"Eles são um casal."

Translation: They are a couple.

[MRMsys]

Does "casal" refer only to a married couple, or any couple?

[Paulenrique]

No, it refers to any couple man+woman, boy+girl

[David790525]

What about two men or two women? Not being PC or judgemental here... just curious about the definition.

[Marina-Menezes]

Man + man or woman + woman is a "casal gay"

[Marina-Menezes]

BUT you can say "casal" too, there is no difference

[Mesmorino]

Only people couples? Or can I say um casal das macas/a couple of apples

[Paulenrique]

I see casal being used to two people or animals.

[JoseIBHugo]

Not just male and female but any set of two individuals together in a relationship.

[Marina-Menezes]

Duas maçãs :)

[elidel11]

Elas são um casal, if it's two females right?

[surfx2015]

Yes, and "Eles são um casal" pode significar: "Homem e Mulher", ou hoje em dia: two men in love - a couple.

O que atualmente esta se tornando algo muito comum...

[elidel11]

Obrigada surfx! :)

[surfx2015]

You're welcome

[ashilem]

Interesting. Anyone who has an answer to this?

[ChrisDtoCAMP]

The audio is horrible on this on. It sounded like Eles são casao. Of course I learned after that casao is not actually a word. Reported

[ReynoldDrakes]

That is what it should sound like, I am thinking...
" At the end of a syllable, in European Portuguese, the phoneme /l/ has the allophone []. In Brazilian Portuguese has the allophone [w] instead (L-vocalization)." - taken from http://www.portugueselanguageguide.com/pronunciation/consonants.asp

[zabity]

can i say for example: eu tenho um casal das perguntas?

[PabloB.1]

Hi,

No, you cannot use "casal" in such way. I wonder you want a way to mean 'a few' since, as far as I know, 'a couple' might have this meaning.

So, if your meaning is 'a few' I would translate 'I have a couple of questions' as:

(01) "Eu tenho algumas perguntas" - I have a few/a couple of/some questions.

(02) "Eu tenho umas perguntas" - I have a few/a couple of/some questions.

However, if you strictly mean 'two questions' I would translate as:

(03) "Eu tenho um par de perguntas" / I have a pair of questions.