Topic: Portuguese

"Uma colher com açúcar"

Translation:A spoonful of sugar

July 1, 2013

16 Comments

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    Mary Poppins(:

    March 6, 2014
    https://www.duolingo.com/nootball

      Helps the medicine go down

      December 18, 2015
      https://www.duolingo.com/Yetibanana

        In the most delightful way :)

        March 1, 2018
        https://www.duolingo.com/barbaratorrance
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        why com acucar not de acucar

        July 12, 2014
        https://www.duolingo.com/RoryGlynn

          What in this phrase suggests full-ness. The spoon definitely has some sugar, but how do we know it's full?

          March 2, 2014
          https://www.duolingo.com/dogrow

            In portuguese we can use the word "colherada" "Uma colherada de açúcar"

            December 29, 2014
            https://www.duolingo.com/John_Difeo

              This is a Portuguese translation of an English idiom

              December 22, 2014
              https://www.duolingo.com/sweetcarolinemae

                Uma colher com acucar (sorry about no accents, my keyboard is cheap) directly translates to a spoonFULL of sugar

                September 7, 2017
                https://www.duolingo.com/luca690629

                  Why 'uma'? Is colher not masculine?

                  January 21, 2016
                  https://www.duolingo.com/Paulenrique
                  Mod

                    No, "colher" is feminine.

                    February 3, 2017
                    https://www.duolingo.com/Jon_Woods

                      It sounds weird when literally translated (as "a spoon with sugar"). But why translate it to English the way it does here? My guess is because it makes more sense in English the way it translates here.

                      April 27, 2017
                      https://www.duolingo.com/TheChexMixer
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                      • 8

                      Like "A spoonful of sugar"?

                      July 1, 2013
                      https://www.duolingo.com/erudis
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                      Helps the medicine go down?

                      "Uma colher com açúcar" sounds a bit strange in Portuguese though, we usually say "uma colher de açúcar" in recipes and such.

                      July 2, 2013
                      https://www.duolingo.com/TheChexMixer
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                      Hm okay, thats what I thought, thanks!

                      July 11, 2013
                      https://www.duolingo.com/JaimeNegronCPA

                        "com" is "with", not "of", or am I mistaken?

                        June 2, 2017
                        https://www.duolingo.com/Paulenrique
                        Mod

                          Both of them work here.

                          June 2, 2017

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