English-Portuguese translations for remote

• controle
• controlo remoto
  Não somos um órgão de controlo remoto generalizado. We are not some kind of general remote monitoring organization.
  É essa a realidade, não o neoliberalismo, mas o controlo remoto a partir de Dublin e Londres pelo Comissário responsável pelos mercados financeiros. That is the reality, not neoliberalism, but remote control from Dublin and London by the commissioner responsible for the financial markets.
• distante
  Serão sectores distantes da vida dos cidadãos? Are these sectors remote from our citizens' lives?
  O Reino Unido fez questão de defender os fundos de capitais situados em ilhas distantes. The United Kingdom stood up to protect hedge funds located in nearby or remote islands.
  Para além disso, um novo cargo a nível europeu corre o risco de ser demasiado distante dos cidadãos europeus. Moreover, the creation of another post at European level risks being too remote from citizens.
• inacessível
• isolado
  Há que analisar seriamente esta questão. Não é possível que o acto de viajar, sobretudo a partir de locais remotos e isolados, seja considerado uma forma de luxo. We must look at this seriously, it is not possible that travelling, especially from remote and isolated places, be considered in any way as a form of luxury.
  Ou seja, não devemos sacralizar a concorrência sob o pretexto da transparência, o que penalizaria os utilizadores mais desfavorecidos e os mais isolados. In other words, we must not give hallowed status to competition on the pretext of transparency, which would penalise the most deprived and the most remote users.
• longínquo
  Não se trata de um longínquo sonho político.This is not a remote political dream.
  A Finlândia é, pela sua situação geográfica, um país longínquo: estamos longe dos principais mercados da UE. Finland is a geographically remote country: we are a long way from the principal EU markets.
  Por vezes, os cidadãos da UE sentem a Europa e as suas instituições como algo de muito longínquo. Sometimes the citizens of the EU feel as if Europe and its institutions are very remote.
• remoto
  Essas violações não ocorrem em lugares remotos e exóticos. These violations are not going on in remote and exotic places.
  Infelizmente, hoje, esse objectivo ainda é um objectivo remoto. Unfortunately that goal is a remote one today.
  Porém, eles são ainda muito remotos e em grande medida desconhecidos para muitos cidadãos. Yet these plans are still very remote to many citizens, who are largely unaware of them.

Definition of remote

• At a distance; disconnected
• Distant or otherwise inaccessible
• Slight
• Emotionally detached
• An element of broadcast programming originating away from the station's or show's control room
• To connect to a computer from a remote location

Examples

• A remote operator may control the vehicle with a wireless handset.
• After his fall from the emperors favor, the general was posted to a remote outpost.
• There was only a remote possibility that we would be rescued as we were far outside of the regular shipping lanes.
• After her mothers death, my friend grew remote for a time while she dealt with her grief.
• I hate it when my uncle comes over to visit; he always sits in the best chair and hogs the remote.

Related words

• remotely
• remoteness
• remotest
• remote-controlled
• remote control
• remote user
• remote access
• remote login
• remote work