Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
atender (a clientes)
English translation:
to assist
Portuguese term
atender
| 4 +10 | to assist - |
Marcos Antonio
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| 4 +1 | customer service |
Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
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| 4 +1 | deal with |
Paul Dixon
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| 4 | Serve |
airmailrpl
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| 3 | answer |
Leniel Maccaferri
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| 3 | attend |
Alyson Steele Weickert, Ph.D.
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Aug 4, 2008 04:55: Vidomar (X) changed "Language pair" from "English to Portuguese" to "Portuguese to English"
Proposed translations
Electric Engineer/Military
Native in: Portuguese 
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
to assist -
atender: dar assistência - assistir
- assistir ( aux.) - to assist
- assistir (Med.) - to attend to
- assistir (TV) - to watch
- assistir (reunião) - to attend
Brazil
Computer Engineer expert @ Soft/Hardware
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian) 
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
answer
answer by telephone
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Note added at 11 mins (2008-08-04 04:29:47 GMT)
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ou handle
handle
manage or cope with (a situation, person, or problem). ▶control or manage commercially. ▶deal with. ▶receive or deal in (stolen goods).
Norway
Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Engineer:Oil&Gas/Electron/Finan/Law/HSEQ
Native in: Norwegian , Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese, Norwegian to Portuguese, Portuguese to Norwegian, and 19 more.
customer service
| agree |
Marcelo Gonçalves
: "provide (customer) service to"
5 hrs
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| neutral |
Paul Dixon
: The question is for "atender", not "atendimento". Hence, a verb or verb expression is called for.
8 hrs
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Brazil
Technical - Fast - good price - accurate
Native in: English (Variant: US) , Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, English, and 1 more.
Serve
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Brazil
Ph.D English
Native in: English
Works in: Portuguese to English, English
attend
"atender ao público, no balcão ou por telefone." would be offering customer service, as Salvador and Gry say.
14.300 páginas em inglês sobre "attend customers"
1.160.000 páginas em inglês sobre "attend the public".
25.200 páginas em inglês sobre "attend the phone".
548.000 páginas em inglês sobre "provide customer service".
17.100 páginas em inglês sobre "give customer service".
71.400 páginas em inglês sobre "offer customer service".
1.840 páginas em inglês sobre "attend customer service". (not happy with this last example though)
good luck with your choice
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Note added at 10 hrs (2008-08-04 14:29:02 GMT)
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then there's 4.610 páginas em inglês sobre "attend the counter" too
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Note added at 10 hrs (2008-08-04 14:31:01 GMT)
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by the way I put level 3 confidence to be fair to Salvador and Gry's customer service, though I am pretty sure.
Brazil
PT/EN Translator - ABRATES Certified
Native in: English (Variants: UK, British) , Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese
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