Usage examples of "pôr-se a chorar" in Portuguese with translation to English

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Eu me pergunto se a minha mãe esconde algo de mim. Ela me chamou de "filho da puta" hoje. I wonder if my mother is hiding something from me. She called me a "son of a bitch" today.
Ela estava a chorar. She was crying.
Você vai entrar numa fria se a sua namorada descobrir a verdade. You will get into trouble if your girlfriend finds out the truth.
Eu não sabia a porquê de ela ter começado a chorar. I didn't know the reason why she began to cry.
Se a Terra parasse de girar, o que pensas que aconteceria? Were the earth to stop revolving, what do you suppose would happen?
Assim que me viu, ela começou a chorar. As soon as she saw me, she started to cry.
À vitória vem o direito, se a força a ampara. The victory comes right away if force covers.
Tom estava a chorar. Tom was crying.
Se a polícia tivesse chegado cinco minutos mais cedo, todos os bandidos teriam sido pegos em flagrante. If the police had arrived five minutes earlier, all the outlaws would have been caught red-handed.
Quando ouviu o barulho, meu irmão começou a chorar. On hearing the noise, my brother started to cry.
Com isso, a Boeing quer dizer que talvez tenha havido também outros problemas, mas o acidente poderia ter sido evitado se a tripulação tivesse feito seu trabalho corretamente. By that, Boeing means that there may also have been other problems, but that an accident could have been avoided if the crew had done their job correctly.
Comecei a chorar. I began to cry.
Se a ciência progredir, seremos capazes de resolver problemas como esses. If science makes progress, we'll be able to solve such problems.
Ele começou a chorar logo que ouviu a notícia. He started crying right after hearing the news.
Eu teria ficado surpreso se a tradução tivesse sido "Eu odeio...". I would have been surprised if the translation had been "I hate... " :)
Porque estás a chorar? Why are you crying?
Eu quero saber se a minha bagagem vai chegar. I want to know if my baggage is going to arrive.
Ele estava a chorar. He was crying.
Se a declaração é verdadeira, então teremos que aceitar a conclusão. If the statement is true, then we will have to accept the conclusion.
Você começou a chorar. You began to cry.
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