Word
Quero comer uma salada no café.
Meaning
I want to eat a salad at the café.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Quero comer uma salada no café.
um
a / an / some (all forms)
no
in the / on the / at the (m, f, pl forms: na, nos, nas)
o café
the café
comer
to eat
Questions & Answers about Quero comer uma salada no café.
Why is there no word for "to" between Quero and comer?
Where is the word for "I" in this sentence?
Why does the sentence use no for "at the"?
The word no is a mandatory contraction (a blended word) of the preposition em (in/at) and the masculine word for "the", which is o. Because café is a masculine noun, we combine em + o to make no.
Can café mean both the drink and the place?
Yes! In Portuguese, café refers to both the drink (coffee) and the physical coffee shop (the café). Since the sentence uses no (at the) to talk about a location, we know it means the physical place here.