| Proportion | à medida que |
as
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À medida que você lê, você se torna mais sábio.
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As you read, you become wiser. |
| quanto mais...mais | The more...the more... |
Quanto mais você lê, mais você aprende.
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The more you read, the more you learn. | |
| Time | quando | when |
Ele sorriu quando te viu.
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He smiled when he saw you. |
| enquanto | while |
Eu recebi um telefonema enquanto estava jantando.
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I got a phone call while I was having dinner. | |
| assim que | as soon as |
Assim que ele chegou, ele te telefonou.
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As soon as he arrived, he called you up. | |
| até que | until | Espere até que ela te ligue. | Wait until she calls you up. | |
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1. Some adverb clauses require that verbs be in one of the tenses of the subjunctive mood, especially after the following conjunctions:
2. Portuguese adverbs clauses are classified according to the type of conjunction they present:
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