"Le numéro avec les perroquets était amusant."
Translation:The act with the parrots was amusing.
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Since numéro here refers to act, they should specify in the drop down for the word
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Agree. This meaning is difficult for the learners. I did search, but could find anything until the very end of the synonyms as "(spectacle) act".
Yeah calling an act a "number" is kind of showbiz jargon. I got it, but it took me a minute.
C'est un oiseau remarquable, le bleu de Norvege, n'est-ce pas? Il a de belle plumage!
Even though 'number' can sometimes mean 'act' in English, i guess duo just wants to emphasize that 'numero' in this context really does mean 'act'
'numero' is the correct word for 'act' but thr translation is simply given here as 'number'.
'Number' is a perfectly good synonym for an act, in fact in the business they're all referred to as numbers. I know I've worked in it for 40 years. 'Number' should be accepte.
It should probably say in the pop-up of 'numéro' that it also means act, performance, or bit.
A number refers to a song in American/Canadian slang - Think Humphrey Bogart.
It's kind of an archaic idiom. Usually associated with the early to mid 20th century, in my experience.
The example given above from The Monkees song (a US band from the 60's) is a sign of the idiom's age. Now I understand why I have never heard it. Thanks for making it clear.
Same in Nigeria, "Let the children render a special number" meaning let the children sing a song.
But these songs are often packed with special acts, so act is a good translation for numéro, je redirais.
Un numero est un acte dans le spectacle, le spectacle compris beaucoup d'actes.
Since I am, partially, in "showbiz," I naturally missed this one. Even so, an "act" is sometimes referred to as a number, and, in addition to that argument; how do we know what is being referred to is an "act?" Could it not be a song, or even a dance "number?" I am reporting.