🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

Demandas concorrentes

Pronunciation / Transliteration: deˈmɐ̃dɐs kõˈkʊʁẽtɨs

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Competing Demands/kəmˈpiːtɪŋ dɪˈmændz/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Os pais frequentemente enfrentam demandas concorrentes entre trabalho e família."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Situations in which multiple needs or desires require attention and resources, often leading to conflict or prioritization challenges.

    "In a busy workplace, employees often face competing demands from different projects."
  2. 2

    The necessity to balance various obligations or responsibilities that may conflict with one another.

    "Parents frequently experience competing demands between work responsibilities and family needs."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'competing' originates from the Latin 'competere', meaning 'to strive together', while 'demands' comes from the Latin 'demandare', meaning 'to entrust'. The phrase evolved in the context of economics and psychology to describe situations where multiple needs or desires vie for limited resources.

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🇫🇷French → English

Exigences concurrentes

Transliteration: ɛɡziʒɑ̃s kɔ̃kʊʁɑ̃t

"Dans un environnement de travail, les employés font souvent face à des exigences concurrentes."

🇩🇪German → English

Wettbewerbende Anforderungen

Transliteration: vɛtbəˈvɛʁbəndə anˈfɔʁdʊŋən

"In einem hektischen Büro stehen Mitarbeiter oft vor wettbewerbenden Anforderungen."

🇮🇹Italian → English

Richieste concorrenti

Transliteration: rikjɛste konkorrenti

"I genitori spesso affrontano richieste concorrenti tra lavoro e famiglia."

🇪🇸Spanish → English

Demandas en competencia

Transliteration: deˈmandas en kompeˈtensja

"Los empleados a menudo enfrentan demandas en competencia en el lugar de trabajo."

🇵🇹Portuguese → English

Demandas concorrentes

Transliteration: deˈmɐ̃dɐs kõˈkʊʁẽtɨs

"Os pais frequentemente enfrentam demandas concorrentes entre trabalho e família."

🇮🇳Hindi → English

प्रतिस्पर्धी मांगें

Transliteration: pratispardhi maangein

"कामकाजी माता-पिता अक्सर प्रतिस्पर्धी मांगों का सामना करते हैं।"

🇨🇳Chinese → English

竞争需求

Transliteration: jìngzhēng xūqiú

"在繁忙的工作环境中,员工常常面临竞争需求。"

🇰🇷Korean → English

경쟁 요구

Transliteration: gyeongjaeng yogu

"직장에서 직원들은 종종 경쟁 요구에 직면합니다."

🇯🇵Japanese → English

競合する要求

Transliteration: kyōgō suru yōkyū

"忙しい職場では、従業員はしばしば競合する要求に直面します。"

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