prontidão militar

English translation: combat readiness / military readiness

13:05 Mar 15, 2018

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Portuguese term or phrase: prontidão militar

I am trying to come up with the best translation possible for prontidão militar, a Brazilian portuguese term. Prontidão is readiness. However in this case the phrase means something more like "military show of strength" or "military takeover" (that is it needs to be a verb or an action, not a state of being).

"se não houve prontidão militar, deveu-se ao fato de os civis cederem às pressões militares quando estas ameaçam acionar os dispositivos de uma prontidão militar. E não por os militares serem obedientes ao poder civil"

A google search will reveal that "prontidão militar" generally means "military readiness." But the term has a more specific meaning in Brazil which is connected to the dictatorship. It is this meaning I am trying to decipher. See the additional usages below.

Extinção - Page 56

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Paulo Arantes - 2015 - ‎Preview - ‎More editions
fordismo, teria sido igualmente deixada para trás a relação simbiótica entre linha de montagem e preparação para a guerra, quer dizer, grande indústria e militarismo de massa. A reviravolta produtiva e organizacional do capital, por assim dizer, subtraiu a sociedade nacional aos enquadramentos típicos da prontidão militar, a começar pelo recrutamento para o serviço militar, progressivamente desativado, à medida que a nova ordem social se tornava cada vez mais impermeável a ...
Minha verdade

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Cabo Anselmo José Anselmo dos Santos - 2015 - ‎Preview
Os jornais e o rádio repercutiam esses atos de indisciplina na linguagem de propaganda e agitação do movimento comunista internacional. As sucessivas greves gerais resultavam no “estado de prontidão militar”. Ninguém podia sair dos quartéis ou dos navios. O CIAW recebia contingentes extras de marinheiros em prontidão rigorosa que, pelo menos uma vez, foram designados para ocupar os navios da Marinha Mercante, substituindo os grevistas. Um dia, houve a notícia de um

Charles Vidor

English translation:combat readiness / military readiness

Explanation:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combat_readiness

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2017/11/21/e...

and lots of other examples

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Charles, you could use 'readiness for a military showdown' as I see you already considered this answer

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Richard Purdom
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combat readiness / military readiness

Richard Purdom

3 +1

military preparedeness

Daniel Liberman

standby military force

Susana Rebelo

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military preparedeness

Explanation:
Please see Web reference.

https://www.linguee.com/english-portuguese/search?query=prontid%C3%A3o+militar

Daniel Liberman
United States
Local time: 03:19
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1 hr confidence:

standby military force

Explanation:
I would put forward this suggestion. This concept was also a reality in my country (Portugal) during the Salazar dictatorship. The military was always ready and in reserve for use when needed.

Susana Rebelo
Local time: 08:19
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English

3 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

combat readiness / military readiness

Richard Purdom
Portugal
Local time: 08:19
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8

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