"O estudo"

Translation: The study

[r_i_l_e_y]

Does study here refer to the practice of study? Eg "Biology is the study of living things" or can it also refer to a room called "the study" eg "He took his lunch to the study"?

[Paulenrique]

The first option.... the room is "estúdio" ( http://michaelis.uol.com.br/moderno/ingles/index.php?lingua=portugues-ingles&palavra=est%FAdio)

[CarinaLise]

It should be the studio, like the recording studio, the television studio

[PabloB.1]

Hi,

Study = estudo

Studio = estúdio

[duoitaliano]

"O estudo" is correctly translated by Duolingo as "the study". But, could this also be translated as "I study it"?

[ZuMako8_Momo]

No. The «estudo» in this sentence can never be translated as "I study" because it has the article «o» right before it; therefore, the «estudo» must be the noun "study." "I study it" would be «(Eu) estudo-o.» or, equivalently, «Eu o estudo.». (Unless what you are studying is feminine like «a matemática», which would then be «(Eu) estudo-a.» or «Eu a estudo.».)

[JohnR93]

I've read the thread, and it seems like a case where English requires the word "of" after "study" in order to give this meaning, as in "the study of mathematics." We would normally use the gerund, "studying mathematics."

[MikeM271048]

How abstract is the "study"? Could we use the word "estudo" to mean "course" - having a defined content and perhaps examination criteria?

[ZuMako8_Momo]

It is quite abstract; it means the act of studying. There are better words for "course" such as «aula», «curso», and sometimes «cadeira»