"A borboleta escreve um livro."

Translation: The butterfly writes a book.

[johnarnold]

The butterfly writes a whole book and I barely got the sentence right...put me in my place.

[BrookeLorren]

That's an amazing butterfly!

[kdammers]

The bee reads it.

[Paulenrique]

Hehe good point! =)

[Tapias_10]

heres a lingot for your freaking streak lml

[johnarnold]

thank you. I will probably save it forever.

[sweetcarolinemae]

wow I just gave you one too cause that's so impressive

[phenger2]

I continue to be impressed by these insetos.

[robinwingl]

Exhibit A: Butterfly telling someone to write an autobiography of its life

[StrapsOption]

What about this? This butterfly is a book.

[moonrabbit92]

A borboleto é um livro!

[zabellz]

a borboleta *

[GerardoPea7]

Coincidentally the plot for the diving bell and the butterfly

[rashtrakut]

Is Brazil run by Disney? Birds read, butterflies write

[percussionist101]

Bees write letters

[RidwanHihi]

birds? i think the insetos that can read is ant

[rashtrakut]

There was one with birds

[alexknick]

You laugh because a butterfly writes a book, but remember that a owl is saying if you are wrong or not.

[RidwanHihi]

smartest owl ever

[yimantuwingyai]

Chapter 1: I hope I don't get stepped on today.
Chapter 2: I hope I don't get stepped on today.
Chapter 3: I hate birds.
Chapter 4: I hate lizards.
Chapter 5: If I die, will the effect cause a hurricane?
Chapter 6 It's like I was a pupa only yesterday
Chapter 7: No ever suspects me
Chapter 8: Well now I'm in a jar

THE END

[aguzuri]

It was the butterfly I tell you! The butterfly!!

[johnarnold]

Nice work. Here's a toast and a lingot for Joe "Butterfly" Sonoma

[JJ_Ramirez]

the butterfly effect

[BalooBalooba]

The Memoirs Of A Butterfly. By Mr. Butterfly.

[jimdohg]

Write like a butterfly sting like a bee

[sweetcarolinemae]

omg I'm giving you a lingot for this lololol

[richarry]

.....about this amazing bee that can write letters...

[CalumMcCauley]

Brazilian wildlife is really amazing.

[vendehtta]

Write like a butterfly, read like a bee, anyone.? I guess you can call this rope and nope.! Get it.? Cause no likes bees so theyll say no... Ill stop...i have no life.

[StrapsOption]

Why on earth is the word for 'butterfly' the same as the word for 'turnstile'?

[paddyobrien]

I would imagine it's because a turnstile moves like a butterflys wings. Most languages use imaginative metaphors like that.

[cinthiia_mc]

Now that I know what a turnstile is, I have to say we call it "catraca" in Brazil. I've never heard of "borboleta" to mean a turnstile. But maybe it's a regional thing or it's used in Portugal. But "catraca" is certainly the most used here.

Even the wikipedia page for it doesn't mention "borboleta" as one of the options to call it: https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catraca

[Danmoller]

I believe Rio de Janeiro uses mostly "roleta" for turnstyles.

The closest thing I can imagine for "borboleta" is these kinds of screw/nuts, that are called "borboleta":

By the way:

• Screw = parafuso
• Nut = porca
• Washer = arruela
• Screwdriver = chave de fenda (chave phillips, if "cross-shaped")
• Thread = rosca
• Bolt = pino

[Davu]

Thanks for the useful word list (I'm pretty sure "Splash" should be "Washer" though). We call the thing in the photo a "wingnut".

By the way, the "borboleta" meaning turnstile question was explored here too: https://www.duolingo.com/comment/1956383 and judging by the comments it must be a regional thing.

[Danmoller]

Ouch....my mind tricked me.... washer it is.

[EVTurbo1]

E a mosca ésta atuando em um filme (Jeff Goldblum)

[chaered]

The butterfly's book was made into a movie as well: Papillon.

[Paularangel]

Is this a methapor? I don't understand the meaning

[Paulenrique]

no. That's just a random sentence... you'll find many of them!!

[maidet_l]

They make it that way so it's not hard for you since that simple and random stuff they add to the sentences is what you have already learned... it doesn't need a meaning, it's just so you get more practice on the past mixing it with the present stuff :) you see?

[MinaMar2]

Why yes, it is a "meth"apor

[lahlah1009]

Geez, what happened to the bee writing a letter?

[chaered]

More plausible, after all we do have spelling bees.