Portuguese-English translations for comutar

commuteIn January, Governor Ryan of Illinois decided to commute the death sentences of 156 prisoners on death row. Em Janeiro, o governador Ryan, do Estado do Illinois, decidiu comutar as sentenças de morte de 156 reclusos detidos nos corredores da morte. The statements called on China to commute any other death penalties passed in connection with the disturbances in Tibet and Xinjiang. As declarações pedem à China para comutar todas as penas de morte impostas na sequência dos tumultos no Tibete e em Xinjiang. Two people have been executed there recently and President Arafat refused to exercise his prerogative to commute the sentence despite appeals for him to do so. Duas pessoas foram aí recentemente executadas e o Presidente Arafat não exerceu o direito que lhe assiste de comutar a sentença, não obstante o facto de ter sido instado nesse sentido.
convertA kettle converts water into steamHe converted his garden into a tennis courtThey converted her to Roman Catholicism on her deathbed

Dictionary