made between antagonistic and non-antagonistic contradictions, and you are a Maoist!
  Durante mais de 40 anos, este país, que é candidato à adesão à União Europeia, teve uma atitude antagonista para com os seus vizinhos, que incluem Estados-Membros da União Europeia. For over 40 years, this country, which is applying for European Union membership, has had an antagonistic attitude towards its neighbours, which include European Union Member States.

Definition of antagonist

• An opponent or enemy
• One who antagonizes or stirs
• The main character or force opposing the protagonist in a literary work or drama

Examples

• A flexor, which bends a part, is the antagonist of an extensor, which extends it.

Related words

• antagonistic
• antagonistically
• nonantagonistic