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Houve
Verb
  um
1
Determiner
  longo
Adjective
  silêncio
Noun
.

There was a long silence.
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houve

first/third-person singular preterite indicative of haver

1
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um

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longo

long

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silêncio

silence (the lack of any sound)

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