Topic: Portuguese

"Eu nasci nesta cidade maravilhosa."

Translation:I was born in this wonderful city.

August 11, 2013

4 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/NKreuz

    "I was born in Rio." Isn't "a cidade maravilhosa" referring to Rio de Janeiro?

    July 3, 2014
    https://www.duolingo.com/surfx2015
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    yes, here in Brazil we say "wonderful city" (cidade maravilhosa) as "Rio de Janeiro", this is because of a carnival's song (marchinha de carnaval) from 1935 by André Filho
    https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hino_da_cidade_do_Rio_de_Janeiro

    October 1, 2015
    https://www.duolingo.com/lesliewilman

      Don't use marvellous, an obvious and correct solution - supported by the hover hints. She obviously used maravilhosa when she only wanted to say "great". I bet they even accept "nice".

      August 11, 2013
      https://www.duolingo.com/cloudhorizon

        Report it please. :)

        August 13, 2013
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