Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
proativo
English translation:
proactive / proactivity
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Portuguese term
Brazil
proativo
"forward looking" for "proativo" (adj.), but what about "proatividade", which is the noun for "proativo"
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| 4 +3 | proactive / proactivity |
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| 4 +1 | forward-looking => progressive. |
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Proposed translations
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Native in: Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese
proactive / proactivity
| Sounds perfect! Have you ever seen "forward-looking" as a translation to this? Does it fit? |
| agree |
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Native in: English (Variant: US) 
, Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, English, and 1 more.
forward-looking => progressive.
adjective
adjective: forward-looking; adjective: forward-thinking
favoring innovation and development; progressive.
synonyms: progressive, enlightened, dynamic, pushing, bold, enterprising, ambitious, pioneering, innovative, modern, avant-garde, positive, reforming, radical; More
informal go-ahead, go-getting
"the forward-looking countries of Europe forged ahead"
antonyms: backward-looking
Translate forward looking to Portuguese: prospectiva
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Native in: Portuguese (Variant: European/Portugal)
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"proactive" (proativo) vs. forward looking/prospective (prospetivo)
I think a good translation for "forward-looking" is "prospetivo" (as "prospective" in English)(the old PT-PT spelling was "prospectivo").
But, as in English, I think "proactive" and "prospective" are words that do NOT have the same meaning.
I think being proactive requires to be prospective, ie, someone being proactive has to be prospective; but the reverse is not true, ie, a person may be prospective and not being proactive.
An example: in economics / management, analysts do prospective studies, in which they study the future evolution of the economic situation of a country or sector of activity or company. Obviously, these studies are not "proactive", but they are essential for proactive policies.
to sum up:
1. "Proactive" / "proativo" implies "anticipating + initiative / action"
2 ". Looking forwad" / "prospective" / "prospetivo" implies only "anticipation"
. 3 You neither can nor should translate "looking forwad" to "proativo": they are words that DO NOT have the same meaning.
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Discussion
BUT THIS IS MY OPINION. There are loads of other terms.