"Eu abro a lata."

Translation: I open the can.

[yannick6]

The robotic voice makes it impossible to disinguish words apart from eu.

[ferretchere]

Worst one yet, and that's really saying something with how bad many duolingo voices are. "Eu auaea uma blalttaaltla"

[mattwatkins84]

I agree, they really need to improve this voice... it's generally awful, and some sentences (like this one) it's impossible to understand!

[vivisaurus]

Yes, I reported a problem with the way "lata" is being said in this sentence.

[vivisaurus]

Darn! I meant the word "abro".

[tu.8zPhLD72zzoZN]

Yes it sounded like abrooo

[RaeOvHope]

It is pronounced more oo than oh. But I didn't her abro, I hear aglu a blata

[IsaFaith]

It is how the portuguese is pronounced. vowels are pronounced differently

[vivisaurus]

It's minor, she's saying "aibro" instead of "abro," that is what I meant. =]

[IsaFaith]

Got it. I was reading the comments to your post, and they were talking about it sounding like 'abroo' and stuff

[SamadhiGil]

The sound it seems good now.

[kdraw33]

Brazilian friends and I agree the recording is unintelligable.

[IsaFaith]

It is fixed now

[SamadhiGil]

Why can't we use "unlock" to translate this sentence?

[Paulenrique]

I don't think it is common. "To unlock" is mainly used to translate the verb "destrancar"or "destravar".

[DingoELGringo]

Would you say you unlocked a can of beans for lunch in English? Not likely!

[leejames123]

It should be "I opened the can" but I was marked incorrect

[sharkbbb]

No. At this stage only present tense is used. So it should be "I open the can", or "I am opening the can", because Portuguese has only one present tense.

[PaulAbraha11]

Well that last statement isn't true - you can say "abro a lata" or "estou abrindo a lata" in Portuguese. They don't map one on one to I open and I am opening, though.

[GlennaSol]

"I opened the can" would be "Eu abri a lata"

[Kalinna7]

I said it perfectly and it still says I got it wrong!!! ugh