English → Tetun
act
asaun; (police) atua
Example sentences
"An act that is to be condemned.
"Aktu ida ne'ebe kondena.
"In addition, this Strategic Partnership Agreement will act as an extension for us to manage the Palm Scheme.
"Depois strategic partnership agreement ne’emós hanesan estensaun ida atu hodi halo jestaun liutan Palm Scheme.
"Stop with this act of death.
"Para ona ho aktu ema mate ne'e.
Examples from the 46,000-sentence English–Tetun parallel corpus.
Phrases using “act”
- You're older but act like a little child!Ó ne'e besi tuan tiha ona, hahalok hanesan labarik ki'ikoan!
- You’re a man, and should act like a man, not like a woman.Ó ne'e mane, tenke hatudu ó nia hahalok nu'udar mane, la bele hanesan fali feto.
- When António drinks alcohol, he likes to act without restraint.António kuandu hemu tua gosta halo arbiru.
- We are created beings, so don’t act like we are higher than God himself!Ita ema kriatura keta halo an hanesan liu fali Maromak!
- On Sunday our group went to Bebora to visit an old lady as our act of charity.Loron Domingu ami nia grupu hala'o karidade iha Bebora bá vizita ferik ida.