"Eu tenho aberto a porta de manhã."

Translation: I have been opening the door in the morning.

[davidkzach]

I understand that we use "de" instead of "em" to indicate the time here, but I had expected this to be translated as "...da manhã" instead of "...de manhã". Is there any major difference here?

[marcingo]

Ok. Why do you say today, tonight, tomorrow, but not tomorning, tonoon, toevening? JUST BECAUSE.

[stt02061]

Hi. I believe, that is because "I am opening the door in the morning" in general and not specifically this morning, during a period (which is not specified here) and I am still doing it until today. It could probably mean that I am not opening the door every morning, but it is something that I usually do for this period. Hope that it makes sense. If a native could confirm the above, it would be great! Thank you :)

[deactivated user]

It means something along those lines, but it also has a certain meaning of doing something everyday (or a lot over a period of time).

• Nosso time tem ganhado ... (our team has been winning (recently))
• eu tenho aberto a porto ... (I have been opening the door (in the morning - a lot))
• ele tem perdido o trem ... (he has been missing the train (because of traffic))

[samosborn88]

how would you say I have opened the door before in the sense that i opened the door in the past, if we were talking about a rotating duty and who should be next to open the door in the mornings...

[Paulenrique]

eu abri a porta antes/anteriormente.

[emmy77]

Why would you use "de manhã" here? Why not "na manhã"? The preposition doesn't make any sense.

[Paulenrique]

In the morning = de manhã, never na manhã. Prepositions work differently for each language.

[DonnaHowell]

why not "I have been opening the door mornings"?