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Este casaco é muito fino para o frio.

Este casaco é muito fino para o frio.
This coat is too thin for the cold.
From Lesson 250:Fica-te bem (a roupa e as medidas)·Portuguese (Portugal)

Breakdown of Este casaco é muito fino para o frio.

o casaco
the coat
o frio
the cold
fino
thin, fine

Questions & Answers about Este casaco é muito fino para o frio.

Why is muito translated as 'too' instead of 'very' here?
In Portuguese, muito (very) is frequently used where English uses 'too' (meaning excessively), especially in everyday speech. You could also use demasiado (too much), so demasiado fino would also be correct, but muito fino is very natural and common.
Could I use magro instead of fino to say the coat is thin?
No, magro is strictly used for people or animals to mean 'thin' or 'skinny'. For inanimate objects like a coat, paper, or fabric, you must use fino.
Why use Este instead of Esse for 'This'?
Este is used for objects that are close to the speaker (this coat right here that I am holding or wearing). If you were talking about a coat close to the person you are speaking to, you would use esse (that coat near you).
Why is there an o before frio?
Portuguese usually requires a definite article before general concepts like weather conditions. English sometimes drops it, but Portuguese uses o frio to talk about the cold in a general sense.

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