engelska-portugisiska översättning av midwife

parteiraSenhora Alta Representante Catherine Ashton, sei que não é bombeira, nem parteira, nem nada disso. Baroness Ashton, I know that you are not a fire-fighter, a midwife or any other such person. Apenas 53% das mulheres dos países em vias de desenvolvimento dão à luz assistidas por um médico, por uma enfermeira ou por uma parteira. Only 53% of women in developing countries give birth with a doctor, nurse or midwife present. Da actual crise poderá nascer uma Europa mais forte e a Grécia poderá ser a parteira dessa mudança. The current crisis may give birth to a stronger Europe and Greece may be the midwife of that change.

A person, usually a woman, who is trained to assist women in childbirth, but who is not a physician
Someone who assists in bringing about some result or project
To act as a midwife

A hundred years ago, a midwife would bring the baby into the world - going to a hospital to deliver a baby was either impossible or unheard of.
But the bigger objective was to help Iraqis midwife a democratic model that could inspire reform across the Arab-Muslim world and give the youth there a chance at a better future
Thomas L. Friedman. "Attention: Baby on Board." New York Times. April 13, 2010

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