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Um segundo é bastante tempo!

Translation

One second is a lot of time!



Analysis


um
     1. num. one
     2. art. (indefinite) a, an
     3. art.          (in the plural) some; a few (a small number of)
     4. art.          (with unnouns) a bit of
     5. art.          (usually in the feminine, pronounced slowly, emphatically and with a high intonation) (indicates that what follows is exceptional); quite a; quite the
     6. n-m. the figure or digit "1": one
     7. pron. form of
     8. pron. a person; one; someone
     9. pron. element(s) of a previously mentioned class: one; some (in plural)
segundo
     1. n-m. second ((frac, 1, 60) of a minute)
     2. n-m. (loosely) second (extremely short period of time)
     3. n-m. the second one (anything that comes immediately after the first)
     4. adj. second (ordinal numeral for 2)
     5. adj. (loosely) second; subsequent; other; further (coming after the first)
     6. adj. secondary (lesser in importance or rank)
     7. adv. second (in second place)
     8. prep. according to (based on what is stated by)
     9. conj. as (at the same time that)
     10. conj. as (according to what)
     11. v. verb form of segundar
é
     1. v. verb form of ser
     2. interj. that’s right; yes; yeah; indicates agreement
     3. interj. erm; um; used in hesitant speech
     ser
          1. v. (copulative) to be (to have the given quality), especially a quality that is intrinsic or not expected to change, contrasting with estar which denotes a temporary quality
          2. v. to be (to be an example or type of, or the same as)
          3. v. (auxiliary) to be (forms the passive voice)
          4. v. (impersonal) to be (indicates a point in time)
          5. v. (indtr, em, -another locational preposition) to be in (to be located in)
          6. v. (indtr, de) to be from (to have as one’s place of origin)
          7. v. (indtr, de) to be (someone’s); to belong to
          8. v. (indtr, para, aux=personal infinitive, .transitive, .or) to be for; to be to (to have as its purpose)
          9. v. (indtr, para, .impersonal, aux=personal infinitive) to be supposed to; should (introduces an expected or demanded action)
          10. v. to be; to cost (to be worth a given amount of money)
          11. v. to happen; to take place; to occur
          12. v. (indtr, por, a favor de, contra) to be against or in favour of
          13. v. (poetic, intransitive) to exist; to be
          14. v. (impersonal, transitive) used for emphasis
          15. n-m. being (a living creature)
bastante
     1. adv. enough; sufficiently
     2. adv. rather; fairly; quite
     3. det. many; a lot of; a large amount of
     4. n-m. (with definite article o) enough things; a sufficient amount
     5. adj. (Brazil, chiefly legal) meeting requirements
tempo
     1. n-m. time (the progression from the present into the future)
     2. n-m. time (quantity of availability of duration)
     3. n-m. a duration of time, especially a long one
     4. n-m. weather (state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place)
     5. n-m. time; era; period
     6. n-m. season (part of a year when something particular happens)
     7. n-m. (grammar) tense (forms of a verb which distinguish when an action occurs)
     8. n-m. (sports) a subdivision of the duration of a match (such as halves in football, quarters in basketball)
     9. interj. (sports) time out (call for a time-out)




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