"Ele tem um papel importante na sociedade."

Translation: He has an important role in society.

[delvi]

Papel = role? I always thought that "papel" = paper...... ???

[Paulenrique]

Yes, they are the same. She's got her first role in that movie... = ela conseguiu seu primeiro papel naquele filme...

[delvi]

obrigada, Paul. Aprecio sua ajuda. :)

[dantan94]

It's a toilet role...

[naddaf.amir89]

Can't "sociedade" also be "corporation"? In that case, "paper" for "papel" can definitely make sense in the sentence.

[Shanna818805]

You can also say 'he holds an important role in society', it has the same meaning as 'has an important role...'

[Sue873841]

How are we supposed to know that 'papel' suddenly means 'role'? I wrote 'He has an important paper on society' which could make sense if, for instance, you were talking about a lecturer (and anyway, as we know, Duo's sentences don't necessarily make any sense!).

[robynKrafterson]

I'm with you. I wrote "he has an important paper on society", which would make sense if he's an academic who just published in sociology or politics.

[Geoffrey799572]

In this expression the adjective is placed behind the noun but previously when the same sentence was to be translated it was considered wrong the place the adjective behind the noun....?????