"They eat beef."
Translation:Eles comem carne bovina.
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Because:
Bife = steak
Beef = carne bovina (carne vermelha/carne de vaca/carne de boi)
So the words are similar, which causes confusion. But bife is not synonymous with beef. I hope it helps! =]
this comes up early in the color section but never in the food section. So it is very confusing for beginners.
Love randomly encountering a word I've never seen before in an exercise unrelated to the subject
I am a native Portuguese speaker and I have been a Portuguese teacher for 20 years. I have a degree in portuguese language and literature. No native speaker in Brazil says carne bovina. please correct your mistake.
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Muito obrigada!!
In Brazil do you just say "carne" for red meat/beef or is it "carne vermelho"? Is "bife" just for steak and can be referred to either beef steak, tuna steak, etc?
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I have not yet been taught the word "bovina", so why is it in an answer that I have to translate? The only time I saw a similar sentence, "beef" was translated as "carne vermelho" which is what I used in my translation and it was marked incorrect. Please explain this to me.
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Agree, it's a bit confusing. In the lessons we learned "bife" = beef/red meat, as well as being introduced to beef = "carne vermelho".
In Brazil we learned beef/meat = carne
I learned "bife" meaning "beef" from a native Carioca. Does anyone know whether it's used in other Lusophone countries, like Portugal or the PALOPs?
The native carioca was slightly incorrect. Beef is "carne de vaca", "carne de boi" or "carne vermelha". Bife is a cut of meat, like a steak.
I don't know about Portugal.
[edit]: I forgot that it is also called carne bovina, which is what you will see on product labels. Honestly, most Brazilians buy beef by the cut. We often call the meat by its specific name (Alcatra, Picanha, Fraldinha, Maminha, etc). If you have ever been to a Brazilian Grill and RodÃzio restaurant, you should have encountered these by now. Picanha is the big star. =)
You're right. But "carne vermelha" is a translation of the word "beef" (which is also called "red meat" in English.) =)
Please take a look at my response to tonsq and other users to see if it helps clarify. =)
Look under each of the words in the sentence, it says "Eles comem carne vermelha." Vermelha or vermelho means "red". Carne vermelha means beef.. or Red meat in English. You're welcome.
Im confused. It said in thr comments above that bife is wrong for beef because it means steak....steaks are beef? So how is it not the same?
There are other types of steaks, like for example a tuna steak (fish). Beef always refers to bovine meat. =]
