Quando a médica deu a boa notícia, as lágrimas vieram, mas minha mãe ficou com um sorriso no rosto.

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Breakdown of Quando a médica deu a boa notícia, as lágrimas vieram, mas minha mãe ficou com um sorriso no rosto.

• minha: my
• mas: but
• quando: when

Questions & Answers about Quando a médica deu a boa notícia, as lágrimas vieram, mas minha mãe ficou com um sorriso no rosto.

Why is it Quando a médica deu... and not Quando médica deu...?

In Portuguese, it is very common to use the definite article before nouns, including professions and family-related references in context.

So a médica means the doctor.
Leaving out the article and saying médica by itself would sound incomplete here.

This is one of the big differences from English:

• the doctor → a médica
• the news → a notícia
• the tears → as lágrimas

Why is it médica and not médico?

Because médica is the feminine form of doctor, used for a female doctor.

• o médico = the male doctor
• a médica = the female doctor

Portuguese nouns and articles usually show grammatical gender, and professions often change form depending on whether the person is male or female.

Why is the verb deu used here?