to process; to prosecute; to sue
1. to handle, deal with, or treat something through a series of actions or steps
The company will process your application within five business days.
A empresa processará sua inscrição em cinco dias úteis.
2. to prosecute or take legal action against someone in court
They decided to prosecute the defendant for fraud.
Eles decidiram processar o réu por fraude.
3. to sue someone; to initiate legal proceedings
The victim plans to sue the company for negligence.
A vítima planeja processar a empresa por negligência.
4. in computing, to execute or run a program or data through a computer system
The server processes thousands of requests per second.
O servidor processa milhares de requisições por segundo.
In Brazil, 'processar' is commonly used in both legal and business contexts. It's a formal verb frequently encountered in juridical documents, news reports about litigation, and in corporate communications regarding administrative procedures. In the tech industry, it's standard terminology for computational operations.
Related Idioms & Phrases
processar alguém na justiça (to take someone to court)
estar sendo processado (to be under prosecution/lawsuit)
processar um pagamento (to process a payment)
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