Learn Portuguese (Portugal): Ela perguntou se queríamos um cajuzinho ou um patezinho. - She asked if we wanted a little cashew or a little pâté.

Words that end in a stressed vowel usually take the suffix -zinho instead of -inho. Because caju ends in a stressed u, adding just -inho would create an awkward vowel crash, so we use -zinho to make the pronunciation flow smoothly.

Why does patezinho lose the accent mark from the original word patê?

When you add a suffix like -zinho, the spoken stress of the word moves to the new second-to-last syllable (the zi). Because the te syllable is no longer the strongest part of the word, it drops its written accent mark.

Why is queríamos in the imperfect indicative tense rather than the subjunctive?

The sentence reports a factual question asked in the past (like "Do you want some pâté?"). When using se to mean "if" or "whether" in reported speech, we use the indicative mood. The imperfect tense queríamos is used to show this was a state of wanting at that moment in the past.

Could we use pediu instead of perguntou to translate "she asked"?