"Desculpa a menina."

Translation: Forgive the girl.

[SusanJ]

I thought this meant 'I am sorry Miss' ... as one would say to say a shopgirl ? That is how I have heard it used here ....

[Gaspard]

Well, we wouldn't use the definite article in that case. It would be "Desculpa, menina" (or "Desculpe, menina")

[SusanJ]

Right !! Thanks ... it is difficult sometimes to 'hear' every word spoken especially when the Portuguese run words together a lot [at least in this region!]

[npvb]

For this phrase it has a different meaning as I see the translate..which would be something like "Forgive the girl for something she's done"