English-Portuguese translations for constrain

• restringir
• apertar
• confinar
• constranger
  Afirmações destas por parte de políticos que querem proteger e constranger empresas em tempo de crise são completamente injustificáveis. Such statements by politicians who want to protect and constrain firms during times of crisis are completely unjustifiable.
  Senhor Presidente, há um ano, John Bolton, o Secretário de Estado Adjunto norte-americano, afirmou que o único propósito do Tribunal Penal Internacional era constranger o poder militar americano.Mr President, a year ago Mr John Bolton, the Deputy US Secretary of State, said that the sole purpose of the International Criminal Court was to constrain American military power.

Definition of constrain

• To force physically, by strong persuasion or pressuring; to compel; to oblige
• To reduce a result in response to limited resources

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