"O almoço terminou há cinco minutos."

Translation: The lunch finished five minutes ago.

[bonito_burrito]

How is "há" used as "ago" in this case? I had not seen this use yet. Is it just idiomatic and not translate literally?

[Paulenrique]

"há" also has other meanings:

• Há uma pessoa aqui = There is one person here.
• Há duas pessoas aqui = There are two people here.
• Trabalho aqui há dez anos = I've worked here for ten years.
• Cheguei há dez minutos = I arrived ten minutes ago = Cheguei dez minutos atrás (Don't use "atrás" and "há" together.)

[bonito_burrito]

Obrigado! damn google translate letting me down again haha

[deactivated user]

Awesome summary, very helpful!

[WaynK8]

Could one say "Houve duas pessoas aqui dez minutos atrás"?

[Paulenrique]

Your sentence is right, but you should use "Havia" instead ;)

[ToddCorbin0]

Could you also translate "The lunch finished five minutes ago." as "o almoço terminou cinco minutos atrás"?

[Danmoller]

Yes :)

[John571126]

How about "The lunch ended five minutes ago"? Seems more normal.