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How do you say “we used to live abroad” in Portuguese?

Here's the answer:

“costumávamos viver no estrangeiro”

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  • nós costumávamos viver no estrangeiro

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Learn more than just “we used to live abroad”

There’s a whole load of other Portuguese words and phases that you can learn on Memrise. How about:

costumávamos ter um negócio, mas já não temos

we used to have a business, but not anymore

os meus avós foram para África quando eram jovens

my grandparents went to Africa when they were young

costumávamos viver na América, mas mudámo-nos

we used to live in America, but we moved

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