Question 1

Why does avaliação mean "review" here instead of "evaluation"?

Accepted Answer

While avaliação literally translates to "evaluation" or "assessment", it is the standard word used in Portuguese for a customer "review" of a product, service, or app. Another word you might see for a critical review (like a movie or book review) is crítica.

Question 2

I usually think of a "feature" as a característica. Why use funcionalidade?

Accepted Answer

Característica refers to any general trait or characteristic. However, when talking about tech, software, or tools, funcionalidade (literally "functionality") is the standard way to say "feature"—meaning something specific the product can do.

Question 3

How could I use no entanto or porém to add a contrasting thought to this sentence?

Accepted Answer

You could follow this sentence with a contrasting outcome. For example: A minha avaliação explica uma funcionalidade muito útil. No entanto, a aplicação continua a bloquear. (My review explains a very useful feature. However, the app keeps crashing.) Both no entanto and porém are perfect here to introduce an opposing idea.

Question 4

If the review explained multiple useful features, how would uma funcionalidade muito útil change?

Accepted Answer

It would become umas funcionalidades muito úteis. The adverb muito (very) stays the same because it is modifying the adjective, but the adjective útil must agree with the plural noun. Words ending in -il with the stress on the second-to-last syllable drop the -l and add -eis in the plural.

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