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  1. Portuguese (Portugal)
  2. /The past continuous (estava a)
  3. /a prisão

a prisão

a prisão
the prison
From Lesson 87:The past continuous (estava a)·Portuguese (Portugal)

Usages of a prisão

O ladrão estava a fugir da prisão enquanto estava a chover.
The thief was fleeing from the prison while it was raining.
Não o vi enquanto estava a conduzir para a prisão.
I didn't see him while I was driving to the prison.
Enquanto o homem culpado não disser a verdade, tem de ficar na prisão.
While the guilty man doesn't tell the truth, he has to stay in prison.
O homem cujo canil maltratava a ninhada está na prisão.
The man whose kennel mistreated the litter is in prison.

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