English-Portuguese translations for opportunistic

• oportunista
  Não posso deixar de admirar a hipocrisia oportunista dos meus colegas conservadores. I can only admire the opportunistic hypocrisy of my Tory colleagues.
  Mas, muitas vezes, o comportamento desses críticos parece oportunista. However, the behaviour of these critics often appears to be opportunistic.
  A Europa não pode assumir doravante uma conduta superficial imediatista e oportunista. Europe cannot in future act in such a spontaneous, opportunistic and superficial way.

Definition of opportunistic

• Taking advantage of situations that arise
• Taking advantage of situations to advance one's own interests without regard for moral principles

Examples

• The danger now isnt so much from the AIDS virus itself as from opportunistic infections.
• You cant trust somebody that opportunistic: hell stab you in the back the first chance he gets.

Related words

• opportunism
• opportunist
• opportunistic infection