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create urgency

[krɪˈeɪt ˈɜːrdʒənsi]
verb phrase
criar urgência
1. To generate or establish a sense of pressing importance or immediacy around a task, situation, or decision
The marketing team decided to create urgency by setting a limited-time offer deadline.
A equipe de marketing decidiu criar urgência estabelecendo um prazo para a oferta por tempo limitado.
2. To make something seem more important or time-sensitive than it might actually be
Sales techniques often create urgency to encourage immediate purchase decisions.
Técnicas de vendas frequentemente criam urgência para encorajar decisões de compra imediatas.
Synonyms
generate urgencyinstill urgencyestablish urgencyfoster urgencyimpress urgency
Antonyms
reduce urgencyeliminate urgencydiminish urgencylower pressure

Regional Variations

General Brazilian
criar urgência
Standard usage in business and marketing contexts
São Paulo
criar senso de urgência
More formal, commonly used in corporate environments
Portugal
criar urgência
Same as Brazilian Portuguese; formal business term

Related Idioms & Phrases

beat a dead horse
strike while the iron is hot
time is of the essence
against the clock
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