A bomba de bicicleta funciona bem.

well

Breakdown of A bomba de bicicleta funciona bem.

• funcionar: to function
• o: the
• a bomba de bicicleta: a bicycle pump

Questions & Answers about A bomba de bicicleta funciona bem.

Why is it a bomba and not uma bomba?

A means the, while uma means a/an.

So:

• a bomba = the pump
• uma bomba = a pump

In this sentence, a is used because the speaker is referring to a specific bicycle pump, or to the bicycle pump in a general, identifiable sense.

Why is bomba feminine?

In Portuguese, nouns have grammatical gender. Bomba is a feminine noun, so it takes the feminine singular article a.

That is why you get:

• a bomba
• not o bomba

This is something you usually just have to learn with the noun.

What does de bicicleta mean here?