Portuguese-English translations for adorno

adornmentThe European Parliament must not appear to anyone to be merely an expensive adornment of the Union. Ninguém deve ver no Parlamento Europeu apenas um adorno dispendioso da União. So the cultural reference in the text is not some intellectual adornment, but the very core and raison d'être of the European citizenship we are seeking. A dimensão cultural não é, pois, um adorno erudito nem uma referência adjectiva e ornamental do texto, mas sim o próprio cerne e a razão de ser da cidadania europeia que se prossegue. The draperies did little to keep out the light; rather, they were mainly there as adornment for the windows.

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