1.7 million impressions Translation Article 590: Portuguese Language Insights, 10 idioms including the word “vontadade.” Translations to English.

1.7 million impressions Translation Article 590: Portuguese Language Insights, 10 idioms including the word “vontadade.” Literal and semantic translations to English.

1) à vontade!

[at the will, at the wish]

(military) At ease!

2) (Brasil) estar / ficar à vontade, (Portugual) pôr-se à vontade

[be / become as one wills / wishes, become as one wills / wishes]

make oneself at home

3) fazer algo à vontade

[do something at one’s will / at one’s wishes]

do something as one pleases

4) fazer algo de má vontade

[do something of/with bad will]

to do something grudgingly

5) havia comida à vontade

[there was food at will]

there was plenty of food

6) morrer de vontade de fazer algo

[to die from the will to do something]

to be dying to do something

7) perder a vontade de fazer algo

[lose the will to do something]

not to feel like doing something anymore

8) por minha vontade

[through my will, according to my will]

In my opinion

9) sentir-se à vontade

[feel at will]

feel at ease

10) ter vontade propria

[have one’s own will]

have a mind of one’s own

Oxford Portuguese Dictionary, 2015.