Embora eu goste de fruta doce, hoje vou levar só melancia e ameixa.

Embora means although, even though, or though. It introduces a contrast:

• Embora eu goste de fruta doce = Although I like sweet fruit
• hoje vou levar só melancia e ameixa = today I’m only taking watermelon and plum

So the speaker is contrasting a general preference with today’s specific choice.

A very important grammar point: embora normally triggers the subjunctive, which is why the sentence uses goste and not gosto.

Because embora usually requires the subjunctive mood.

The verb here is gostar, and in the present subjunctive:

• eu goste
• você/ele/ela goste
• nós gostemos
• vocês/eles/elas gostem

So:

• Embora eu goste... = correct
• Embora eu gosto... = not standard

Portuguese often uses the subjunctive after words and expressions that introduce doubt, emotion, possibility, concession, or something non-factual in structure. Embora is one of the classic triggers.

Because gostar normally takes the preposition de.

So in Portuguese, you do not say:

• gostar fruta doce ❌

You say:

• gostar de fruta doce ✅

Examples:

• Eu gosto de café.
• Ela gosta de música brasileira.
• Nós gostamos de praia.

This is one of those verb-preposition combinations that just has to be learned as a unit: gostar de.

Both are possible, but they mean slightly different things.

Here, fruta doce is being used in a general, category-like sense: sweet fruit as a type of thing.

So:

• Eu gosto de fruta doce = I like sweet fruit / I like sweet kinds of fruit

If you said:

• Eu gosto de frutas doces

that would also be correct, and it may sound a little more like sweet fruits in general, with emphasis on plural items.

Portuguese often uses the singular for general categories, much like English can do with words like fruit.

Vou levar is the very common near future structure:

• ir in the present + infinitive

Here:

• vou = I go / I am going
• levar = to take / to bring / to carry

Together:

• vou levar = I’m going to take / I’ll take

This is one of the most common ways to talk about the future in Brazilian Portuguese.

Examples:

• Vou estudar amanhã. = I’m going to study tomorrow.
• Ela vai comprar pão. = She’s going to buy bread.

You could also use a simple future form like levarei, but in everyday Brazilian Portuguese, vou levar is much more natural.

In this sentence, levar is best understood as take.

Portuguese often distinguishes:

• levar = to take something away from where the speaker is
• trazer = to bring something toward where the speaker is

So:

• Hoje vou levar só melancia e ameixa = Today I’m only taking watermelon and plum

Depending on context, English might sometimes translate it as bring, but the core idea of levar is movement away from the speaker’s current point.

Here, só means only or just.

So:

• hoje vou levar só melancia e ameixa = today I’m only taking watermelon and plum

It limits the choice. The speaker may like sweet fruit in general, but today they are restricting themselves to those fruits.

In Brazilian Portuguese, só is very common in speech for only/just.

Examples:

• Quero só um café. = I only want a coffee.
• Foi só uma ideia. = It was just an idea.

Portuguese often omits articles when talking about foods or items in a general, indefinite way.

So:

• vou levar só melancia e ameixa = I’m only taking watermelon and plum

This sounds like unspecified amounts or just those types of fruit.

You could also hear articles in some contexts:

• vou levar só a melancia e a ameixa

That would sound more like specific, identifiable items: the watermelon and the plum or the watermelon and the plums/fruit already mentioned, depending on context.

Without the articles, the sentence sounds more natural for a general shopping/choosing situation.

They are singular because Portuguese often uses singular nouns to refer to a food item or type of food in a general way.

So:

• levar melancia e ameixa does not necessarily mean exactly one watermelon and one plum in a strict counting sense
• it can simply mean take watermelon and plum as choices or categories

This is similar to how English sometimes says:

• I bought apple and pear would sound odd in English, but with food categories English often uses mass-like expressions such as:
• I bought watermelon and plum

If you wanted to emphasize multiple individual fruits, you might use the plural:

• melancias e ameixas

But in this sentence, the singular sounds natural and generic.

Yes. Portuguese allows that.

You could say:

• Hoje vou levar só melancia e ameixa, embora eu goste de fruta doce.

This means the same basic thing: Today I’m only taking watermelon and plum, although I like sweet fruit.

Putting the embora clause first gives it a slightly more formal or structured feel and sets up the contrast earlier.

Also note the comma. When the embora clause comes first, a comma before the main clause is standard:

• Embora eu goste de fruta doce, hoje vou levar...

It is grammatical and natural, but embora can sound a little more formal or written than some everyday alternatives.

In casual speech, Brazilians might also say:

• Mesmo que eu goste de fruta doce...
• Apesar de eu gostar de fruta doce...
• Eu gosto de fruta doce, mas hoje vou levar só melancia e ameixa.

The version with mas is especially common in everyday conversation because it is simpler and more direct.

Still, the original sentence is perfectly good Brazilian Portuguese.