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over-levered

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English term or phrase:over-levered
Portuguese translation:altamente endividados
Entered by: Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida

15:11 Sep 8, 2011
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English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Economics / Inflation
English term or phrase: over-levered
Num artigo publicado por um professor de economia numa revista especializada:

(...) Over-levered households cannot spend, over-levered banks cannot lend, and over-levered governments cannot stimulate
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Portugal
Local time: 00:08


Summary of answers provided
4desproporcionais
Martin Riordan
4com demasiada "gordura" OU com um sistema de funcionamento demasiado pesado
Leonor Machado


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desproporcionais


Explanation:
Poderia se usar uma frase como "sobre-alavancados" ou "super-alavancados" mas com certeza iria atrair críticas de colegas.

Na verdade, significa que tem dívidas desproporcionais em relação à renda, ao patrimônio ou à arrecadação de impostos, respectivamente.

Martin Riordan
Brazil
Local time: 20:08
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com demasiada "gordura" OU com um sistema de funcionamento demasiado pesado


Explanation:
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=overlevered

Leonor Machado
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