"O que interessa a eles é dinheiro."

Translation: What matters to them is money.

[ppmcltx]

Couldn't this be said as "what interests them is money"?

[MikeFen]

Haha. I thought of answering "what matters to them..." which is more natural than "what interests them..." But I eventually translated it literally because I was afraid of losing a heart. It's all DL's fault :)

[Lavmarx]

I used "Wha matters to them" and it was correct! :)

[Paulenrique]

Yes!

[mrule]

is "money is what interests them" ok as well?

[KTKee-EnglishEng]

Can you use os instead of eles? aos?

[Paulenrique]

o que LHES interessa... - since you have a preposition...

[KTKee-EnglishEng]

Oh yeah I remember now.. Is interessa a eles the common way of saying it or no difference?

[Paulenrique]

yes, it is more common...

[Lavmarx]

I don't think so.

[KenjiIV]

Does it remain correct if I add the article "o" to "dinherio"? O que interessa a eles é o dinheiro.

[petesimone]

To them = à eles (but accent missing)?

[jonahblues]

"A eles," without the accent, means "to them." The word "à" includes the article "a" and basically means "to the" or "at the." Since there's no article needed here, "à eles" would be incorrect; you wouldn't say "to the them."

[GrannySlasher]

Given that "interests" and "matters" mean two different things, how do we say "what interests them is money" (perhaps the study of foreign currencies)?

[AriW1977]

I wrote "that what interests them is money," and this was rejected. I reported this, as I believe that this is correct (though I'm not 100% sure.)

[GlennaSol]

It seems strange to put 'that' and 'what' together. I suppose you could say 'that which', but that would also be very uncommon. It is better to just say 'what'.

[NiamhD7]

Yes, that what is ungrammatical in English, that which is correct but very formal