Usages of a colher
Na cozinha, a panela está quente e a colher está na mesa.
In the kitchen, the pot is hot and the spoon is on the table.
Eu misturo o café com a colher, mas ela come o bolo com o garfo.
I stir the coffee with the spoon, but she eats the cake with the fork.
Na cozinha, ela não encontrou nem o garfo nem a colher, porque tudo ainda estava na mesa da sala.
In the kitchen, she found neither the fork nor the spoon, because everything was still on the living room table.
Quando minha mãe cozinha, ela deixa a panela aberta e coloca o garfo e a colher na mesa.
When my mother cooks, she leaves the pot open and puts the fork and the spoon on the table.
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