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Enquanto passava pelo jardim, pude ouvir um pássaro cantar.

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enquanto
     1. conj. as; while (at the same time as)
     2. conj. while; whereas (introduces a situation that is contrasts with another situation)
     3. prep. (formal) as a (in the role of; being)
passava
     1. v. verb form of passar
     passar
          1. v. (indtr, por, -another positional preposition, intr=1) to pass; to pass by (to move past)
          2. v.          to overtake (to move ahead of)
          3. v.          (indtr, direct=1) to cross (to move beyond)
          4. v.          (indtr, de) to cross; to pass; to go over (to become greater in value than)
          5. v.          (indtr, por, intr=1) to go through (to move from one end through to the other side)
          6. v.          (indtr, em, por) to pass (to go unheeded or neglected)
          7. v.          (indtr, em, -a locational pronoun) to stop by (to pay a brief visit)
          8. v. (indtr, para, a, -indirect objective pronoun, ditr=1, .transitive, .or) to pass (to move something over to)
          9. v.          (indtr, para, a, -indirect objective pronoun, ditr=1, .sports) to pass
          10. v. to pass (to be over)
          11. v.          (of time, intransitive, sometimes takes a reflexive pronoun) to pass; to elapse
          12. v. (indtr, a, aux=impersonal infinitive) to begin to; to start to; usually referring to something habitual
          13. v. to spend (to stay somewhere during a given time)
          14. v. (auxiliary) to spend (to do something during a given time)
          15. v. to take place; to happen; to occur
          16. v. to pass (to advance through the stages necessary to become valid or effective)
          17. v.          (indtr, intr=1) to pass (to successfully complete an academic term)
          18. v.          (indtr, em, intr=1) to pass (to successfully complete an academic course, subject or test)
          19. v.          to pass (to make a student pass a term or course)
          20. v.          to pass (to be passable, good enough, acceptable)
          21. v. to iron (to unwrinkle clothing using an iron)
          22. v. to spread; to apply (to rub evenly on a surface)
          23. v. (indtr, por) to go through; to undergo; to experience
          24. v. (with the adverb bem or mal, intransitive) to be in a given situation of health
          25. v. to pass; to spread (to put in circulation)
          26. v. (indtr, por, .takes a reflexive pronoun) to impersonate (to pretend to be something in order to deceive)
          27. v. (games, intransitive, transitive) to pass (to decline to play on one’s turn)
          28. v. (Portugal, informal) indtr, .takes a reflexive pronoun to freak out, to go crazy
pelo
     1. n-m. hair (filament which grows on the skin of mammals), except hair on top of humans’ heads, which is called cabelo
     2. n-m. hair (an animal’s hair as a whole)
     3. n-m. (by extension) any filament which grows on plants and non-mammals
     4. v. verb form of pelar
     pelar
          1. v. to depilate (remove hair)
          2. v. to skin (remove skin)
          3. v. to unclothe (make naked)
          4. v. (Brazil, informal) to be extremely hot
jardim
     1. n-m. garden
pude
     1. v. verb form of poder
     poder
          1. v. (auxiliary) to be able to; can (to have the ability to)
          2. v. (auxiliary) can; to be allowed to (to have the permission to)
          3. v. (auxiliary) can; could (indicates possibility)
          4. v. (auxiliary) may; might (indicates possibility but uncertainty)
          5. v. (indtr, com) to be able to take on (to be able to defeat or withstand)
          6. v. (informal, intransitive) to be allowed
          7. v. (informal, intransitive) to be available for a meeting or appointment
          8. n-m. power (the ability to coerce, influence or control)
          9. n-m. (chiefly geopolitics) power (a powerful organization, especially a country)
          10. n-m. possession; (only used in, em poder de)
          11. n-m. (politics) power (branch of the government)
          12. n-m. power (extraordinary quality)
          13. n-m. (science fiction) power; superpower (supernatural ability)
ouvir
     1. v. to hear (to perceive with the ear, without necessarily paying attention to it)
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)
pássaro
     1. n-m. a bird (animal), especially a small one
     2. n-m. passerine (any bird of the order Passeriformes)
cantar
     1. n-m. singing (the act of using the voice to produce musical sounds; vocalizing)
     2. v. to sing (express sounds musically through the voice)
     3. v. to sing, to say musically
     4. v. to say with rhythm, chant
     5. v. to attempt to seduce by flattery




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