"O menino volta para a cozinha."

Translation: The boy goes back to the kitchen.

[cvehhh]

I would say that the sentence 'The boy returns to the kitchen' and 'The boy goes back to the kitchen' mean the same and are both correct.

[Paulenrique]

yep...

[dlancey]

how do you say, "the boy returns through (by way of) the kitchen"?

[Paulenrique]

O menino volta pela cozinha.

[bolau]

in french for me : le garçon retourne à la cuisine

[Paulenrique]

we have "voltar" and "retonar". Most of time we use voltar...

[NewPathOldClouds]

Like volver o regresar en spanish..

[bolau]

ok : le garçon revient vers la cuisine

[Paulenrique]

Très magnifique. j'ai besoin de parler comme toi :)

[Mallowigi]

Le garcon retourne dans la cuisine

[Paulenrique]

hum... is there any difference in the preposition if the person was already in there? For example: 1) We were in the living room, and the boy went to the kitchen to get a glass of water. Then he "retourne" from there. 2) he was in the kitchen, and he "retourne" there again. Got it?

[Paulenrique]

Okkkk..thx. je crois que je peux comprendre maintenant. J'aime le français... je pense que je vais prendre des "lessons"

[bolau]

le garçon peut : retourner ou revenir dans, vers ou bien plus populairement à la cuisine mais le but c'est la traduction portugaise qui a de l'intérêt ici.j'ai cru comprendre que ' voltar ' correspond plus à 'revenir'.
en français il y a l'expression " faire volte face " qui signifie se retourner ou bien changer d'avis.

[akurzias]

Isn't "para a/o" shortened to "pra/pro"?

[Paulenrique]

Yes, but it should be avoided when writing.

[LawrenceEric]

I don't really understand the use of the word "para" here. Is it frequently used after the verb 'voltar'

[Paulenrique]

Yes. Voltar + para + some place / somewhere. But there are some expressions we don't follow this rule, for instance, "venha aqui".

[LawrenceEric]

awesome thanks.

[akurzias]

Obrigado!

[calouracasa]

When I wrote kitchen, I was marked as wrong, cozinha was translated as farm?!