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

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Ele tinha acabado de chegar. He had just arrived.
Eu tinha a sua idade. I was your age.
Eu tinha certeza de que você estava do nosso lado. I took it for granted that you were on our side.
Ele perdeu tudo o que tinha. He lost everything he owned.
Ele tinha um sonho estranho. He had a strange dream.
Perguntou-me quantos anos tinha. She asked me how old I was.
Eu tinha certeza de que você se uniria a nós. I took it for granted that you would join us.
Tom se perguntou quantos pares de sapato Mary tinha. Tom wondered how many pairs of shoes Mary owned.
Tom tinha dinheiro, e muito. Tom had money, a lot of it.
Eu tinha a tua idade. I was your age.
Esse livro tinha muitas páginas. That book had a lot of pages.
Não tinha ninguém na sala. There was nobody in the room.
Ela tinha um álibi perfeito. She had a perfect alibi.
Não tinha ninguém no quarto. There was nobody in the room.
Ela não tinha muita grana. She didn't have much money.
Eu tinha quinze anos nesta foto. I was fifteen years old in this picture.
Pensei que ele tinha morrido. I thought he had died.
Ele morreu quando tinha 54 anos. He died when he was 54 years old.
O remédio tinha efeito imediato. The medicine had an immediate effect.
Tom não tinha medo da morte. Tom wasn't afraid of death.
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