No. 137 in Portuguese
minutos
"Minutos" means "minutes" in English.
In a sentence
Eu cheguei na estação dez minutos antes do horário.
I arrived at the station ten minutes before the scheduled time.
Here, 'minutos' is used to quantify a specific amount of time, indicating a duration before an event.
Faltam apenas cinco minutos para começar a apresentação.
There are only five minutes until the presentation starts.
In this example, 'minutos' indicates the amount of time remaining before an event begins.
Ele levou apenas dois minutos para resolver o problema.
It took him only two minutes to solve the problem.
'Minutos' is used to measure the duration it took for completing an action.
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