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FRENTE (front, opposite, ahead)

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PORTUGUESE	ENGLISH
O hotel é em frente ao correio.	The hotel is opposite the post office.
O hotel é em frente do correio.	The hotel is opposite the post office.
Ele entrou pela porta da frente.	He came in through the main door.
Frente fria causa chuva forte.	Cold front causes heavy rain.
Eu vou te esperar em frente ao cinema.	I will wait for you in front of the movies.
Eu vou te esperar na frente do cinema.	I will wait for you in front of the movies.
Você vai sentar na frente ou atrás?	Are you going to sit in front or at the back? (car)
Ela sentou no banco da frente.	She sat at the front seat. (car)
Você segue em frente.	You go straight ahead.
Vai em frente!	Go ahead!/Keep going!
Eu não estou enxergando. Sai da (minha) frente!	I can’t see it. Get out of (my) sight!
Eu estou na sua frente.	I am before you.
Eu estou na sua frente.	I am in front of you.
O nosso chalé é de frente para o mar.	Our bungalow faces the sea.
Tire uma cópia frente e verso.	Make a copy front and back.
Sua camiseta está de trás pra frente.	Your T-shirt is backwards.

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