English-Portuguese translations for predecessor

• predecessor
  O meu predecessor confirmou então que não haveria declarações de voto sobre esta questão. My predecessor confirmed that there would not be any explanations of vote on this point.
  O vosso predecessor, Karl Marx, foi mencionado aqui hoje. There has been mention here today of your predecessor named Marx.
  Creio que esta Assembleia gostaria de voltar a ouvir a promessa feira pelo seu predecessor há alguns anos. I think this House would enjoy hearing again what your predecessor gave as a promise some years ago.
• antecessor
  O seu antecessor, o Comissário De Silguy, não queria muito simplesmente ouvir falar do assunto. Your predecessor, Mr De Silguy, simply refused to listen.
  O seu antecessor é, actualmente, o Chefe de Estado da Lituânia. Your predecessor is, today, the Head of State in Lithuania.
  Queria também incentivá-la a ser mais corajosa do que o seu antecessor. I would also encourage you to be bolder than your predecessor was.

Definition of predecessor

• One who precedes; one who has preceded another in any state, position, office, etc.; one whom another follows or comes after, in any office or position
• A vertex having a directed path to another vertex

Examples

• The steam engine was the predecessor of diesel and electric locomotives.

Related words

• predecease
• predeceased
• predecessoress