English-Portuguese translations for opponent

• adversário
  Mas os adversários desta tecnologia não querem provas. But the opponents do not want proof.
  Que argumentos apresentaram os adversários do relatório?What arguments have opponents to the report given?
  Nós somos adversários aguerridos do Senhor Primeiro-Ministro Berlusconi, mas somos adversários políticos. We are ardent opponents of Mr Berlusconi, but we are political adversaries.
• oponente
  É a esposa do Sr. Alexander Kazulin, um oponente importante do Sr. Lukaszenko. She is the wife of Mr Alexander Kazulin, a prominent opponent of Mr Lukaszenko.
• rival
  Anteriormente, na Europa Ocidental, considerávamos o Leste, sob a chefia da União Soviética, como um rival económico e um adversário militar. Before, we in Western Europe saw the East, under the leadership of the Soviet Union, as an economic rival and military opponent.

Definition of opponent

• One who opposes another; one who works or takes a position against someone or something; one who attempts to stop the progress of someone or something
• Opposing; adverse; antagonistic
• Situated in front; opposite

Examples

• The person who ran against her in the last election proved to be a formidable opponent
• During the crackdown, many opponents of the regime were arrested
• She was a dedicated opponent of the death penalty

Related words

• opponent of war
• nuclear opponent
• semi-final opponent
• quarter-final opponent
• act as opponent