English-Portuguese translations for stance

• posição
  Chegámos com uma posição exigente a Copenhaga. We took a firm stance at Copenhagen.
  Qual é exactamente a posição que estamos a seguir?Which precise stance are we following?
  Parabéns pela vossa união sobre a posição relativa ao Golfo! Bravo for your united stance on the Gulf!
• postura
  Em segundo lugar, qual é agora essa postura, após o dia 7 de Outubro? Secondly, what is the stance now after 7 October?
  Ora bem, temos de novo uma postura unânime. Again, we have a joint stance.
  Um dia chegará em que a União Europeia vai ter motivos para se arrepender da sua postura. One day the European Union will have cause to regret its stance.

Definition of stance

• The manner, pose#Noun|pose, or posture#Noun|posture in which one stand#Verb|stands
• One's opinion or point of view
• A place#Noun|place to stand; a position#Noun|position, a site#Noun|site, a station#Noun|station
• A place for bus#Noun|buses or taxi#Noun|taxis to await passengers; a bus stop, a taxi rank
• A place where a fair#Noun|fair or market#Noun|market is held; a location where a street trader can carry on business
• A stanza
• To place#Verb|place, to position#Verb|position, to station#Verb|station; to put into an enclosure or pen#Noun|pen in preparation for sale

Examples

• The fencer’s stance showed he was ready to begin
• I don’t agree with your stance on gun control

Related words

• circumstance
• resistance
• assistance
• distance
• substance
• instance
• circumstances
• happenstance
• distanced