A vitrine daquela loja no shopping está bonita, mas eu quero ver o provador antes de comprar.

The display window of that store in the mall is beautiful, but I want to see the fitting room before buying.

Breakdown of A vitrine daquela loja no shopping está bonita, mas eu quero ver o provador antes de comprar.

• eu: I
• estar: to be
• querer: to want
• comprar: to buy

Questions & Answers about A vitrine daquela loja no shopping está bonita, mas eu quero ver o provador antes de comprar.

Why does the sentence start with A vitrine and not just vitrine?

Portuguese uses articles much more often than English. Here, a vitrine means the display window / the shop window. In English, we might sometimes drop the, but in Portuguese it is very normal to include it.

So:

• a vitrine = the window display
• uma vitrine = a window display

In this sentence, the speaker is talking about a specific one, so a is the natural choice.

What exactly does vitrine mean in Brazilian Portuguese?

Vitrine usually means a store window, shop window, or window display—the area where products are shown to attract customers.

In Brazilian Portuguese, it can refer both to:

• the physical front display window
• the arrangement of products shown there

A learner might also see that in European Portuguese, montra is more common for this idea.

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