Breakdown of O candeeiro do quarto não funciona.
o quarto
the bedroom / the room
o candeeiro
the lamp
funcionar
to work, to function
Questions & Answers about O candeeiro do quarto não funciona.
Does candeeiro mean the lightbulb or the whole lamp?
Candeeiro refers to the lamp fixture itself, like a desk lamp or bedside lamp. If you want to say the actual lightbulb doesn't work, you would use the word lâmpada. So if you change the lâmpada and it still doesn't turn on, the candeeiro is broken!
Why is the verb funcionar used here instead of trabalhar for 'to work'?
Why do we say do quarto instead of just de quarto?
In English, we often put two nouns together to describe something (like bedroom lamp), but in Portuguese, we use de (of) plus the second noun. We use do (a contraction of de + o) because we are referring to a specific bedroom. A candeeiro de quarto would mean a generic bedroom-style lamp, whereas o candeeiro do quarto means the lamp belonging to the specific bedroom we are talking about.
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