permit

[verb: pərˈmɪt / noun: ˈpɜːrmɪt]

verb/nounmasculine (noun)pl: permits

permitir (verb) / permissão, licença (noun)

1. (verb) to allow or give permission for something to happen

The law does not permit smoking in public buildings.

A lei não permite fumar em edifícios públicos.

2. (verb) to make something possible

Weather permitting, we will have the picnic tomorrow.

Se o tempo permitir, faremos o piquenique amanhã.

3. (noun) an official document that gives permission to do something

You need a permit to build an extension on your house.

Você precisa de uma licença para construir uma extensão na sua casa.

4. (noun) an official pass or license

She has a parking permit for the downtown area.

Ela tem uma autorização de estacionamento para a área do centro.

NYC Slang

aight (as in 'you permitting?' = 'you cool with that?')

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Regional Variations

General Brazilian

permitir (verb) / permissão, licença (noun)

Standard usage throughout Brazil

Rio de Janeiro

permitir / licença

Colloquially may use 'deixar' as alternative for 'permitir'

São Paulo

permitir / alvará (for commercial permits)

More formal bureaucratic contexts use 'alvará' for business permits

Portugal

permitir (verb) / licença, autorização (noun)

Slightly more formal usage; 'autorização' more common for official permits

permit me to say

if time permits

weather permitting

as far as circumstances permit

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