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O calor em agosto é muito forte.

O calor em agosto é muito forte.
The heat in August is very strong.
From Lesson 106:O tempo lá fora (a nuvem, o nevoeiro)·Portuguese (Portugal)

Questions & Answers about O calor em agosto é muito forte.

Why is agosto written with a lowercase 'a'?
In Portuguese, months of the year like agosto (August), days of the week, and seasons are not capitalized unless they appear at the beginning of a sentence.
Why do we use em instead of no before agosto?
In European Portuguese, months generally don't take a definite article (o or a). Therefore, we just use the simple preposition em (in) rather than no (which is em + o).
Weather is often temporary, so why use é (from ser) instead of está (from estar)?
While you would use estar to describe how the weather is right now (like está calor - it is hot), this sentence makes a general, permanent statement about what August is always like. For facts and permanent characteristics, we use the verb ser (é).
Does the adjective forte change if it describes a feminine noun?
No, adjectives that end in -e, like forte (strong) or quente (hot), do not change for gender. They take the exact same form for both masculine and feminine nouns. They only add an -s if the noun is plural.
Why doesn't muito change its ending here?
In this sentence, muito means "very" and acts as an adverb describing the adjective forte. Adverbs never change their endings. If it meant "a lot of" and was describing a noun, it would change to match that noun's gender and number.

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