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Nós queremos comer o bife.

Nós queremos comer o bife.
We want to eat the steak.
From Lesson 46:The verb to want (querer)·Portuguese (Portugal)

Breakdown of Nós queremos comer o bife.

nós
we
comer
to eat
querer
to want
o bife
the steak

Questions & Answers about Nós queremos comer o bife.

Why is comer in its full form instead of being conjugated?
This is the main rule for using the verb querer (to want). When you want to do an action, you conjugate querer to match the person doing it (here, queremos for 'we want'), and leave the second verb in its base, unchanged form (the infinitive). So, 'we want to eat' is perfectly translated as queremos comer.
Can I drop the word Nós and just say Queremos comer o bife?
Yes, absolutely! In Portuguese, the verb ending usually tells you who is doing the action. Since queremos can only mean 'we want', the word Nós is optional. Including it just adds a little extra emphasis, like saying 'We want to eat the steak.'
Does bife just mean 'beef'?
Not exactly! Even though it comes from the English word 'beef', in Portuguese bife specifically means a 'steak'. If you want to talk about beef as a type of meat in general, you would say carne de vaca (literally 'cow meat').
Why do we need o before bife?
O is the masculine singular word for 'the', used here because bife is a masculine noun. Just like in English where you say 'the steak', Portuguese uses o bife to show you want a specific steak, not just steak in general.

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