Breakdown of A bicicleta custa trezentos euros.
a bicicleta
the bicycle
o euro
the euro
custar
to cost
trezentos
three hundred
Questions & Answers about A bicicleta custa trezentos euros.
Why does the number trezentos end in '-os'? Can numbers be masculine or feminine?
Yes! In Portuguese, the numbers 1, 2, and all the 'hundreds' from 200 upwards change their endings to match the gender of the noun they are counting. Since euros is a masculine word, we use the masculine form trezentos. If you were buying three hundred chairs (cadeiras, which is feminine), it would be trezentas cadeiras.
How do I pronounce the word euros in Portuguese?
It sounds quite different from the English 'you-rows'. The eu vowel combination makes an 'eh-oo' sound. Also, in European Portuguese, an s at the very end of a word is usually pronounced like an English 'sh'. So, the word sounds more like 'eh-oo-roosh'.
Is custa related to the English word 'cost'?
They are very similar because they share the same root! The Portuguese verb is custar (to cost). Because we are talking about one bicycle (an 'it'), we use the singular form of the verb, which is custa. If we were talking about two bicycles, it would be custam.
I know the word for 'three' is três. How does it become trezentos?
The word trezentos is built by combining três (three) and centos (hundreds). To make the word flow better when speaking, the 's' in três turns into a 'z' sound, creating trezentos.
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