No. 2,196 in Portuguese
prisões
Prisons.
In a sentence
As prisões na cidade foram reforçadas recentemente.
The prisons in the city were recently reinforced.
In this sentence, 'prisões' refers to physical incarceration facilities.
Ele passou muitos anos em prisões pelo mundo.
He spent many years in prisons around the world.
Here, 'prisões' is used to denote the institution where individuals are confined.
Suas ideias estavam presas em prisões metafóricas.
His ideas were trapped in metaphorical prisons.
In this example, 'prisões' is utilized metaphorically to describe constraints or barriers.
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