"Ele chega com a cobra."

Translation: He arrives with the snake.

[annekarakash]

I knew I shouldn't have invited him. He always brings that snake.

[DREDWARD]

Alice cooper...... :)

[Lalya439983]

You know your always wright for a reson and im
Never inviting him again
For bringing a scary ugly looking snake

[deniseyw]

Is that a snake or is he just pleased to see me?

[Codesignist]

What? Does he arrive with the snake? Is he carrying a snake with him? Is he an illusionist or something like that? What kind of sentence is this? :P

[rachael.cr3]

Maybe he killed the snake and is bringing it as proof?

[Lamine87982]

Maybe they don't mean an actual snake. If you know what I mean.

[Gyozo_Cserhalmy]

Should it be the big one with one eye?

[karel792398]

Do not punish his choice of girlfriend, but she is just a snake

[andrea.varsori]

What a pleasure to have them at parties.

[KateLovesYouuu]

The snake a.k.a the mistress

[watsky]

Is it incorrect to translate "cobra" as "cobra"?

[anomalocaris]

"Cobra" is any snake in Portuguese, but a specific kind of snake in English, so I guess it depends. Interestingly, in looking this up I learned that "cobra" is one of the words in English that we get directly from Portuguese! http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/cobra?q=cobra

[ThanKwee]

A cobra is "uma naja" http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naja

[SourireCache]

I put "He arrives with a snake" and it got accepted...that's clearly a mistake. Right? o. o?

[Arvedui89]

Literally it should not be accepted, but in English you would rather say that he arrives with A snake. Probably. Maybe.

[brucethebogking]

I also noticed that. A cobra = the snake?

[Tykwonflow]

A snake would be uma cobra. "a" means "the" in português.

[whorlrohw]

sounds ominous...

[Netch]

What's the difference between cobra and serpente?

[Danmoller]

Almost none.

"Cobra" is the popular word.

[spencersloth]

The suggested word for "chega" was "enough"... obviously a mistake on Duo's part?

[Danmoller]

Not a mistake in itself. But not showing "arrive(s)" would definitely be a mistake.

"Chegar" can be used in some contexts as "suffice" or "to be enough".

• Já chega!!! = That's enough!!! (typical upset sentence)
• Chega de enrolar, vamos trabalhar = Enough stalling, let's work

[DuduSP]

I wrote "He gets with the snake" and Duolingo didn't accept. Why?

[CavaleiroMonge]

What a scary visitor...