Translation of "Contava" in English

Eu nunca contava.

I never counted.

Não contava, mas

it would not count, but

Tom contava com Mary.

Tom relied on Mary.

Eu contava com ele.

I relied on him.

Não contava com isso.

I wasn't counting on that.

Não contava com a hóspede.

He had reckoned without his host.

Eu não contava com esta pergunta.

I didn't expect this question.

E todos os dias lhe contava as histórias.

And every day, I'd tell him the stories.

- Tom contava com Mary.
- Tom dependia de Mary.

Tom relied on Mary.

- Sami contou o dinheiro.
- Sami contava o dinheiro.

Sami counted the money.

Enquanto fumava um grosso charuto, ele contava sobre a Groenlândia.

While he was smoking a thick cigar, he talked about Greenland.

- Tom não contava tudo a Mary.
- Tom não contou tudo a Mary.

Tom didn't tell Mary everything.

- Eu não contei tudo para ele.
- Não contei tudo para ele.
- Eu não contava tudo para ele.

I didn't tell him everything.

Quando José tinha dezessete anos, pastoreava os rebanhos com seus irmãos. Ajudava os filhos de Bala e Zelfa, mulheres de seu pai. E José contava ao pai as coisas erradas que os seus irmãos faziam.

Joseph, when he was sixteen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren, being but a boy: and he was with the sons of Bala and of Zelpha his father's wives: and he accused his brethren to his father of a most wicked crime.