English-Portuguese translations for embody

• encarnar
  Exprimirá e encarnará o interesse comum europeu.It will express and embody the common European interest.
  Nos termos da Carta Olímpica, o desporto deve encarnar o " espírito de amizade, de solidariedade e de fair-play" . Under the terms of the Olympic Charter, sport must embody "a spirit of friendship, solidarity and fair play" .
  A escolha do Presidente do Conselho é crucial pois é ele que, durante dois anos e meio, irá encarnar a Europa. The choice of President of the Council is crucial since it is he or she who will embody Europe for two and a half years.
• incorporar
• personificar
  Bruxelas, aquele colosso burocrático, parece personificar a solidariedade, e esperemos que isso não seja apenas uma imagem para o exterior.Brussels, that bureaucratic monster, seems to embody solidarity, and may that not remain merely an outward show.
  A sua presença e a sua ambição devem personificar as da União, a maior economia do mundo em termos de PIB, o maior mercado mundial, e o principal contribuinte para a ajuda internacional. Her presence and her ambition must embody that of the Union, the world's biggest economy in terms of GDP, the world's biggest market, the biggest contributor to international aid.

Definition of embody

• To represent in a physical or concrete form; to incarnate or personify
• To represent in some other form such as a code of laws
• To comprise or include as part of a cohesive whole; to be made up of
• To unite in a body or mass

Examples

• As the car salesman approached, wearing a plaid suit and slicked-back hair, he seemed to embody sleaze.
• The US Constitution aimed to embody the ideals of diverse groups of people, from Puritans to Deists.
• The principle was recognized by some of the early Greek philosophers who embodied it in their systems.

Related words

• disembody
• disembodied
• embodiment
• embodied
• disembodiment
• embodied energy