Portuguese-English translations for voltar à estaca zero

• back to square one
  I believe that we must somehow go back to square one and that the Commission must produce its own proposal, taking Parliament's recommendations into consideration. Penso que devemos de algum modo voltar à estaca zero e que deve ser a Comissão a formular a sua própria proposta, tendo em conta as indicações do Parlamento.
  After spending six hours on the intake we realized that there was nothing wrong with it, so we are back to square one.
  After spending six hours on the intake we realized that there was nothing wrong with it, so we went back to square one.

Related words

• voltar
• revoltar
• voltarete
• voltar a si
• fazer voltar