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

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Translations: all16 joke15 cheep1
Ele começou com uma piada. He began with a joke.
Ele não aguenta uma piada. He can't take a joke.
O que é uma piada? What's a joke?
Ela lhe contou uma piada. She told him a joke.
Não entendi a graça da piada. I missed the point of the joke.
Tom não conseguiu entender a piada de Mary. Tom couldn't understand Mary's joke.
Ela lhe contou uma piada, mas ele não riu. She told him a joke, but he didn't laugh.
Ela lhe contou uma piada, mas ele não a achou engraçada. She told him a joke, but he didn't think it was funny.
Suas piadas beiram o insulto. His jokes border on the insulting.
Não consigo piar como um pardal. Sou um pombo. I cannot cheep like a sparrow. I'm a pigeon.
Você nunca entende minhas piadas. You never get my jokes.
Comprei um livro de piadas. I bought a book of jokes.
Todos eles riram das suas piadas. They all laughed at his jokes.
Suas piadas não agradam a todos os pacientes do hospital. His jokes don't please all patients in the hospital.
Ela contou algumas piadas e cantou algumas canções engraçadas ao paciente ao lado. She told some jokes and sang some funny songs at a patient's beside.
Acho que as piadas que o Tom conta são mais engraçadas que as que conta Mary. I think the jokes that Tom tells are funnier than the ones Mary tells.
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