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DIA (day)

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PORTUGUESE ENGLISH
Bom dia!    Good morning!
Que dia bonito!                        What a nice/lovely day!
Tenho aula um dia sim, um dia não.                        I have lessons every other day.
Você faz ginástica todos os dias?                        Do you exercise/work out every day?
Eu trabalho o dia inteiro/o dia todo I work the whole day.
No próximo domingo é Dia das Mães. Next Sunday is Mother's Day.
Que dia é hoje? Hoje é segunda-feira. What day is today? Today is Monday.
Eu vou a sua casa qualquer dia desses.    I will go to your place one of these days.
Ele gostaria de morar no Brasil um dia He would like to live in Brazil one day.
Hoje em dia ninguém tem tempo. Nowadays nobody has time.
Eu vi seu irmão outro dia. I saw your brother recently/the other day.
Ele trabalha dia e noite. He works night and day.
Eles foram embora no dia seguinte/no outro dia. They left on the following day.
Ela estuda de dia/durante o dia. She goes to school during the day time.
Esta expressão é comum no dia-a-dia. This expression is common in everyday use.
De um dia para o outro ele parou de estudar. Suddenly he stopped studying.
Hoje não é meu dia. Today is not my day.
Eles ficaram ricos do dia para a noite. They became rich overnight.
Ela quer sair todo santo dia. She wants to go out everyday.
Um belo dia/Certo dia ele sumiu. One day he disappeared.
Quanto tempo leva pra carta chegar? Dois dias úteis. How long does it take for the letter to arrive? Two working days.

 

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