English-Portuguese translations for downturn

• declínio
  Sublinha prevenção e prudência para garantir melhor prevenção em tempos de declínio económico. It underlines prevention and prudence to ensure better preparedness in times of economic downturn.
  No rescaldo do declínio económico, como o relator, senhor deputado Callanan mencionou, estas discussões foram de facto difíceis. In the aftermath of the economic downturn, as Mr Callanan mentioned, these discussions were indeed difficult.
  As economias dos Estados-Membros manifestam um declínio significativo, as PME estão a falir e os trabalhadores estão a perder os seus empregos. Member States' economies are showing a significant downturn, SMEs are going under and employees are losing their jobs.

Definition of downturn

• A downward trend, or the beginnings of one; a decline
• To turn downwards

Examples

• The downturn in the economy made it harder to find jobs

Related words

• downtown
• downtrodden
• downtime
• downtrend
• downtoner
• Downton
• downtree
• machinery downtime