Usage examples of "prisão" in Portuguese with translation to English

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A escola parece uma prisão. The school looks like a prison.
Ele foi mandado à prisão. He was sent to prison.
Antigamente havia uma prisão aqui. There used to be a prison here.
Tom não está na prisão atualmente. Tom is not in prison at the moment.
Ela o incitou a fugir da prisão. She abetted him in escaping from prison.
Tom foi sentenciado a 20 anos de prisão. Tom was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
O marido dela está na prisão há três anos. Her husband has been in prison for three years.
Tom escondeu o fato de que ele havia estado na prisão. Tom concealed the fact that he had been in prison.
Enquanto entrava na prisão, o novato sofreu um ataque de coração. While entering the prison the new guy suffered a heart attack.
Eu acho que é muito improvável que nós consigamos fugir dessa prisão. I think it's highly unlikely that we'll be able to escape from this prison.
A vida na prisão é pior do que a vida de um animal. Life in prison is worse than the life of an animal.
Se Tom e Mary forem ambos para a prisão, quem vai cuidar dos filhos deles? If both Tom and Mary go to prison, who'll take care of their children?
Ele passou três anos na prisão. He spent three years in jail.
Em muitos países, ser gay é motivo para prisão. In many countries, being gay is a cause for imprisonment.
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