no colégio

at school

→ no

phrase Uncommon #19,010

at school In Brazilian Portuguese, colégio usually means school, often a private school or secondary school. It can look like English "college," but it does not mean that.

PO: Eu conheci minha melhor amiga no colégio.

EN: I met my best friend at school.

No colégio Politécnico Seth Kinaram Agarwal.

At Seth Kinaram Agarwal Polytechnic College.

— Crematório (2015)

O que fará depois de se formar no colégio?

What will you do after you graduate from high school?

— Your name. (2016)

Tom leu As Vinhas da Ira no colégio.

Tom read The Grapes of Wrath in college.

Vai ficar no colégio quando a guerra acabar?

Will you stay at the school when the war is over?

— Adeus, Meninos (1987)

Tom não era seu namorado quando você estava no colégio, era?

Tom wasn't your boyfriend when you were in high school, was he?

Você estuda francês no colégio?

Do you study French in school?

Você devia ter aprendido isso no colégio.

You should have learned that in school.

No colégio em Marseilles.

At the college in Marseilles.

— Adeus, Meninos (1987)

O que você odiava escrever no colégio?

What did you hate writing in high school?

Nós aprendemos francês no colégio.

We learned French in school.

O que vocês odiavam escrever no colégio?

What did you hate writing in high school?

Ele deu uma palestra no colégio em que estudei.

He gave a lecture at the school where I studied.

— Questão de Honra (1992)

Fui campeão de boxe, no colégio.

I was a boxing champion in high school.

— Do Coração (1998)

A gente congela no colégio.

We freeze up in school.

— Adeus, Meninos (1987)

Proibido no colégio.

Forbidden at school.

— Adeus, Meninos (1987)

Eu fiquei fã dele no colégio.

I became a fan of his in high school.

— Azul É A Cor Mais Quente (2013)

Tom e Mary foram os meus melhores amigos no colégio.

Tom and Mary were my best friends in high school.