Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
ficamos nessa situação
English translation:
end up in that situation; get into that situation
Portuguese term
United States
US Court Cert. 1980 Ph.D. 1981
Native in: English
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ficamos nessa situação
Mas então, como é que nós fiacamos nessa situação toda? É ...
Pensei em duas possibilidades - ou pode ser que tem outra que é melhor que as duas possibilidades.
São: 1) But then, how is it that we ended up in that situation?
2) But then, how is it that we leave things now?
Proposed translations
United States
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Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, Catalan to English, Portuguese to English, and 2 more.
end up in that situation
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But then how did we end up in that situation?
Brazil
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where do we stand now??..
where do we stand now??
What did we decide..what is our resulting situation
if it was past tense it would be:
como foi que nós fiacamos nessa situação toda?
how did we end up in that situation
United Kingdom
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Native in: English (Variants: US, British) , Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English, Spanish to Portuguese
How did we get into this situation? / How did we get into all this?
How did we get into this whole situation?
How did we end up in this situation?
How did things end up like this for us?
end up in this mess
Brazil
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