Sentence examples of "mal" in Portuguese with translation "hardly"

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Ele mal pode falar um pouco de inglês. He can hardly speak any English.
Eu estou tão cansado que mal posso andar. I am so tired that I can hardly walk.
A água mal tinha fervido quando ela colocou os ingredientes. The water hardly began to boil when she added the ingredients.
Eu mal tinha sentado no banco, quando eu achei que tinha acabado de ser pintado. I had hardly sat down on the bench when I found it had just been painted.
Tom mal podia acreditar nele. Tom could hardly believe him.
Tom mal pode ouvir sem seu audiofone. Tom can hardly hear without his hearing aid.
Tom mal pode ver sem seus óculos. Tom can hardly see without his glasses.
Estava tão escuro que eles mal podiam enxergar. It was so dark that they could hardly see.
O professor mal tinha entrado na sala quando paramos de conversar. Hardly had the teacher entered the room when we stopped chatting.
Eu mal podia acreditar no que escutava quando ouvi a notícia. I could hardly believe my ears when I heard the news.
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