English-Portuguese translations for chief

• chefe
  Foi a Chefe de contabilidade da altura?Was it the Chief Accountant at the time?
  O que está ali a fazer actualmente o chefe de redacção, Werner Mück? What is the editor-in-chief, Werner Mück, doing there now?
  Ninguém pode interpor-se no caminho do chefe do OLAF, Franz-Hermann Brüner. No one can stand in OLAF chief Heinz-Hermann Brüner’s way.
• líder
• manda-chuva
• principal
  A credibilidade é a nossa principal vantagem neste momento. Credibility is our chief asset at present.
  É a principal fonte de fundos da Palestina controlada pelo Hamas. It is the chief paymaster of Hamas-controlled Palestine.
  Agradeço também ao relator principal, o senhor deputado James Elles. I also thank the chief rapporteur, Mr James Elles.

Definition of chief

• A leader or head of a group of people, organisation, etc.
• The top part of a shield or escutcheon; more specifically, an ordinary consisting of the upper part of the field cut off by a horizontal line, generally occupying the top third.
• The principal part or top of anything
• Primary; principal
• Intimate, friendly
• To smoke cannabis

Examples

• All firefighters report to the fire chief.
• Hey, chief.
• Negligence was the chief cause of the disaster

Related words

• handkerchief
• chiefly
• chieftain
• editor-in-chief
• kerchief
• neckerchief
• pocket-handkerchief
• commander-in-chief
• mischief-maker