No. 1,630 in Portuguese
homicídios
Homicídios: homicides; the act of killing one person by another.
In a sentence
Os casos de homicídios na cidade diminuíram no último ano.
The cases of homicides in the city decreased last year.
In this sentence, 'homicídios' is used in its plural form to refer to instances of the crime of homicide, emphasizing the number of such occurrences within a specific region and timeframe.
A polícia está investigando dois homicídios que ocorreram recentemente.
The police are investigating two homicides that happened recently.
Here, 'homicídios' denotes specific events where homicide took place, fociing on the individual acts under investigation, highlighting a countable aspect of the term.
As taxas de homicídios variam bastante entre diferentes estados.
Homicide rates vary significantly among different states.
In this context, 'homicídios' is used within an abstract framework to describe statistical data on the occurrence of homicides across various jurisdictions.
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