teve sorte

was lucky

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phrase Common #2,952
was lucky A past-tense expression meaning that someone was fortunate in a particular situation.
PO: Ela teve sorte de encontrar um bom médico.
EN: She was lucky to find a good doctor.

Ele teve sorte de encontrar um hotel tão bom.

He was lucky to find such a good hotel.

Teve sorte, podia ter morrido.

He was lucky; he could have died.

— Um Contratempo (2017)

Você teve sorte até agora.

You've been lucky so far.

— Terror em Silent Hill: Regresso Para o Inferno (2026)

Ela teve sorte.

She got lucky.

— Assassinato (2015)

Tom teve sorte que alguém o ajudou a fazer isso.

Tom was lucky that someone helped him do that.

Ele teve sorte e venceu a corrida.

He was lucky and won the race.

Ele até que teve sorte.

He was actually pretty lucky.

— A Noite Americana (1973)

Ele tentou resolver o problema, mas não teve sorte.

He tried to solve the problem, but he had no luck.

Você teve sorte, ela avisou-o.

"You were lucky," she warned him.

— Stalker (1979)

Tom não teve sorte.

Tom was unlucky.

Ele teve sorte de encontrar um médico tão bom.

He was lucky to find such a good doctor.

Teve sorte.

You got lucky.

— Solaris (1972)

Você teve sorte de estar aqui.

You were lucky to be here.

Acredito que meu pai teve sorte de morrer sem saber que tinha câncer.

I believe my father was lucky to die without knowing he had cancer.

— Viver (1952)

Ele não teve sorte.

He wasn't lucky.

— Nada de Novo no Front (2022)

Na verdade, teve sorte.

Actually, he got lucky.

— Tempo de Viver (1994)

O Tom teve sorte.

Tom was lucky.

Mamãe teve sorte.

Mom was lucky.

— Volver (2006)

Teve sorte de me achar.

You were lucky to find me.

— Peaky Blinders: O Homem Imortal (2026)

Ele teve sorte.

He was lucky.

— O Barco: Inferno no Mar (1981)

Você teve sorte, se não você voltaria para casa em uma maca.

You were lucky, otherwise you would have gone home on a stretcher.

— Dangal (2016)

Você teve sorte de não ter chovido ontem.

You were lucky it didn't rain yesterday.

Ele teve sorte de encontrar um hospital tão bom.

He was lucky to find such a good hospital.

Teve sorte de me encontrar.

You were lucky to find me.

— Um Dia de Fúria (1993)

Tom teve sorte de não ser punido.

Tom was lucky not to be punished.

O coitado não teve sorte nem na cadeia.

The poor guy didn't have any luck, not even in jail.

— Fale com Ela (2002)

Fadil teve sorte de escapar com vida.

Fadil was lucky to escape with his life.

Mas teve sorte.

But you got lucky.

— Por um Punhado de Dólares (1964)

Ele teve sorte de ganhar a competição.

He was lucky to win the competition.

Você teve sorte.

You were lucky.

— Preso na Escuridão (1997)

Você teve sorte, Sofia.

You were lucky, Sofia.

— O Castelo Animado (2004)