Topic: Portuguese

"O peixe pula fora da água."

Translation:The fish jumps out of the water.

September 27, 2013

12 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/profile/rolosrevenge
  • 2193

What is the difference between pula and salta?

September 27, 2013
https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Paulenrique
Mod

    Pular is a more common way and can also mean to jump repeatedly. Saltar is sometimes used to refer to sports.

    September 27, 2013
    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/rolosrevenge
    • 2193

    Ah. My Portuguese wife says that in Portugal, saltar is used much more regularly and they would say "O peixe salta da áqua" instead.

    September 27, 2013
    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Paulenrique
    Mod

      Interesting =)

      September 27, 2013
      https://www.duolingo.com/profile/wavL

        Pula is like Jump, and Salta is like "Leap"

        February 12, 2014
        https://www.duolingo.com/profile/ibnsina786

          The phrase "fora da" is like "outside of" in English so you need both.

          September 19, 2016
          https://www.duolingo.com/profile/OrchidBlack
          • 1796

          Can it not be "the fish jumps from the water"?

          June 14, 2015
          https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Ymeagain
          • 68

          Como um peixe não tem as pernas, é "jumps" a tradução verdadeira?

          July 17, 2015
          https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Meyer_Julia

            Alguns peixes podem pular fora da água, eles tem o nome de "Flying Fish" em Inglês - traduzindo o nome literalmente, ia ser peixe voador.

            August 12, 2015
            https://www.duolingo.com/profile/KristianFa3

              My translation "the fish jump out of the water" was marked wrong. Since "the fish" is both singular and plural, shouldn't "the fish jump" and "the fish jumps" both be acceptable?

              May 27, 2016
              https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Artmess
              • 648

              No, because in portuguese there would be "os peixes" for plural

              June 30, 2016
              https://www.duolingo.com/profile/relox84

                I thought da água was contracted to d'água, I've seen it written that way a few times.

                April 6, 2019
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