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Ela estava muito feliz, seus olhos estavam brilhando.

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ela
     1. pron. third-person feminine singular nominative pronoun she; it
     2. pron. third-person feminine singular prepositional pronoun her
     3. pron. (Brazil) third-person feminine singular pronoun used in all positions she; it; her
estava
     1. v. verb form of estar
     estar
          1. v. (indtr, em, -another locational preposition) to be (indicates location in space)
          2. v. (copulative) to be (denotes a transient quality; a quality expected to change)
          3. v. (indtr, a, aux=infinitive (Portugal) or with the gerund (Brazil)) to be (forms the progressive aspect)
          4. v. to cost (to be worth a certain amount of money), especially of something whose price changes often
          5. v. to look (to give an appearance of being)
          6. v. to stand
muito
     1. det. much; many; a lot of; lots of
     2. det. too much; too many (an excessive amount of)
     3. pron. form of
     4. pron. much; many; a lot; lots
     5. pron. too much; too many
     6. adv. very; a lot; very much (to a great extent or degree)
feliz
     1. adj. happy
     2. adj. fortunate
seus
     1. det. masculine plural of seu: your, his/her, their
     2. pron. masculine plural of seu: yours, his/hers, theirs
     3. n. (with article os) his kin, folks, fellows, kind or friends
     seu
          1. pron. third-person possessive pronoun his; her; its
          2. pron. third-personplural possessive pronoun their; theirs
          3. pron. second-person possessive pronoun your; yours (when using the second-person pronoun você)
          4. pron. second-personplural possessive pronoun your; yours (when using the second-person pronoun vocês)
          5. pron. you (used before epithets for emphasis)
          6. n-m. (familiar) mister (as a form of address)
olhos
     1. n. plural of olho
     olho
          1. n-m. (anatomy) eye
          2. n-m. (figuratively) eye, center (of a storm, etc.)
          3. n-m. (culinary) a hole in cheese, bread or similar items
          4. n-m. (geology) short for olho-d'água
          5. v. verb form of olhar
estavam
     1. v. verb form of estar
     estar
          1. v. (indtr, em, -another locational preposition) to be (indicates location in space)
          2. v. (copulative) to be (denotes a transient quality; a quality expected to change)
          3. v. (indtr, a, aux=infinitive (Portugal) or with the gerund (Brazil)) to be (forms the progressive aspect)
          4. v. to cost (to be worth a certain amount of money), especially of something whose price changes often
          5. v. to look (to give an appearance of being)
          6. v. to stand
brilhando
     1. v. verb form of brilhar




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