English-Portuguese translations for buttress

• contraforte
• anteparo
• apoio
• botaréu
• proteção
• reforço
  Para aqueles cuja legislação preventiva é deficiente constituiria um estímulo e um reforço. For those whose precautionary legislation is defective it would be a boost and a buttress.
  O reforço da abordagem bilateral irá apenas contribuir para que os países mais pobres fiquem mais dependentes da UE.Strengthening the bilateral approach will only buttress poor countries' dependence on the EU.

Definition of buttress

• A brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it
• A buttress-root
• Anything that supports or strengthens
• To support something physically with, or as if with, a prop or buttress

Examples

• Crowell Buttresses, Dismal Buttress, Hourglass Buttress, Kardam Buttress, Seven Buttresses thumb|right|Milestone Buttress on w:Tryfan|Tryfan. The direct route is highlighted.

Related words

• buttressing
• buttress root
• flying buttress