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

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Os presos teriam que passar ainda por outra provação. The prisoners would have to go through yet one more hardship.
Fuja, ou você será preso. Run or you'll be arrested.
Algo ficou preso no encanamento. Something has stuck in the pipe.
Preso e cativo não têm amigo The unhappy have neither friends nor relations
Você já ficou preso num elevador? Have you ever been stuck in an elevator?
Alguém da sua família já foi preso? Has anyone in your family ever been arrested?
Algum dos seus amigos já foi preso? Have any of your friends ever been arrested?
Isso foi antes de John ser preso. This was before John was put in prison.
Você está preso pelo assassinato de Tom Jackson. You're under arrest for the murder of Tom Jackson.
Um chiclete ficou preso embaixo do meu sapato. Gum got stuck to the bottom of my shoe.
Ele ordenou que o cachorro selvagem continuasse preso. He demanded that the savage dog be kept tied up.
Um filme de terror é só um filme. Assim que você desliga a televisão, acabou. Mas a vida... você está preso a ela. A scary horror movie is only a movie. Once you turn off the screen it's all over, but life...you're stuck in it.
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