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

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Posso lhe perguntar uma coisa? Can I ask you something?
Não tenha medo de perguntar. Don't be afraid to ask questions.
Posso perguntar a idade de vocês? May I ask how old you are?
Obrigado por perguntar, ela está bem. Thanks for asking, she is fine.
Perguntar para ele não ajuda em nada. It is no use asking him again.
Não posso perguntar à professora sobre isso. I cannot ask the teacher about that.
Não posso perguntar ao professor sobre isso. I cannot ask the teacher about that.
Eu não vou te perguntar mais nada hoje. I won't ask you anything else today.
Senhora Ionescu, gostaria de lhe perguntar uma coisa. Mrs. Ionescu, I'd like to ask you something.
Você realmente precisa perguntar pra saber a resposta? Do you really need to ask the question to know the answer?
Não se deve perguntar a idade a uma mulher. We should not ask a woman her age.
Não devemos perguntar a uma mulher a sua idade. We should not ask a woman her age.
Nós não podemos perguntar nada sobre idade ou problemas físicos. We cannot ask anything about age or physical problems.
Mais fácil é ao burro perguntar que ao sábio responder A fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years
Eu acho que é hora de eu perguntar o caminho. I think it's time for me to ask for directions.
"Por que sentenças?", você pode perguntar. Bem, porque elas são mais interessantes. Why sentences? …you may ask. Well, because sentences are more interesting.
Se alguém perguntar qual é o sentido da história, eu realmente não sei. If anyone was to ask what the point of the story is, I really don't know.
Sem saber que Nancy o deixara, falei o que não devia ao perguntar a Paulo como ela estava. Not knowing that Nancy had left him, I put my foot in my mouth when I asked Paul how she was.
Apesar de querer muito saber seu nome, não tenho coragem o bastante, e estou com medo de perguntar. Even though I really want to know his name, I don't have enough courage, and I'm afraid to go ask.
As sete questões que um engenheiro deve se perguntar: quem, o quê, quando, onde, por quê, como e quantos. The seven questions that an engineer has to ask himself are: who, what, when, where, why, how and how much.
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