"Há um pequeno jardim na frente da minha casa."

Translation: There is a small garden in front of my house.

[AlexTheTutor]

I got it wrong by saying "in THE front of my house" and the answer was "in front of my house." But, shouldn't the portuguese then say: EM frente da minha casa. ?

[Paulenrique]

Iiterally yup.... (most of time we use "na frente de" but that doesnt justify "em frente de" be considered wrong, or "in the front of")

[Lingodingle]

"em frente de..." ou "em frente da,,,"?

[Paulenrique]

Both are correct....

[KemotS]

What is difference between above structures and "em frente a"? Do they mean the same? For example sample from Duplingo: "O restaurante fica em frente à escola" .