"O cão é do menino."

Translation: The dog belongs to the boy.

[atlas85]

"It is the boy's dog" should be an acceptable answer

[paty.migue]

agree with you

[CheBoludo]

It's the boy's dog would probably be translated like this: é o cão do menino

[jpetro99]

what is the difference between cachorro and cão?

[mastakhan]

Would like to know this too

[james.wedgwood]

According to Wikipedia, "cachorro" is an alternative word for "cão," used in Brazilian Portuguese.

[coin-quin]

I think it cachorro is used in Brazil and cão in Portugal

[bretnoble]

No mistake here. "It's the boy's dog" and "the boy's dog" are not interchangeable with "The dog is the boy's," regardless of the language.

"It's the boy's dog" = é o cão do menino
"the boy's dog" = o cão do menino

[rduclasjr]

I put the "the dog is for the boy", why isn't that acceptable?

[miradorada]

the dog is not 'for' the boy, it's 'of' the boy

[tmb7418]

I had put down that the dog belongs to the boy....what do you guys think?

[samosborn88]

that is now an acceptable answer, it seems

[dcf1947]

Poor decision not to allow perfectly acceptable alternative!