"Eu bebo leite pela manhã."

Translation: I drink milk in the morning.

[bmathe9]

Based on the given translation for "pela" I wrote "I drink milk for the morning." However, based on my knowledge of Spanish, I should have known better with Portuguese. What would be a case where pela would be used in that manner?

[Paulenrique]

Pela manhã = in the morning, during the morning (por la mañana, Spanish)

[connal]

Wouldn't you write Eu bebo leite na manha?

[Paulenrique]

No.

• In the morning = de manhã / pela manhã.
• Na manhã = used when you have something specific (na manhã de ontem...)

[connal]

Thank you - that is good to know.

[Sarara]

Can you expand on this please? It is difficult to know how to use no/na, pelo/pela, do/da because they seem to be interchangeable

[PHScanes]

Na manhã would mean in a specific morning: "in the first morning" / "na primeira manhã"; "on Friday morning" / "na manhã de sexta"

De/pela manhã is during the morning

Da manhã is an adjective: "morning star" / "estrela da manhã"; "morning news" / "notícias da manhã/matinais"

[DaryaDarina]

Muito obrigada! Eu tenho a semilhante problema.

[Tilli]

So 'Eu bebo leite de manhã' can be said too or is it always pela in combination with beber?

[PHScanes]

Can be said without problem

[notamonkey]

Would they mean I drink morning milk?

[Natka01]

Thanks

[pinkybrainy]

Does this also apply to other periods of the day, or just the morning?

For example, if "à tarde / de tarde" mean in the afternoon in general, is there a different proposition for saying "in a specific afternoon"?

[Paulenrique]

"à tarde" = "de tarde"

• Naquela tarde de domingo = in that Sunday afternoon

[jacegurr]

So many special cases... But i guess that goes for every language!

[PansyPurple]

I drink milk through the morning......ie I drink milk during the whole of the morning. It was marked wrong anyway.

[NeilWillia3]

I made the same mistake, that would be - bebo durante a manha. I was thinking since pela a cidade would mean through the city the same would apply here. I am learning by mistakes.

[jmuhammad]

Although the sentence said "manhã." which is singular, I got the feeling that it meant
I drink milk every morning, so I translated "I drink milk on mornings." but I got it wrong.

[ellenkeyne]

"On mornings" is quite rare in English, and when it occurs it's usually followed by "when": "On mornings when the wind is not too hazardous, his catch fetches two or even three dollars -- which means that he, his parents, and his two younger siblings will have enough to eat that day." (National Geographic)

[hiram.rami]

"I drink milk by the morning" Is this wrong?

[Davu]

I'm afraid so. Even if it is a literal translation of the Portuguese, it doesn't make any sense in English.

[ubuzen]

Isn't pela "for her"? So "I drink milk for her morning"?

[Paulenrique]

pela = by the

But prepositions don't match every time from language to language, so "pela manhã" = in/during the morning.