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A sopa fria não é boa.

A sopa fria não é boa.
The cold soup is not good.
From Lesson 21:Adjective agreement and placement·Portuguese (Portugal)

Breakdown of A sopa fria não é boa.

ser
to be
não
not / no
bom
good
a sopa
the soup
frio
cold

Questions & Answers about A sopa fria não é boa.

Why is it sopa fria instead of fria sopa?
In English, we put the describing word before the noun. In Portuguese, adjectives usually come right after the noun they describe. So, it translates word-for-word as soup cold.
Why do both fria and boa end in the letter a?
Because they both describe the noun sopa (soup), which is a feminine word. In Portuguese, adjectives must match the gender of the noun. If we were talking about a masculine word like o prato (the plate), we would use the masculine forms: frio and bom.
Where does the word não go when making a negative sentence?
To make a sentence negative in Portuguese, you simply put the word não directly before the verb. Here, it goes right before é (is) to mean is not.
Why does this sentence use é instead of está?
We use é (from the verb ser) here because we are stating a general opinion about the quality of the cold soup. If you were at a restaurant and your hot soup arrived cold by mistake, you would use está (from the verb estar) to describe that temporary state: a sopa está fria.

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