O resultado foi ruim.

The result was bad.

Breakdown of O resultado foi ruim.

• ser: to be
• o resultado: the result
• ruim: bad; poor quality

Questions & Answers about O resultado foi ruim.

Why is it o resultado and not a resultado?

Because resultado is a masculine noun in Portuguese, so it takes the masculine singular article o.

• o resultado = the result
• a resposta = the answer
• o problema = the problem

There is not always a logical reason for a noun’s gender, so this is something you usually learn together with the noun: o resultado, not just resultado.

What tense is foi?

Foi is the third-person singular preterite form of the verb ser.

Here, it means was in the sense of a completed past event:

• eu fui = I was / I went
• você/ele/ela foi = you/he/she was
• o resultado foi ruim = the result was bad

So the sentence is talking about the result as something in the past.

Why does the sentence use foi instead of era?