Questions & Answers about Ela deixou um recado no meu telemóvel.
What exactly does recado mean here? Is it a voicemail, a message, or a text?
In Portugal, recado is a short message left for someone to pass on. On the phone, deixar um recado often implies leaving a voicemail, but it can also be a message someone took for you. For texts or app messages, people usually say mensagem (or SMS for a plain text).
Could I say Ela deixou uma mensagem no meu telemóvel instead?
Why is it no and not em o?
Portuguese contracts the preposition em with the definite article:
Why is there a definite article with the possessive in no meu telemóvel?