Learn Hardcore Portuguese (Brazil): O vencimento do boleto é amanhã, mas eu ainda posso pagar a primeira parcela hoje. - The due date of the bill slip is tomorrow, but I can still pay the first installment today.

Word

O vencimento do boleto é amanhã, mas eu ainda posso pagar a primeira parcela hoje.

Meaning

The due date of the bill slip is tomorrow, but I can still pay the first installment today.

Part of speech

sentence

Pronunciation

Course

Hardcore Portuguese (Brazil)

Lesson

Lesson 43

Breakdown of O vencimento do boleto é amanhã, mas eu ainda posso pagar a primeira parcela hoje.

Questions & Answers about O vencimento do boleto é amanhã, mas eu ainda posso pagar a primeira parcela hoje.

What does vencimento mean here?

In this sentence, vencimento means the due date of a payment. In Brazilian Portuguese, it is very common in financial language: data de vencimento = due date. So o vencimento do boleto means the boleto’s due date.

What exactly is a boleto?

A boleto is a very common Brazilian payment document, often called boleto bancário. It is used to pay bills, purchases, school fees, installments, and many other things. There is no perfect one-word equivalent in English, but payment slip or bank payment slip is a good approximation.

Why is it do boleto and not de o boleto?

Because Portuguese usually contracts de + o into do.

So:

de + o = do
de + a = da
de + os = dos
de + as = das

That means o vencimento do boleto literally comes from o vencimento de o boleto, but the contracted form do is the correct natural form.

Why does the sentence use é amanhã instead of será amanhã?