English-Portuguese translations for take advantage of

• aproveitar
  Dever-se-ia aproveitar esta situação.We should take advantage of that.
  Tentemos aproveitar esta oportunidade. Let us try to take advantage of it.
  Devemos aproveitar as circunstâncias. We ought to take advantage of that fact.
• explorar
  Penso, sinceramente, que se trata aqui de um indicador muito importante, que devemos utilizar e explorar nos próximos anos. Frankly, I think that this is a very important indicator that we need to use and take advantage of for the years to come.
  Segundo o Comissário Barnier, precisamos de aproveitar as oportunidades do mercado único que permanecem ainda por explorar. According to Commissioner Barnier, we need to take advantage of single market opportunities that have not been exploited so far.
  É justamente desse tipo de Presidente da Comissão que nós precisamos: alguém que consiga tirar partido de qualquer situação e explorar janelas de oportunidade quando estas se encontram abertas. That is just the sort of President of the Commission we need: someone who can take advantage of any situation and exploit windows of opportunity when they are open.
• tirar vantagem de

Definition of take advantage of

• To use#verb|use or make use#noun|use of
• To exploit#Verb|exploit, for example sexually

Examples

• He took advantage of the swimming pool every day of his visit
• She took advantage of his desperation
• He toyed with her emotions just to get her in bed. He took advantage of her

Related words

• stakewall; stockade
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• take the gilt off the gingerbread
• take the lead