No. 2,574 in Portuguese
fila
Line; queue.
In a sentence
Eu esperei na fila do supermercado por dez minutos.
I waited in the queue at the supermarket for ten minutes.
Here, 'fila' refers to a group of people lined up waiting for their turn, illustrating its usage in contexts involving waiting lines.
Eles organizaram os livros em uma fila na estante.
They arranged the books in a row on the shelf.
In this sentence, 'fila' refers to a sequence or alignment of objects, showing its usage to describe arrangements in a line.
Uma fila de carros estava parada na estrada devido a um acidente.
A line of cars was stopped on the road due to an accident.
Within this context, 'fila' indicates a line of vehicles, demonstrating its use to describe aligned entities within a specific scenario.
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