Sentence examples of "distinguir" in Portuguese

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Você consegue distinguir prata de estanho? Can you distinguish silver from tin?
É difícil distinguir você do seu irmão. It is hard to distinguish you from your brother.
É fácil distinguir o bom do mau. It is easy to distinguish good from evil.
O original e a cópia são fáceis de distinguir, pois um é muito mais vívido que o outro. The original and the copy are easily distinguished since the one is much more vivid than the other.
Nós temos que distinguir entre o que uma frase poderia significar e o que ela significa de verdade quando utilizada por uma pessoa ou ocasião em particular. We need to distinguish what a sentence could mean from what it actually does mean when used by one particular speaker on one particular occasion.
Nem sempre é fácil distinguir um livro bom de um ruim. It isn't always easy to know a good book from a bad one.
Você pode distinguir o que é certo do que é errado? Can you tell right from wrong?
A maioria dos europeus não consegue distinguir um japonês de um chinês. Most Europeans cannot tell a Japanese from a Chinese.
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