English-Portuguese translations for suggest

• sugerir
  Permita-me sugerir aqui alguns passos construtivos. I will offer some constructive suggestions.
  Posso sugerir que o senhor Comissário dê o seu melhor para acelerar este processo? Might I suggest that you do your best to speed that up?
  Gostaria de vos sugerir o passo que devemos dar a seguir. I want to put a suggestion to you as a next step.
• indicar
  Em caso afirmativo, poderá indicar o que seria necessário fazer para o introduzir? If so, could he suggest how one might go about implementing it?
  O que faz o Conselho é indicar-nos o caminho através do qual se poderá conseguir a unanimidade dos seus membros. In so doing, the Council has suggested a way of ensuring unanimity amongst its members.
  Esta noite, vou indicar ao meu grupo que vote contra. This evening, I will suggest that my group votes against this agreement.
• propor
  Não estou a propor que violemos a legislação. I am not suggesting that we contravene legislation.
  Gostaria de propor que fosse antecipada para o final de 2010. I would like to suggest having it done before the end of 2010.
  Daí propor cerca de 1,6 mil milhões de euros (!!!) só para o abate de embarcações. Hence the suggestion of about EUR 1.6 billion (!) just for vessel decommissioning.

Definition of suggest

• To imply but stop short of saying explicitly
• To make one suppose; cause one to suppose (something
• To mention something as an idea, typically in order to recommend it
• To seduce; to prompt to evil; to tempt

Examples

• Are you suggesting that I killed my wife?
• The name "hamburger" suggests that hamburgers originated from Hamburg
• I’d like to suggest that we go out to lunch.   I’d like to suggest going out to lunch
• The guidebook suggests that we visit the local cathedral, which is apparently beautiful

Related words

• suggestion
• suggestive
• suggested
• suggestions
• suggestively
• suggestibility
• suggestible
• autosuggestion
• suggestopedia