"O menino termina a refeição."

Translation: The boy finishes the meal.

[almondmilk]

refeição is feminine despite ending in o?

[mgaristova]

Most (if not all) words ending in -ção (not just -o) are feminine.

[henriquotto]

Yes, that's true. I guess the only exception is "O coração" (The heart)

[peterjoel58]

Why is "The boy finishes his meal" not acceptable?

[Paulenrique]

I think it should also be accepted. Just report.

[Oni]

Perhaps Duolingo wants to emphasize the "possession" lesson.
I think "his" would be "O menino termina a sua refeição"
needing "sua"

[todji]

In cases like this "...a refeicao" can be translated as "his"- you don't need "sua". Peter's translation is correct and should be accepted.

[todji]

does this mean that the boy ate all of his food, or that he that he ended the meal so everyone had to leave? Or either, like in english?

Could this be translated as "the boy ends the meal" I guess is another way of phrasing the question?

[LizMV]

why not lunch?

[Felinagrace]

"Lunch" is "almoço".

[Gregorgrish]

Thought no article is required before the names of meals and meal itself in English, am I wrong?

[Luis_Domingos]

Yes - "the meal", but, "breakfast" (not the breakfast), "lunch" (not the lunch), "dinner" (not the dinner), and "supper" (not the supper).

[Scutigera]

It does depend. If it is a particular meal, such as the one I made, or the one they are having tomorrow at a friend's house, or the one they make at the restaurant, those could be the breakfast, the lunch, the dinner/supper. You want to try the lunch at the new café? You did not eat the breakfast I made you. They did not serve me the dinner I ordered. The supper at Joe's was outstanding. And so on.

[Luis_Domingos]

Good point :) Thanks a lot for complementing my post!

[Scutigera]

De nada. :)

Thank you for helping get all the Euro Portuguese on DL. :) :)

[deniseyw]

What is the difference between using menino and rapaz?

[todji]

age. menino is for really young boys, rapaz for prepubescent and young teenagers. Garoto is for older teens.

[space-odyssey]

I thought refeicão ment recipe?

[Luis_Domingos]

Recipe is "receita".

[djgirl315]

Why cant it be finished?

[Luis_Domingos]

"Finished" is past tense; "termina" is in the present.

[kearn.mcgh]

"Termina" should also mean "stops" right???

[Paulenrique]

To stop = parar/interromper.