Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
wheeling and dealing
Portuguese translation:
esquemas ou estratagemas habilidosos
English term
Portugal
professionalism and expertise
Native in: Portuguese 
Works in: Spanish to Portuguese, English to Portuguese
wheeling and dealing
“the usual wheeling-and-dealing of politicians”
Qual o termo mais adequado/a melhor tradução para Portugal?
Mar 8, 2019 17:05: Alcinda Marinho Created KOG entry
Mar 8, 2019 17:07: Alcinda Marinho changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/1239116">Alcinda Marinho's</a> old entry - " wheeling and dealing"" to ""esquemas ou estratagemas habilidosos""
Proposed translations
Portugal
The right voice for your business
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: European/Portugal)
Works in: English to Portuguese, French to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese, and 2 more.
esquemas ou estratagemas habilidosos
OU: esquemas ou estratagemas duvidosos.
Diria assim.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/pt/dicionario/ingles/wheeli...
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Note added at 33 mins (2019-03-02 13:56:41 GMT)
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"É sabido há muito que os políticos, leia-se deputados e governantes, não têm coragem para defenderem um aumento dos seus ordenados. (...) por isso, arranjam estratagemas para ganharem mais uns cobres, alguns mais do que duvidosos no plano moral."
https://sol.sapo.pt/artigo/609971/os-politicos-que-sejam-mai...
dirigir e conduzir
Brazil
Always in search of the best solution!
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese, Portuguese, and 2 more.
fazer maracutaias / negócios sujos
Will do!
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: European/Portugal) 
Works in: English to Portuguese, French to Portuguese, German to Portuguese, and 1 more.
astúcias
https://www.interglot.com/dictionary/en/en/translate/wheelin...
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/pt/dicionario/ingles/wheeli...
wheel and deal
to take part in clever (but sometimes dishonest or immoral) business deals. John loves to wheel and deal in the money markets. Jack got tired of all the wheeling and dealing of big business and retired to run a pub in the country.
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Katarina Mihalova
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Obrigada, Katarina!
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Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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Obrigada, Teresa!
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expressisverbis
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Obrigada, Sandra!
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Brazil
32 years engineering/law/contracts
Native in: English (Variant: US) , Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
artimanhas / ardis (de costume entre os políticos)
Portugal
Translator and Terminologist
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese, French to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese
negócios escusos/negociatas
(negócios escusos) wheeling and dealing sg
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/pt/dictionary/portuguese-e...
3.
que é suspeito; duvidoso; ilícito
https://www.infopedia.pt/dicionarios/lingua-portuguesa/escus...
ne·go·ci·a·ta
(negócio + -ata)
substantivo feminino
Negócio lucrativo mas suspeito.
"negociata", in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa [em linha], 2008-2013, https://dicionario.priberam.org/negociata [consultado em 02-03-2019].
Entendo o termo como "suspeito".
Brazil
IT, Marketing, Travel/Hospitality Expert
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese
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