English term
Nannying or bossying
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Proposed translations
Brazil
Translation; Subtitles; Games
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian) 
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, Portuguese
Mimando ou mandando
Brazil
Technical, IT and Marketing - Certified
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese
passar a mão na cabeça ou controlar a vida das pessoas
A tradução ideal depende da estrutura que você vai adotar, com várias opções de acordo com o seu estilo.
Pessoalmente usaria algo como:
"Durante a campanha pelo posto, Johnson prometeu que acabaria com a noção de que o Estado tem que mimar ou controlar a vida das pessoas."
Portugal
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida 
30+ years translating EU documents
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: European/Portugal)
Works in: English to Portuguese, French to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese, and 1 more.
protecionista ou impositivo
Brazil
15y eng, chem, fin, bus, law PTEN
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, Portuguese
(super)protetor ou autoritário
iria dar um fim a um estado superprotetor ou autoritário
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/bossy
in British English
[...]
informal
domineering, overbearing, or authoritarian
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/nannyin...
If you refer to activities such as helping and advising people as nannying, you disapprove of these activities because you think that they are protecting people too much.
[mainly British, disapproval]
Espero que ajude!
..governmental nannying and interference in markets.
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