houve um acidente

there was an accident

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phrase Rare #23,612
there was an accident Used to say that an accident happened or occurred.
PO: Houve um acidente na esquina ontem à noite.
EN: There was an accident on the corner last night.

Ouço de pessoas diferentes que houve um acidente, que foi o Donnelly.

I hear from different people that there was an accident, and that it was Donnelly.

— Senna (2010)

Houve um acidente no cruzamento.

There was an accident at the intersection.

Houve um acidente ao lado da estrada.

There was an accident by the side of the road.

Parece que houve um acidente.

It looks like there was an accident.

— O Serviço de Entregas da Kiki (1989)

Houve um acidente.

There has been an accident.

— Cidade dos Sonhos (2001)

Ligamos de um telefone público, para ver se houve um acidente.

We called from a public phone, just to see if there had been an accident.

— Cidade dos Sonhos (2001)

Houve um acidente .

There was an accident there.

— Cidade dos Sonhos (2001)

Houve um acidente na oficina.

There was an accident in the workshop.

— O Operário (2004)