English-Portuguese translations for overtake

• ultrapassar
  A liberalização do abastecimento de água significa que a luta pela água irá ultrapassar a luta pelo petróleo. Liberalising the water supply would mean that the fight for water would overtake that for oil.
  Temos países como a Croácia e a Macedónia que estão prestes a ultrapassar candidatos à adesão. We have countries such as Croatia and Macedonia that are about to overtake candidate countries.
  Se queremos atingir os objectivos de Lisboa, temos de alcançar, se não mesmo ultrapassar, a América também neste domínio.We must catch up on America, or overtake them, if we want to achieve the Lisbon objectives in this area.

Definition of overtake

• To pass a more slowly moving object or entity
• To become greater than something else

Examples

• The racehorse overtook the lead pack on the last turn
• The car was so slow we were overtaken by a bus
• Our plans were overtaken by events

Related words

• overtaking
• overtax
• overtaxing
• overtask
• overtalk
• overtalking
• restriction on overtaking