Word
O café está ao pé do parque.
Meaning
The café is next to the park.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of O café está ao pé do parque.
do
of the / from the (do, da, dos, das)
estar
to be (temporary / location)
o café
the café
o parque
the park
Questions & Answers about O café está ao pé do parque.
Why use está instead of é? The café isn't going to move!
Does ao pé literally mean 'to the foot'?
Yes! While pé means foot, the phrase ao pé de is a very common everyday idiom in Portugal that simply means 'next to' or 'near'. You will hear it all the time.
Why do we say do parque instead of just de parque?
The full expression for 'next to' is ao pé de. In Portuguese, we also need to use the word 'the' before most nouns, like the park (o parque). When the preposition de (of) meets the article o (the), they merge together to form the contraction do.
How do I know if café means the drink or the building?
Just like in English, the word café is used for both the coffee beverage and the place you go to drink it. You can always tell which one it is from the context of the sentence.