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Eles são casados e estão em Lisboa.
Meaning
They (m) are married and are in Lisbon.
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Questions & Answers about Eles são casados e estão em Lisboa.
Why do we use são (from ser) for being married? Can't marital status change?
In Portuguese, marital status is generally treated as a defining, long-term characteristic of who you are, rather than a temporary condition. That's why we use ser (são casados) instead of estar.
Why do we switch to estão (from estar) for being in Lisbon?
Why does casados end with an -s?