No. 1,522 in Portuguese
existentes
"Existing" or "that exist."
In a sentence
Os recursos naturais existentes devem ser protegidos.
The existing natural resources must be protected.
In this sentence, 'existentes' is used as an adjective describing the natural resources that currently exist.
Devemos preservar as culturas existentes em nossa sociedade.
We must preserve the existing cultures in our society.
Here, 'existentes' functions as an adjective for cultures, indicating those which are present or ongoing.
Um levantamento mostrou que há problemas existentes em várias áreas.
A survey showed that there are existing problems in various areas.
In this instance, 'existentes' modifies problems, referring to those that have been identified or are currently present.
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