English-Portuguese translations for figurative

figurativoFaltam cinco minutos para a meia-noite, tanto no sentido literal como no sentido figurativo.It is now five minutes to midnight, both literally and figuratively speaking. Por isso, a nossa tarefa na AGNU será agora a de avaliar, repensar e revitalizar, ou, dito em sentido figurativo, dar um forte abanão ao processo. Our task now in UNGASS is therefore to evaluate, to reassess, to revitalize - speaking more figuratively, to give the process a kick in the pants.

Of use as a metaphor, simile, or metonym, as opposed to literal; using figures; as when saying that someone who eats more than they should is a pig or like a pig
Metaphorically so called
Emblematic, symbolic; representative, exemplative
representing forms recognisable in life and clearly derived from real object sources, in contrast to

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