O restabelecimento demorou duas horas.

the time

Breakdown of O restabelecimento demorou duas horas.

• o: the
• demorar: to take time
• dois: two

Questions & Answers about O restabelecimento demorou duas horas.

What does restabelecimento mean here?

Restabelecimento means restoration, re-establishment, or recovery of service/function.

In this sentence, it most naturally refers to something being restored after an interruption, for example:

• electricity
• internet
• a connection
• normal service

So O restabelecimento demorou duas horas means that the process of restoring something took two hours.

Why is there O at the beginning?

O is the masculine singular definite article, meaning the.

It is used because restabelecimento is a masculine singular noun:

• o restabelecimento
• um restabelecimento

Portuguese uses the definite article more often than English, so O restabelecimento sounds natural where English might say the restoration.

How do we know restabelecimento is masculine?