Topic: Portuguese

"Os médicos tratam os pacientes com cuidado."

Translation:The doctors treat the patients with care.

August 25, 2013

5 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/r_i_l_e_y

    Also in the skill I saw the sentence "Ears also need care" which was translated as "orelhas também precisam de cuidados". Why do we use the singular "cuidado" for this sentence, but "cuidados" in the other one?

    August 25, 2013
    https://www.duolingo.com/Paulenrique
    Mod

      Because it is a "locução adverbial" and always occurs as "com cuidado"

      August 25, 2013
      https://www.duolingo.com/r_i_l_e_y

        cheers Paulo :)

        August 25, 2013
        https://www.duolingo.com/ceaer
        Mod

          Is this the same as saying "The doctors treat the patients carefully"?

          January 10, 2014
          https://www.duolingo.com/Paulenrique
          Mod

            Yes. A more literal translation for "carefully" is "cuidadosamente".

            January 11, 2014
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