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Definition

Definition in EnglishMarks an action as completed by the reference time, including a reference time in the past.

Definition in PortugueseIndica que uma ação já estava concluída em determinado momento, inclusive no passado.

Example sentences

• Quando me levantei, minha irmã tinha já comido.🔊

  When I got up, my sister had already eaten.

• Eu já tinha lavado a louça quando ela se levantou.🔊

  I had already washed the dishes when she got up.

Learn it in a lesson

• Putting past events in order in Brazilian Portuguese

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