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

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Tom sabia que isso ia acontecer. Tom knew this was going to happen.
Eu sabia que isso ia acontecer. I knew this was going to happen.
A quem você ia vender isso? Who were you going to sell it to?
Ele ia antes à empresa caminhando. Before, he would go to the firm on foot.
Ele parecia que ia a um desfile. He looked as if he were going to a parade.
Tudo ia acabar e começar de novo. Everything was going to end and begin again.
Tom fingiu não saber para onde ia. Tom pretended not to know where to go.
O avião ia levá-los a Bauru. The airplane was going to carry them to Bauru.
Ele me disse que ia à Itália. He told me that he was going to Italy.
O trem ia a 500 milhas por hora. The train was going 500 miles per hour.
Ela ia vê-lo no hospital todo dia. She went to see him in the hospital every day.
Se eu fosse você, ia já para casa. If I was you, I would go home at once.
Eu estava me perguntando se você ia aparecer hoje. I was wondering if you were going to show up today.
Parecia que o táxi ia tão devagar quanto uma lesma. The taxi seemed to go as slowly as a snail.
Quando eu estudava eu normalmente ia dormir às dez horas. I usually went to bed at ten in my school days.
Quando criança, ia muitas vezes pescar com o meu pai. As a child I often went fishing with my father.
Ele disse que ia mais cedo para casa porque estava cansado. He said he was tired, so he would go home early.
Eu pensei que ia me sufocar no trem cheio de gente. I thought I was going to suffocate on the crowded train.
Nos meus tempos de escola eu normalmente ia para a cama às dez. I usually went to bed at ten in my school days.
Tom disse a Maria que ia se matar, mas não teve coragem de fazê-lo. Tom told Mary that he was going to kill himself, but he didn't have the courage to do it.
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