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Ponte 516 Arouca

516 Arouca Bridge

Ponte 516 Arouca

516 Arouca Bridge

Did you know that Portugal is home to one of the world’s longest suspension bridges?

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  • 00:00:00PracticePortuguese.com
  • 00:00:02No distrito de Aveiro, a uma hora do Porto, é possível caminhar numa das mais longas pontes pedonais do mundo. In the district of Aveiro, an hour from Porto, you can walk on one of the longest pedestrian bridges in the world.
  • 00:00:11Sobre o desfiladeiro do rio Paiva, paira a 516 Arouca. Porquê "516 Arouca"? Over the gorge of the Paiva River, hovers the 516 Arouca. Why '516 Arouca'?
  • 00:00:18Simples! Fica no concelho de Arouca e tem 516 metros de comprimento. Simple! It's in the municipality of Arouca and it's 516 meters long.
  • 00:00:24Inaugurada em 2020, já deteve o recorde mundial da ponte pedonal suspensa mais longa. Inaugurated (opened) in 2020, it once held the world record for the longest suspension pedestrian bridge.
  • 00:00:31Ainda que o tenha perdido, não deixa de ser uma fantástica obra de arquitetura e engenharia. Although it lost it, it's still a fantastic work of architecture and engineering.
  • 00:00:36A estrutura é composta por duas torres em forma de 'V' que, The structure is made up of two V-shaped towers which,
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Vocabulary
a arquiteturaarchitecture atravessarto cross o açosteel bravabrave, wild sing.,fem. o cabocable, handle comprimentolength demorarto take time, last, linger o desfiladeirothe gorge a engenhariaengineering pairarto hover, float, loom pedonaispedestrian adj., pl. a pontebridge o tabuleirotray, board, deck a torretower, turret, rook usufruirto enjoy, benefit from vertiginosodizzying
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Mesmo ao péRight at the foot of, Really close to Lá em baixoDown there, Below Ainda queEven if, Although, Even though deter o recorde mundial deto hold the world record for
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