English-Portuguese translations for servitude

• servidão
  Os Russos aprenderam a sentir orgulho e a viver num miserável estado de servidão. People in Russia have learned to think proudly but live in miserable servitude.
  Nomeadamente, no Reino Unido testemunhámos recentemente o caso de alguém que acabou por cumprir uma pena de prisão devido a acusações de tráfico de servidão doméstica. For example, in the UK we have seen a recent case of somebody actually ending up with a prison sentence on a charge of trafficking for domestic servitude.
  Paradoxalmente, é no momento em que o povo de Timor acede à independência que o povo de Macau regressa à servidão. It is ironic that just when the people of Timor are gaining independence, the people of Macao are returning to servitude.
• servitude

Definition of servitude

• The state of being a slave; slavery
• A qualified beneficial interest severed or fragmented from the ownership of an inferior property and attached to a superior property or to some person other than the owner; the most common form is an easement
• Servants collectively

Related words

• servitor
• servitresse
• voluntary servitude
• praedial servitude