"Dog food is expensive."

Translation: Comida de cachorro é cara.

[Buhoverde073]

Why not "comida do cachorro", is it to specific?

[polycrackr]

Also, why is "Comida de cachorro é caro." acceptable? Doesn't "caro" have to fit the gender of the subject, which is "comida," a feminine noun?

[MauroQuil]

It becomes masculine if we assume you were omiting an infinitive and not the article. "(Comprar) comida de cachorro é caro" -> "Comida de cachorro é caro". It doesn't sound formal at all, though, but very natural and acceptable.

[Chimpunk]

Do people really use "comida" for animal food?

[Paulenrique]

Yes, many times.

[ZimmerM4NN]

Yes, but have " ração " too. Racao = comida de animais

[LouisVbw]

Do compound nouns always use de?

[Otaku2Learn]

Uhh ...so the answer I was given when I was wrong was "Ração canina é cara"....I never learned that word. Duo...care to explain o.o?

[BobDob3]

I thought racao was a term for animal food

[ErikZelmer]

Ração...when talking about animal kibble. I put "Ração é caro" and was marked wrong however. Would I need to enter "Ração de cachorro..." or does that not work, and I would then need to write "comida de cachorro..."

[MohitADodeja]

When do we use 'das' and when do we use 'de'

[alison978376]

What about 'alimento'?