Word
Divides o bolo com a rapariga.
Meaning
You share the cake with the girl.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Divides o bolo com a rapariga.
a rapariga
the girl
com
with
o bolo
the cake
dividir
to share / to divide
Questions & Answers about Divides o bolo com a rapariga.
How do we know who is sharing the cake if there is no word for 'you' in the sentence?
Why does divides translate to 'share'? Doesn't it mean 'divide'?
Yes, dividir literally means 'to divide'. However, in Portuguese, it is also the most common way to say 'to share' a physical thing with someone, like splitting a cake or a meal.
I've heard that rapariga can be a bad word. Is it safe to use?
In Portugal, rapariga is the standard, perfectly polite word for 'girl' or 'young woman'. It is only offensive in Brazil, where it is used as bad slang. Since you are learning European Portuguese, it is completely safe and necessary to use!
Do I always need the word a after com?
You need it here because you are saying 'with THE girl' (com a rapariga). The word com means 'with', and a means 'the' for feminine nouns. Unlike prepositions such as de or em which merge with a, com stays as a separate word.