"As noites são longas."

Translation: The nights are long.

[luisetxe]

should't be "Nights are long" a valid answer too?

[Paulenrique]

Yes.

[SiobhanWray]

Why? The article "AS" is used, so it should be translated as "THE nights"

[Paulenrique]

The definite article is more common in Portuguese, even when it is not used in English.

[FoghornJLeghorn]

How do you say story of my life, but seriously that wasn't covered in idioms how do i say it.

[Paulenrique]

= É a história da minha vida.

[FoghornJLeghorn]

Thank you it has bean over a year since i asked and it is a fun idiom ,though i have learnt the words by now it is nice confirm the order and that they are the correct ones.
Have a lingot

[Paulenrique]

THANKS!! =)

I saw you comment just now!! =) But it is still worth answering it! =)

[DonCodling]

Why does it reject "The evenings are long"?

[Paulenrique]

But evenings aren't usually long, are they?

[DonCodling]

That depends. If you say to me "The nights are long", it suggests it must be winter in the northern parts of Canada (where I grew up winter nights could easily be 16 hours long). If you say, "The evenings are long", it likely means you're bored while waiting to go out and do something. In other words, the two differ, in my culture, in that one is objective and the other subjective. Would the subjective understanding be foreign for this sentence in Portuguese?

[Paulenrique]

Well, every dark period for us is "noite", so either the objective or subjective meanings would be translated the same way =)

[themanichero]

Is 'lungo/lungos' for masculine and 'longa/longas' for feminine?

[rudasurf]

LOngo/lOngos for masculine

[Mewzyk]

What is the difference with "long@" and "longe"?

[Neia.Abreu]

LOGO= Adv. Immediately, Right away.. Soon
LONGO = Adj. Long
LONGE= Adv. Far, far away. Adj. Distant .

[Mewzyk]

Distant as in time or distance as in measurement?

[Neia.Abreu]

Logo =
Eu espero chegar "logo" na minha casa (I hope to arrive soon at my house).
Longo =
Mamãe e eu moramos separadas por um LONGO tempo = TIME,
Ela usa uma saia "longa" para ir a igreja (she wears a long skirt to go to church),
Longe= distance
o Brasil está longe dos Estados Unidos (The Brazil is far from United States)

[ldwoolley]

It is awkward to say "the" nights in English in this case. This should be Nights are long, because you can not identify the specific one or exact dates and therefore it is not "the" nights.