Topic: Portuguese

"She would make a good girlfriend."

Translation:Ela daria uma boa namorada.

July 9, 2013

8 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/Davu

    This sounds highly idiomatic and extremely difficult to guess from the English sentence. A heart lost but a phrase learnt.

    July 9, 2013
    https://www.duolingo.com/Paulenrique
    Mod

      Yes. When "I'd make" can be used as "I'd be" it can be translated as "eu seria/daria"

      July 9, 2013
      https://www.duolingo.com/Davu

        Thanks Paulo. If seria/daria are alternatives is there a possibility that "Ela faria uma boa namorada" is OK despite what Duolingo says?

        July 9, 2013
        https://www.duolingo.com/Paulenrique
        Mod

          No, we dont translate it literally in this context

          July 9, 2013
          https://www.duolingo.com/mastakhan

            So "seria" would be ok in this case, along with "daria"?

            March 18, 2016
            https://www.duolingo.com/Paulenrique
            Mod

              Yes!

              March 18, 2016
              https://www.duolingo.com/intcreator

                She's not that good looking but maybe she could give me one of her roommates...

                November 1, 2015
                https://www.duolingo.com/Zoltan_Nemeth

                  The answer is "daria", but the hints are iria/fariam/cometeu/fará :D

                  March 2, 2019
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