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- "As calças têm bolsos."
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English note here - "pants" in England means underwear, "pants" in USA means trousers.
There is difference between Brazil and Portugal.
BrasileirA (woman) veste = calcinha;
Portuguesa (woman) veste =cueca;
BrasileirO (man) veste = cueca
In England, saying "you've caught me with my pants (underwear) down" still necessitates a rather embarrassing situation...
Thanks for this, when I first saw this I was like.....derp, who puts pockets on your pants?????
calça / calza: false friends in Portuguese / Italian: as calças = i pantaloni (the trousers) meia, meias = calza, pl. le calze (stocking, the stockings)
Tem is singular for ele or ela (she, he, or it) and têm is plural for eles or elas (they)
I've noticed that the letter "L" sounds like "ul" it sounds like "caulças" or "braziul" is that correct?
Thanks! Does "L" always has a "u" sound? Or is it just in some cases?
If "L" is at the beginning of a word or syllable, it has the English "L" sound. It changes to the "u" sound if it is at the end of a word or syllable.
Just in some cases. For exemple, the word WORD = palavra. Do not have u sound.
Pelo que eu sei, as palavras que começam com a letra "L" têm o som puro de "L", e não de "u".
Mas 'trouser' não existe em inglês, é só 'trousers'. Mas em português calça é o mesmo que 'trousers' em inglês.
No dicionário que eu uso (ABBYY Lingvo) tem só calças plural para "trousers". Mas o Google tradutor também dá calça como tradução certa.
In Brazilian Portuguese, the articles are used mainly to identify specific things.
If we say "Calças têm bolsos", we mean "pants, in general, have pockets".
If we say "As calças têm bolsos", we probably have some known pants that we identify through the article "As". (if there is no pants to be identified, this last sentence can have the exact same meaning as the previous one. But the previous one cannot have the meaning of this one, it lacks the identification of the pants)
I think that in BP, for "Pants have pockets", it would also be "Calças têm bolsos", also without the article.
calça(s) = pants
calço = shim/chock/wedge
They are similar because the verb for putting on either of them is calçar.
They are similar because the verb for putting on either of them is calçar.
Is that correct? I thought calçar was reserved for feet, as in socks and shoes, but did not apply to any other clothing (not even pants). No?
Since i'm no native english speaker: "the trousers have bags" is wrong since bags and pockets are not the same? what would bags mean in that context?
Yes, they are not the same! BolsOs = pockets (masculine); bolsAs = bags (feminine). I think bags could only have a sarcastic sense in that context!!)))) Smth. like "those are not the pockets, those are the bags (speaking about their capacity, maybe)! That what came first in my mind!))
Thank you so much. I didn't understand the difference between bolso and bolsa! now I do!!!!
Shouldn't "pants" be singular? The "s" at the end is part of the spelling and does not necessarily indicates plurality.
"Calças" (the "c" with the cedilla "ç" gives it the soft sound when coupled with the "a" that follows it).
Yes, the same in PTPT.
But jeans are jeans.
The meaning is a somewhat different.
- The pants have pockets = As calças têm bolsos
- The pair of pants has pockets = O par de calças tem bolsos
- The pair(s) of pants have pockets = Os pares de calças têm bolsos
Both are used in the US - with "pants" becoming popular since 1970 and "trousers" falling out of favor. However, "trousers" is still used in expensive men's clothing stores like Brooks Brothers.
Gabardine and linen trousers for men: http://www.brooksbrothers.com/mens/dress-pants/0219,default,sc.html
Awkwardly, the word "trouser" in the singular form can be applied when referring to trousers as a collective or genus. Eg. "Madam may prefer a trouser to a skirt?" Or "The trouser is a popular garment." Also, one can wear a "trouser suit".
