Topic: Portuguese

"Você está de regime?"

Translation:Are you on a diet?

August 11, 2013

9 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/chopsuey

    I'm here in the politics lesson - so, of course, I used "regime" instead of "diet" - WRONG :/

    March 27, 2015
    https://www.duolingo.com/danielmonteiro16

      I shall say that it is common anyone say “cê tá” than “você está”, here in Minas Gerais and in the other regions they say it

      February 10, 2015
      https://www.duolingo.com/Marjolein2020
      • 10

      you are on a diet is also a good translation, i think.

      August 11, 2013
      https://www.duolingo.com/Lahure
      Plus
      • 1919

      That would be correct if the sentence did not have a question mark at the end of it. The ? alters the phrase from a statement of fact (You are on a diet) to a query (Are you on a diet?).

      October 6, 2013
      https://www.duolingo.com/TerraZe

        Depending on how it's said in English (usually raising the voice at the end), "you are on a diet?" can be made into a question.

        March 31, 2014
        https://www.duolingo.com/olsztynr

          Is Dieta not used more frequently than Regime in Brazil for this meaning?

          March 11, 2015
          https://www.duolingo.com/ubuzen
          Plus

            Does this translate directly to "You are of diet?" Is there a way to say this in Portuguese that would make more sense to an English person? I don't think I can remember this.

            July 28, 2018
            https://www.duolingo.com/Serge-MTL
            • 56
            • Você está de dieta?
            • Você faz dieta?

            Are those valid alternatives?

            March 12, 2019
            https://www.duolingo.com/Paulenrique
            Mod

              Yes, they are both right.

              March 12, 2019
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