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concernir

[kõ.sɛɾ.ˈniɾ]
verb
to concern, to affect, to pertain to
1. to be relevant or important to someone; to affect or involve someone
This decision concerns all employees.
Esta decisão concerne todos os funcionários.
2. to be the business or responsibility of someone
What you do in your free time doesn't concern me.
O que você faz no seu tempo livre não me concerne.
3. to relate or refer to a particular subject
The report concerns environmental issues.
O relatório concerne questões ambientais.
Synonyms
afetardizer respeito ainteressartocarrespeitar
Antonyms
desinteressarignorar

Regional Variations

General Brazilian
concernir
formal usage; more commonly replaced by 'dizer respeito a' or 'afetar'
Portugal
concernir
more frequently used in formal and legal contexts

Related Idioms & Phrases

no que concerne a (concerning, as far as... is concerned)
conforme concerne (as it concerns)
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