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"The car has a lot of damage" would be correct here. "damages" doesn't make sense in this sentence.
I agree. According to the OED, ‘damage’ = physical harm, ‘damages’ = compensation money. As a side note, it seems to be much more common to say ‘muito dano’.
Hey guys! It took quite some time - sorry about that :C - but... It's been fixed. Hooray!
As I always say, please report if you find things like this.
Commenting here is a great way to discuss (sometimes you might find out that what you thought wrong was actually right and vice-versa) but there aren't enough of us to possibly read every single comment.
If there's a lot of reports it will certainly come to our attention, so it gets fixed faster.
Thanks a lot though! With the help from the community we can make things better \o/
I used to work on the French incubator. There are many reports made, but often so many of those reports were just wrong. I found that I was more likely to correct a mistake based on a comment on these discussions because I would tend to read the comments of intelligent users. So for me, the comments in these discussions were more important. But I know that we all have different ways of dealing with things..
Agree, because damage is an uncountable noun in English. "Damages" doesn't exist in English.
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The English plural is wrong for the sentence about the car but there could be costly legal damages to pay if the dispute goes to court. (i.e. financial compensation for loss or injury)
Damages in the sense of financial compensation exists of course. I meant there is no such thing as "physical" damages.
The alternative sentence is plain wrong. "Damages" is monetary. This is not rocket science.
I tried "The car has many dents," because as a native English speaker, I thought "damages" made no sense. That'll teach me...
I entered "The car has a lot of damage," which was accepted. While "many damages" is bad English (and should probably be deleted as a correct form), replacing "damages" with "dents" is too specific.
Hi! I think everything should be right now. I chose to not include dents because it is indeed too specific.
Thanks a lot though! With the help from the community we can make things better \o/
Essa seria a resposta mais natural em inglês, foi aceita: The car is very damaged.
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I agree that we would use the passive voice, perhaps 'The car is badly damaged'?
Although the Duo answer is wrong, the passive form would be a translation for "O carro está muito danificado."
But, a native speak would rather use "amassado" ou "batido" instead of "danificado"
I think "The car has a lot of damage" is a better choice.
"Amassado" is great, but only for external deformation.
"Batido" cannot take "muito". It means "crashed" (for cars only)
"Danificado" is not rare, but preferred in technical areas, and covers all kinds of damages, including inside the vehicle or in the engine, for instance.
The car has too much damage. -> Nem dá para consertá-lo.
The car has a lot of damage. -> Espero que dê para consertá-lo.
