English-Portuguese translations for diligence

• diligência
  E peço-lhe menos arrogância e mais diligência. And I ask her for less arrogance and more diligence.
  Foi justamente por essa razão que adoptámos uma proposta baseada no princípio da devida diligência. That is precisely why we adopted a proposal based on the principle of due diligence.
  O senhor deputado Cabrol defendeu as suas propostas adicionais com o vigor e a diligência que lhe são habituais. Mr Cabrol has pursued his extra proposals with his usual vigour and diligence.

Definition of diligence

• Steady application; industry; careful work involving long-term effort
• Carefulness
• A public stage-coach
• The process by which persons, lands, or effects are seized for debt; process for enforcing the attendance of witnesses or the production of writings

Examples

• due diligence

Related words

• diligent
• diligently
• indiligent
• indiligence
• diligentia
• due diligence