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"He has won two awards in the last three years."
Translation:Ele ganhou dois prêmios nos últimos três anos.
October 24, 2013
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This looks like a present perfect, but it's really different from English. In Portuguese, this is used to express an habit, like "he has been winning (lately)".
Unfortunately, Duolingo let a lot of mistakes pass through the "present perfect" lesson, and that generated discussions like this:
http://www.duolingo.com/comment/451217