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Ela toma notas no telemóvel.

Ela toma notas no telemóvel.
She takes notes on her phone.
From Lesson 298:O trabalho e os papéis (chumbar, a greve)·Portuguese (Portugal)

Breakdown of Ela toma notas no telemóvel.

o telemóvel
the mobile phone
tomar notas
to take notes

Questions & Answers about Ela toma notas no telemóvel.

Why is it no telemóvel instead of a literal translation for "on the phone"?
In Portuguese, the preposition em is used for interacting with devices and screens. When combined with the masculine article o, it becomes no. So you do things no telemóvel (on the phone), no computador (on the computer), and na televisão (on the TV).
The translation says "her phone", but I don't see a word for "her" in the Portuguese sentence. Why?
Portuguese often drops possessive words like seu or sua when the owner is obvious from the context. Saying Ela toma notas no telemóvel is much more natural and common than adding the possessive to make it no seu telemóvel.
Could I use the verb tirar to mean "taking" notes?
No, the fixed expression for writing down notes is tomar notas. While you use tirar for taking pictures (tirar fotos) or physically removing something, recording written information requires the verb tomar.
Is telemóvel the only word used for a mobile phone?
In Portugal, yes! Telemóvel is the standard European Portuguese word. You might already know the word celular, but that is strictly used in Brazilian Portuguese and sounds foreign in Portugal.

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