English-Portuguese translations for worsen

• piorar
  Todavia, na Bielarrússia a situação está a piorar. In Belarus, however, the situation is worsening.
  Com o Fundo de Coesão orientado para os novos Estados-Membros, a situação começará a piorar. With cohesion funding targeted on the new Member States, the situation is set to worsen.
  Se a situação piorar e o Estado de emergência não for levantado, deverão então ponderar-se essas medidas. If the situation worsens and the state of emergency is not lifted, such measures should be considered.
• empiorar
• deteriorar
  Trata-se também de reactivar e deteriorar ainda mais o Pacto de Estabilidade, que continua a causar danos. It is also about the reactivation and worsening of the Stability Pact, which continues to cause harm.
  Dois relatórios recentes do Alto Comissário das Nações Unidas para os Refugiados mostram que a situação humanitária está a deteriorar-se consideravelmente. Two recent reports of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights show that the humanitarian situation is worsening considerably.
  A verdade é que esta situação corre o risco de se deteriorar face aos desafios simultâneos do envelhecimento da população e da globalização. The truth is that this situation is in danger of worsening in the face of the simultaneous challenges of an ageing population and of globalisation.

Definition of worsen

• To make worse; to impair
• To become worse; to get worse
• To get the better of; to worst

Examples

• The global warming has worsened the weather.
• The weather has worsened.

Related words

• worse
• worsening
• worse and worse
• worse for wear
• worse things happen at sea
• get worse
• one's bark is worse than one's bite
• for better or worse
• the cure is worse than the disease