nunca houve

there has never been

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there has never been Used to say that something has never existed, occurred, or been present. Houve is the past form of haver; in similar expressions, nunca há means “there is never.”

PO: Nunca houve uma solução fácil para esse problema.

EN: There has never been an easy solution to this problem.

Nunca houve um homem em sua vida?

Has there never been a man in your life?

— Noites de Cabíria (1957)

Nunca houve muita esperança.

There was never much hope.

— O Senhor dos Anéis: O Retorno do Rei (2003)

Porque, até agora, nunca houve um corpo.

Because, until now, there has never been a body.

— Ghost in the Shell: O Fantasma do Futuro (1995)

Querida, nunca houve uma câmera ou uma TV.

Darling, there has never been a camera or a TV.

— Durante a Tormenta (2018)

Nunca houve nada.

There was never anything.

— Perfeitos Desconhecidos (2016)

Nunca houve Marrocos.

Morocco never existed.

— Quase Famosos (2000)

E quanto à carta dizendo que nunca houve amor?

And what about the letter saying there was never any love?

— देवदास (2002)

Nunca houve um gênio sem um sinal de loucura.

There has never been a genius without a hint of madness.

Nunca houve amor.

There was never any love.

— देवदास (2002)