"Ela bota a bota."
Translation:She puts on the boot.
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You can use the verb "calçar" to every piece of cloth that you wear by passing your feet through it, such as underwear, pants, socks, shoes, saldals, boots etc.
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To put on footwear or gloves, you should use "calçar" (EU-PT & BR-PT)
To put on, or to wear garments (not footwear or gloves), you can use "vestir" (EU-PT & BR-PT)
To put anything on, you can use pôr (EU-PT but understood in both)
To put anything on, you can use "colocar" (BR-PT (understood but very formal in EU-PT))
To put anything on (although mainly used for garments), you can use "botar" (BR-PT only)
To wear or use any item of clothing, you can use "usar" (EU-PT & BR-PT)
"ela coloca a bota", "ela calça a bota", "ela põem a bota" mas NAO "bota a bota"
"bota a bota" is also right. It should be "ela põe" and "elas põem".
my fiance was born and raised in Brazil and lived there her whole life - she says this is incorrect. Perhaps some areas that speak Portuguese use this - but not where she is from.
Probably. I live in São Paulo and here it is very common to say "Bota esse sapato logo", etc.
We say "Boto os sapatos / boto o chinelo / boto o tênis"...
But specifically with the word "botas" we don't use it because it's cacophonous. We say "Eu coloco/calço a bota"
My wife is brazilian and she said it is technically correct, but no one would ever say bota a bota. She can't imagine anyone anywhere who would say this and laughs when she sees that sentence on here.
I feel that it is just Duolingo doing this for the sake of understanding context better, but since people are learning, they should focus on the pratical excercises first.
I would love to be able to communicate with a native speaker and not sound silly.
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nao concordo..apesar de estar correto. essa nao e uma maneira de falar..ela veste ou calça seria o ideal
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I thought that "calcar = to put on" for the pair of pants, shoes, socks..etc. and "botar = to put on" for clothes. I wrote: She wears the boot" was marked incorrect. What is wrong with wear?
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In portuguese, they say "calçar as botas" When they put on boots. They don't say "botar as botas" Eu calço meu sapato I put on my shoes
Is the "o" in bota pronouned like a regular open O sound or is there an "oo" sound before the "o" it sounds like duolingo says "boo-ota" but I dont know if I'm imagining that
The "o" in "bota" has the same "o" as in "hot" "lot" "dot" "cot" etc...
Can it be "Ela bota as botas = She puts on the boots"? I don't get why "Ela bota a bota" could also mean she puts on the boots (it was mentioned above) since "a bota" is singular.
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It can be yes.
"A pair of" anything can be stated in singular, or plural form in Portuguese. So 'bota as botas' and 'bota a bota' are both correct.
Bota = puts on and bota is also boot? Then if someone mistakenly or intentionally says she has boot it also means she has put on?
"Bota" as a noun means "boot", and as a verb, it's part of the conjugation of the verb "botar", which means "to put on" or "to put".
Ela sempre bota a bota em cima do banco amarelo.
She always puts her boot(s) on the yellow stool.