Acho que esse cheiro de pão vem daquela padaria.

Yes. Acho que is a very common way to say I think (that) in Portuguese.

• acho = I think / I suppose / I find
• que = that

So Acho que... literally means I think that...

In everyday English, we often drop that. Portuguese can sound more natural with que included after acho when introducing a full clause.

Examples:

• Acho que vai chover. = I think it’s going to rain.
• Acho que ele chegou. = I think he arrived.

You can also say Eu acho que..., but Portuguese often drops the subject pronoun because the verb ending already shows who is doing the action.

Yes, absolutely.

• Acho que... = natural and very common
• Eu acho que... = also correct

In Portuguese, subject pronouns are often omitted when they are clear from the verb form. Since acho already means I think, eu is not necessary.

You might include eu:

• for emphasis
• for contrast
• to make the subject especially clear

For example:

• Eu acho que vem daquela padaria, mas ela acha que vem de outra.

In Brazilian Portuguese, esse is much more common than este in everyday speech.

Traditional grammar often teaches:

• este = this, near the speaker
• esse = that, near the listener
• aquele = that over there, farther away

But in real Brazilian usage, este is often replaced by esse, even when English would use this.

So esse cheiro is very natural in Brazil and often corresponds to this smell in English.

Cheiro de pão means smell of bread or bread smell.

The preposition de often links a noun to what it is associated with:

• cheiro de café = smell of coffee
• gosto de chocolate = taste of chocolate
• sabor de morango = strawberry flavor

Why not do pão?

• de pão sounds more general: a bread smell, the smell of bread
• do pão usually sounds more specific: the smell of the bread

Compare:

• cheiro de pão = the smell of bread in general
• cheiro do pão = the smell of a specific bread, probably one already mentioned or present in the situation

Good question. In Portuguese, cheiro is neutral. It can refer to a pleasant smell, a bad smell, or just a smell in general.

If you want to be more specific:

• cheiro bom = good smell
• cheiro ruim = bad smell
• mau cheiro = bad odor / stink

So in this sentence, cheiro de pão usually suggests a pleasant smell, but the word cheiro itself is not automatically positive or negative.

Yes. That is completely natural in Portuguese.

Vem is from the verb vir = to come.

In this sentence:

• esse cheiro de pão = the subject
• vem = comes
• daquela padaria = from that bakery

So Portuguese expresses this idea much like English can:

• That smell comes from the bakery.

Very natural examples:

• Esse barulho vem da rua. = That noise comes from the street.
• A luz vem da janela. = The light comes from the window.
• O cheiro vem da cozinha. = The smell comes from the kitchen.

Because the subject is singular: esse cheiro de pão.

The verb vir changes according to the subject:

• eu venho = I come
• você/ele/ela vem = you/he/she comes
• nós vimos = we come
• eles/elas vêm = they come

Here, the subject is esse cheiro = that/this smell, which is singular, so the correct form is vem.

Daquela is a contraction:

• de
  • aquela = daquela

So:

• de = from / of
• aquela = that (feminine, over there)

Because padaria is feminine, Portuguese uses aquela. And because de combines with feminine articles/demonstratives, you get the contracted form daquela.

Similar contractions:

• de + aquele = daquele
• de + aquela = daquela
• de + aquilo = daquilo
• de + essa = dessa
• de + esta = desta

This is about distance or reference.

• essa padaria = that bakery / this bakery, depending on context, often something relatively closer or already being referred to
• aquela padaria = that bakery over there, farther away, or more clearly distinct from others

So daquela padaria suggests from that bakery over there.

In Brazilian Portuguese, these distinctions can be somewhat flexible in everyday speech, but aquela still usually gives a stronger feeling of distance.

Because padaria is a feminine noun in Portuguese.

That affects the words around it:

• a padaria
• essa padaria
• aquela padaria
• daquela padaria

Many nouns ending in -aria are feminine:

• padaria = bakery
• farmácia is feminine too, though different ending
• papelaria = stationery store
• livraria = bookstore

You generally just have to learn the gender along with the noun.

In Brazilian Portuguese, padaria is the normal word for bakery. In practice, it often refers to the kind of local place where people buy bread, pastries, coffee, and sometimes other food items.

So depending on context, English could translate it as:

• bakery
• bread shop
• sometimes even bakery café or corner bakery

But bakery is the safest default translation.

Yes, the original word order is very natural:

Acho que esse cheiro de pão vem daquela padaria.

Portuguese does allow some flexibility, but this is the most straightforward order:

1. Acho que = I think that
2. esse cheiro de pão = this/that smell of bread
3. vem = comes
4. daquela padaria = from that bakery

You could change the order for emphasis, but the original is the most neutral and natural for learners to use.

Yes, but it changes the nuance.

• esse cheiro de pão = this/that smell of bread, referring to a smell you are noticing in the moment
• o cheiro de pão = the smell of bread, more general or already established in the conversation

So:

• Acho que esse cheiro de pão vem daquela padaria. = I think this/that bread smell is coming from that bakery.
• Acho que o cheiro de pão vem daquela padaria. = I think the smell of bread comes from that bakery.

Both are possible, but esse cheiro feels a bit more immediate and situational.

The sentence as written already sounds natural in Brazilian Portuguese.

In speech, a native speaker might pronounce it smoothly like this:

• Acho qu’esse cheiro de pão vem daquela padaria.

That does not mean the spelling changes; it just means que esse often blends together in fast speech.

You might also hear slight reductions in pronunciation, but the written sentence is completely standard and natural.