Depois do duche, penduro a toalha na porta e guardo a pasta de dentes no armário.

Because do is a contraction of de + o.

• de = of / from / after
• o = the

So:

• de + o duche → do duche

In this sentence, Depois do duche means After the shower.

Portuguese very often contracts prepositions with articles:

• de + o → do
• de + a → da
• em + o → no
• em + a → na

You can also see that later in the sentence with na porta and no armário.

Yes. Duche means shower, especially in European Portuguese.

So:

• Depois do duche = After the shower

A learner should know that vocabulary can differ between European and Brazilian Portuguese. In Portugal, duche is very common. In Brazil, banho is often used in similar contexts, depending on the situation.

In European Portuguese, this sentence sounds natural and standard.

Penduro is the 1st person singular of the verb pendurar in the present tense:

• eu penduro = I hang
• tu penduras
• ele/ela pendura
• etc.

So here:

• penduro a toalha = I hang the towel

Portuguese often leaves out the subject pronoun eu because the verb ending already shows who is doing the action. So penduro by itself already means I hang.

Because Portuguese is a language where the subject pronoun is often omitted when it is clear from the verb ending.

Here:

• penduro already means I hang
• guardo already means I put away / store
• so eu is not necessary

The full version would be:

• Depois do duche, eu penduro a toalha na porta e eu guardo a pasta de dentes no armário.

But that sounds more repetitive than natural in normal speech. The version without eu is the usual one.

Portuguese uses definite articles much more often than English.

So where English often says:

• I hang the towel
• I put away the toothpaste

Portuguese naturally says:

• penduro a toalha
• guardo a pasta de dentes

This is completely normal. In Portuguese, using the article with everyday objects is very common.

Grammatically, na is a contraction of em + a, and em can mean in, on, at, depending on context.

So:

• na porta = on the door here

With pendurar (to hang), Portuguese often uses em where English uses on:

• pendurar na porta = to hang on the door
• pendurar na parede = to hang on the wall

So although na comes from em, the natural English translation here is on the door, not in the door.

No. Even though guardar looks a bit like English guard, here it means:

• to put away
• to store
• to keep

So:

• guardo a pasta de dentes no armário = I put the toothpaste away in the cabinet / cupboard

This is a very common verb in Portuguese for putting something back where it belongs.

Examples:

• Guardo a roupa no armário. = I put the clothes away in the wardrobe.
• Guarda o telemóvel na mala. = Put the phone in the bag.

In Portuguese, toothpaste is commonly expressed as pasta de dentes, literally paste of teeth.

Breakdown:

• pasta = paste
• de dentes = of teeth

Even though it has several words, it functions as one idea: toothpaste.

This is the normal term in European Portuguese.

Because the expression is fixed as pasta de dentes — literally paste for teeth / tooth paste.

Portuguese often uses the plural where English uses a singular form inside a compound word.

So although English says toothpaste, Portuguese says pasta de dentes with dentes = teeth.

That is simply the standard expression.

Because no is the contraction of em + o:

• em = in / on / at
• o armário = the cupboard / cabinet / wardrobe

So:

• em o armário → no armário

Here it means in the cupboard / cabinet.

This kind of contraction is required in normal Portuguese.

Armário is a storage unit such as a cupboard, cabinet, or sometimes wardrobe, depending on context.

In this sentence, because it is where the toothpaste is kept, the most natural English choice is probably:

• cupboard
• cabinet

So:

• guardo a pasta de dentes no armário = I put the toothpaste away in the cupboard/cabinet

Because the present tense in Portuguese, just like in English, is often used to describe a habit or routine.

So this sentence means something like:

• After showering, I hang the towel on the door and put the toothpaste away in the cupboard.

It is not necessarily talking about one single moment happening right now. It can describe what the speaker usually does.

Yes. A common alternative would be:

• Depois de tomar duche...
• Depois de tomar banho...

These mean:

• After taking a shower...

But Depois do duche is shorter and very natural. It uses a noun phrase (the shower) rather than a verb phrase (taking a shower).

Because the normal neutral word order in Portuguese is:

• verb + object + place

So:

• penduro = verb
• a toalha = object
• na porta = place

This gives:

• penduro a toalha na porta

Likewise:

• guardo a pasta de dentes no armário

You can change the order for emphasis, but this version is the most natural and straightforward.

Yes, it sounds clearly natural in European Portuguese, especially because of duche.

A Brazilian speaker would understand it, but might be more likely to say something different, depending on context, such as using banho instead of duche.

So for a learner focusing on Portuguese from Portugal, this sentence is perfectly appropriate.