Translation of "Conteve" in English

Mary se conteve.

Mary restrained herself.

O Tomás conteve-se.

Tom restrained himself.

- Tom conteve a respiração e esperou.
- Tom segurou a respiração e esperou.

Tom held his breath and waited.

Era viúvo, mas um ano depois do casamento do filho, não se conteve e também se casou.

He was a widower, but a year after his son's wedding, he could not hold it any longer and also got married.

José não conteve as lágrimas ao abraçar-se a Benjamim, enquanto este, também chorando, correspondia ao abraço do irmão.

And falling upon the neck of his brother Benjamin, he embraced him and wept: and Benjamin in like manner wept also on his neck.