Usage examples of "Traffic lights" in English with translation to Portuguese

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Traffic lights work all the time. Os semáforos funcionam o tempo todo.
Traffic lights are used to regulate traffic. Os semáforos são usados para regular o tráfego.
Traffic lights are used to direct traffic. Os semáforos são usados para controlar o tráfego.
Do you feel threatened by the traffic lights? Você se sente ameaçado pelos semáforos?
I could see traffic lights ahead of my car. Conseguia ver semáforos à frente do meu carro.
The traffic light turned green. O semáforo ficou verde.
The traffic light changed to red. O semáforo ficou vermelho.
When the traffic light is yellow, we stop. Quando o semáforo fica amarelo, nós paramos.
Because the traffic light turned red, he stopped his car. Como o semáforo ficou vermelho, ele parou o carro.
The traffic lights were all red. Os sinais estavam todos vermelhos.
Make sure that the lights are turned off before you leave. Antes de sair, tenha certeza de que as luzes estão apagadas.
The city center should be closed to all but pedestrian traffic. O centro da cidade deve estar fechado para todos menos para o trânsito de pedestres.
The lights turned off. As luzes se apagaram.
I'd appreciate it if you would turn off the lights. Eu gostaria que você apagasse as luzes.
Before now, when you thought of a city, you thought of crowded streets, parking problems, traffic jams, queues, noise and fumes. Até agora, quando você pensava numa cidade, pensava em ruas cheias de gente, dificuldades para estacionar, congestionamentos de trânsito, filas, barulho e fumaça.
What time do you turn the lights off? A que horas você apaga as luzes?
We got stuck in a traffic jam, which made us twenty minutes late. Ficamos presos num congestionamento, o que nos fez chegar 20 minutos atrasados.
We were sitting peacefully at dinner, when all of a sudden the lights went out. Nós estávamos sentados pacificamente no jantar quando de repente as luzes se apagaram.
The lights aren't on. As luzes não estão acesas.
There wasn't much traffic. Não havia muito tráfego.
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