"A estação fica longe."

Translation: The station is far.

[xinxinjiang]

although I agree with the standard answer, i wonder if the portuguese sentence can be also understood as "the season is long"? Like after a long long winter, we may say that the winter feels so long.

[Paulenrique]

No.that is not the same. We would say: "a estação É LONGA". "FICA LONGE" is used for distance.

[xinxinjiang]

Oh, thanks! I just realized that I confused "longe" and "longo/a".

[Paulenrique]

Yeah... they are similar ;)

[y0rkshire]

One adverb invariable, one adjective variable with gender etc.?

[Janpot]

I do that all the time :-(

[skempy]

they should accept 'the station is a long way away' in my view

[sambadojazz]

It should have accepted "The station is distant.". The posted correct answer of "The station is far." isn't really correct without adding something afterward like "away" or "from here".

[JasonPTY507]

What means "fica longe"?

[Paulenrique]

Fica longe = is (far) away

[bfoshizzle]

Is it literally "the station stays distantly"?

[Paulodatilia]

why is 'Railway station' for estação not right?

[Paulenrique]

we do not know what kind of station it may be. train station, bus station, etc.

[chet.deubn]

is FAR what ??? what ENGLISH speaking person would ever say that.... I'm doing DUOLINGO to learn Portuguese ....I ALREADY KNOW ENGLISH

[antlane]

I ALREADY KNOW PORTUGUESE and I am here learning English. What's (more) correct: The station is far/ far away/far from here/ distant?

[helmad]

In English, you'd probably prefer, "far away". 'distant' is a bit formal and perhaps more likely to be used figuratively: she sounded distant = cool, unconcerned.. But nobody would misunderstand you if you said, 'is the station far', or 'is it far from here'

[Brock_Landers]

i understand "Longe" = "Far" so why is Fica = "is"
why wouldnt we use "e" like we would for "the coat is red" "the station is far"