Usage examples of "estado maior" in Portuguese with translation to English

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Tony tem estado assistindo à TV? Has Tony been watching TV?
A pele é o maior órgão do corpo. The skin is the largest organ of the body.
Queria ter estado lá com você. I wish I had been there with you.
Qual é sua maior fraqueza? What is your greatest weakness?
Tom escondeu o fato de que ele havia estado na prisão. Tom concealed the fact that he had been in prison.
Uma criança tem temperatura maior do que um adulto. A child has a higher temperature than an adult does.
Tom não disse quantas vezes ele havia estado lá. Tom didn't say how many times he had been there.
Aquele rádio não é maior do que uma caixa de fósforos. That radio is no bigger than a matchbox.
Disseram-me que o cemitério está num estado lastimável. They told me that the cemetery is in terrible condition.
A China é vinte vezes maior que o Japão. China is twenty times as large as Japan.
Ele estava num estado de dar pena. She was in a piteous state.
Ao comer, o maior prato é sempre a mesa. When eating, the largest plate is always the table.
Pense em quão pior poderia ter sido se Tom não tivesse estado lá. Think of how much worse it could have been if Tom had not been there.
Ele viveu no exterior a maior parte de sua vida. He lived abroad for much of his life.
Você tem estado ocupado. You have been busy.
A quantidade de dicionários que ele tem é maior do que cinco. He has more than five dictionaries.
O território de Portugal caberia folgadamente no estado brasileiro de Pernambuco, que é a sétima menor unidade federativa do Brasil. The Portuguese territory would fit, with room to spare, in the Brazilian state of Pernambuco, the seventh smallest state in Brazil.
Ela gasta a maior parte do tempo dela cuidando dos filhos. She spends a majority of her time taking care of her children.
Eu sei que ela tem estado ocupada. I know that she has been busy.
Esse é o maior gato que eu já vi. This is the biggest cat that I've ever seen.
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