Portuguese translation of the English word take on

English → Portuguese
  
EnglishPortuguese (translated indirectly)Esperanto
(combat; contend with; fight; fight against; counter; run against)
lutar contra
;
opor
🔗 But Russia is in no position to take on the West economically.
(occupy; engage; fill; hold; involve)
encher
;
ocupar
;
preencher
(lay hold of; pick up; get)
tomar
🔗 He reached across the table and took her two hands.
(abstract; take away; remove; seize)
tomar
(plunder; rob; loot; kidnap; reave)
pilhar
;
roubar
;
saltear
🔗 Liane flung down a leather sack, taken this very morning.

EnglishPortuguese
take on assumir
take levar; tomar