Breakdown of Costumo ver baratas na casa de banho às duas da manhã.
de
of / from / by (means of transport) / wearing (attire)
em
in / on / at
dois
two
a manhã
the morning
a
to / at (direction)
ver
to see
a casa de banho
the bathroom
costumar
to usually do
a barata
the cockroach
Questions & Answers about Costumo ver baratas na casa de banho às duas da manhã.
English uses the adverb usually, but here Portuguese uses a verb (costumo). How does this work?
In Portuguese, it is very common to express usually or to be in the habit of using the verb costumar followed by an infinitive. Here, costumo (I usually) is combined with the infinitive ver (to see) to mean I usually see.
Doesn't baratas also mean cheap? How can I tell the difference?
I have also heard banheiro for bathroom. Is casa de banho the normal way to say it in Portugal?
Yes, casa de banho is the standard term for bathroom or toilet in European Portuguese. Banheiro is the word used in Brazilian Portuguese, but in Portugal, a banheiro is actually a lifeguard!
Why do we use the feminine plural às before duas?
When telling time in Portuguese, the number is always feminine because it refers to the hidden word horas (hours). The expression combines the preposition a (at) with the feminine plural article as to create the contraction às.
Why is it da manhã and not de manhã or na manhã for in the morning?
When you specify a precise time on the clock, you use da (a contraction of de + a) to mean of the. So às duas da manhã literally translates to at two of the morning. If you were just saying in the morning generally without a specific time, you would use de manhã.
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