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há tempo

there is time; for a long time

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there is time; for a long time Depending on context, há tempo can mean that time is available or that something has been happening for a long time. In duration expressions, it is often followed by a clause, as in Não nos vemos há tempo, “We haven’t seen each other for a long time.”
PO: Ainda há tempo para terminar o trabalho.
EN: There is still time to finish the work.

Se já o tivesse encontrado, teria saído há tempo.

If I had already found it, I would have left a long time ago.

— Kung-Fusão (2004)

Há tempo.

There is time.

— Um Dia Muito Especial (1977)

Não nos conhecemos há tempo.

We haven't known each other for long.

Sempre há tempo.

There's always time.

Conhece Steiner há tempo?

Have you known Steiner for a long time?

— A Doce Vida (1960)

Mas ainda há tempo, se o usarmos bem.

But there is still time, if we use it wisely.

— O Homem da Terra (2007)

Há tempo pra ler o jornal, talvez tomar um café.

There's time to read the newspaper, maybe have a coffee.

— Táxi - Velocidade nas Ruas (1998)

Tenho que o comprar, mas sabe como é, nunca há tempo.

I need to buy it, but you know how it is—there's never any time.

— Caché (2005)