"O peixe pula fora da água."

Translation: The fish jumps out of the water.

[rolosrevenge]

What is the difference between pula and salta?

[Paulenrique]

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

[rolosrevenge]

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

[Paulenrique]

Interesting =)

[daniel87359]

Can it be "from" the water?

[wavL]

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

[ibnsina786]

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

[OrchidBlack]

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

[relox84]

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

[Ymeagain]

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

[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.

[Ron576238]

Asian carp jump or leap from the water when frightened. Very funny videos on youtube.
Some species of fish will jump from the water to catch insects in flight.

[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?

[Artmess]

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

[vsandl]

How would you put this into the past tense? In other cases the same form of verb seems to have been used for past and present.

[Paulenrique]

O peixe pulou (para) fora da água.

[vsandl]

Muito obrigada!