"O cachorro bebe água."

Translation: The dog drinks water.

[madlad]

Cao is dog. Cachorro is puppy. Puppy is also given as an alternative. Why did I lose a heart!?

[vivisaurus]

Cão and cachorro is dog.

Cachorrinho and filhote de cachorro is puppy. : )

[josjjm]

Cachorro can also mean "Hot Dog" (the snack) in (European) Portuguese.

[Paulenrique]

check this out http://duolingo.com/#/comment/69815

[baked-beans]

My Portuguese girlfriend (from Portugal) says that cachorro is puppy as well... I dunno.

[serraesilva]

this is the case indeed (I am from Portugal as well), however this is brazilian portuguese, and therefore, cachorro is used for Cão. In portugal, Cão is used every time and cachorro only if it is a puppy. Cachorrinho if it's a small puppy, hence the diminutive 'inho'

[vivisaurus]

That may be the case in Portugal. =)

[TobyBartels]

There's no point listing European words in the dictionary and accepting only Brazilian translations. Ignore European Portuguese or don't, but be consistent!

[Belen_CR]

in Portuguese (Brazil) "cachorro" refers to a dog, not a puppy as in Spanish.

[Chogas]

In Brazil, the word "Cachorro" means both that cute puppy and big dog.
But in Portugal, it means only one thing "puppy".
So Portuguese people use the word "cão" when they indicate a big dog.

[AdriamCarr]

How do you say hot dog?

[kitsune1977]

Cachorro quente.

[kingstatus17]

Cachorro Quente

[csrpna]

Cashow-ho that's what I'm hearing. Don't understand the spelling vs phonetics of it.

[kitsune1977]

hum...more or less. i think "casho-ho" is better.

[cesc1989]

How is the 'rr' pronounce? Or what is its phonem?

[Paulenrique]

Like the letter H in English.

[RivRoss]

cachorro is puppy too :( !!!!!!

[Paulenrique]

Not in Brazil

[Ademir795360]

Aqui no Brasil fala-se cachorro (para um animal adulto) e/ou cachorrinho (para animal pequeno ou filhote). Here in Brazil is spoken dog (for an adult animal) and / or puppy (for small animal or cub).

[vclPVK]

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