Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
put someone on the spot
Portuguese translation:
constranger
English term
Brazil
Teresa Cristina Felix de Sousa
Technical Translation Specialist
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese
on the spot
It puts customers on the spot
It doesn’t build rapport because “May I help you” can only be answered with a “yes,” “no” or “I’m just looking”
It can make customers feel uncomfortable
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Encontrei dezenas de sugestões, tive dúvida, "ói nós aqui travez".
Muito grata, meus mestres!
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Oliver Simões
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Jun 30, 2019 12:03: Vinicius Guerreiro changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/20101">Teresa Cristina Felix de Sousa's</a> old entry - "on the spot"" to ""constranger""
Proposed translations
Brazil
Making connections with Portuguese words
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian) 
Works in: English to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese, Portuguese
constranger
pressiona (o cliente)/ (coloca o cliente) em situação difícil
Brazil
Always in search of the best solution!
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese, Portuguese, and 2 more.
(deixa o cliente) em uma saia justa
Brazil
IT, Games, Linguistics and Marketing
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, Spanish to Portuguese, and 1 more.
coloca a atenção (nos clientes)
Will do!
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: European/Portugal)
Works in: English to Portuguese, French to Portuguese, German to Portuguese, and 1 more.
na berlinda
constrange os clientes
deixa-os pouco à vontade
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/pt/dicionario/ingles/on-the...
https://www.google.com/search?ei=-pYWXZK-GvXggwfpnZqIAQ&q="e...
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Antonio Chagas
8 hrs
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Obrigada, António!
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Clauwolf
19 hrs
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Obrigada, Cláudio!
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Margarida Ataide
11 days
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Obrigada, Margarida!
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United States
BA in Transl., MA in ESL, 15 yrs of exp.
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, Spanish to Portuguese, and 2 more.
força / obriga (o cliente) a responder
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/on-t...
Reference comments
United States
BA in Transl., MA in ESL, 15 yrs of exp.
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, Spanish to Portuguese, and 2 more.
on the spot
on the spot: (US) in a position where something, as a reply, is expected of one; (GB) in an awkward predicament - https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/on-t...
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Antonio Chagas
: Interessante! No entanto, não deixo de referir que, para pessoas tímidas ou reservadas (e quando não se conhece alguém, ou se pretende vender algo, é de bom tom imaginar que pode ser esse o caso) os sentidos são coincidentes...
4 hrs
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