O marido perdeu a ronda.

The base form is perder, which means to lose or to miss, depending on context.

In O marido perdeu a ronda, perdeu is the 3rd person singular form, used with o marido.

So:

• perder = to lose / to miss
• perdeu = he lost / he missed

Because the subject is o marido, the verb means he lost / he missed.

Perdeu is in the pretérito perfeito simples, which is the normal simple past for a completed action in Portuguese.

It tells you that the action happened and is finished:

• ele perde = he loses / he is losing
• ele perdeu = he lost / he missed

So the sentence describes one completed past event.

It can mean both.

Common uses:

• perder as chaves = to lose the keys
• perder o comboio = to miss the train
• perder a ronda = to miss the round / patrol

So the exact English translation depends on what the object is. With a ronda, missed is often the most natural English choice.

Because Portuguese usually uses an article before a specific noun much more often than English does.

Here, o marido means the husband:

• o = masculine singular definite article
• marido = husband

In English, we sometimes omit the in places where Portuguese would still use an article, but in this sentence o marido is the normal form.

Because ronda is a feminine singular noun, so it takes the feminine singular article a.

So:

• o marido = the husband
• a ronda = the round / the patrol

This is a basic agreement pattern in Portuguese:

• o for masculine singular nouns
• a for feminine singular nouns

Ronda can mean several related things, depending on context, such as:

• a round
• a patrol
• an inspection round
• a regular circuit or check

For example, in military, police, security, hospital, or watchman contexts, ronda often means a patrol or routine round.

So the exact English word depends on the situation, even though the Portuguese word stays the same.

Yes. This is the standard subject + verb + object order:

• O marido = subject
• perdeu = verb
• a ronda = direct object

That makes it a very typical Portuguese sentence pattern, and it matches English word order quite closely here.

A rough European Portuguese pronunciation is:

u muh-REE-du pehr-DEU uh RON-du

A few important points:

• o at the start is usually pronounced like u
• marido has stress on ri
• perdeu has stress on the last syllable
• ronda has stress on ron
• the r in ronda is a tapped/flapped r

European Portuguese also reduces unstressed vowels a lot, so it may sound more compressed than Brazilian Portuguese.

Normally, no. In this sentence, a ronda is the natural form.

Portuguese usually needs an article with a specific countable noun like this:

• perdeu a ronda = missed the round / patrol

If you changed the meaning, you might use something else:

• perdeu uma ronda = missed a round
• perdeu rondas = missed rounds

But perdeu ronda by itself would not sound natural in standard usage here.

Yes, Portuguese often allows that, because the verb form gives information about the person.

So if the context is already clear, you could say:

• Perdeu a ronda.

That can still mean:

• He missed the round
• or she missed the round

But in the full sentence, o marido is included to make the subject explicit.

To make it negative, add não before the verb:

• O marido não perdeu a ronda. = The husband did not miss the round.

To make it a yes/no question, you can keep the same word order and use rising intonation in speech, or a question mark in writing:

• O marido perdeu a ronda? = Did the husband miss the round?

Portuguese often forms simple yes/no questions this way, without needing an extra helping verb like did in English.