Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
Isso é que é força de vontade!
English translation:
This is what I call will power/ This is what I would call determination
Portuguese term
Brazil
Marketing & Advertising - Eng - Port(BR)
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian) 
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
Isso é que é força de vontade!
Aug 15, 2008 10:11: Marcella S. Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
New Zealand
Reliable, fast, accurate
Native in: Portuguese (Variants: European/Portugal, Brazilian) , English (Variants: UK, US, Australian, British, New Zealand)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, English, and 1 more.
This is what I call will power
The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines willpower as "energetic determination." Synonyms of willpower include "self-discipline," "self-government," "self-mastery," "self-command," "self-control" and "self-restraint."
What allows one person to possess great willpower and another none? Is there a genetic predisposition for self-restraint? Is it a learned pattern? Are you born with it? More important, can you develop willpower? ...
http://findinarticles.com/a36C5QO/227845/The-Quest-for-Willp...
Responsible, trustworthy and accurate
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: European/Portugal) 
, Spanish (Variant: Standard-Spain)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese, Portuguese to Spanish, and 6 more.
that's what I would call motivation
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fast, accurate, reliable, professional
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese, Portuguese
that is will power
Brazil
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Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
That's willpower!
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willpower
n. combination of one's determination to accomplish something and one's self-control
Merriam-Webster Collegiate® Thesaurus
willpower
Function: noun
Synonyms: WILL 3, discipline, self-command, self-control, self-discipline, self-government, self-mastery, self-restraint
Now that's what I'd call determination!
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Marcella S.
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