English-Portuguese translations for welfare state

• estado assistencial
• estado de bem-estar
  Como vamos assegurar o Estado de bem-estar ameaçado pelo envelhecimento da população? How are we going to safeguard a welfare state threatened by the ageing of the population?
  Um país no qual o poder não esteja dividido igualmente entre os homens e as mulheres não é um Estado de bem-estar, no qual todos são iguais. A country in which power is not divided equally between men and women is not a welfare state in which all are equal.
• estado de bem-estar social

Definition of welfare state

• A social system in which the state takes overall responsibility for the welfare of its citizens, providing health care, education, unemployment compensation and social security
• A country in which such a system operates

Related words

• welfare
• welfare trap
• welfare parasite
• welfare mother
• welfare capitalism
• welfare economics
• welfare problem
• welfare work
• child welfare