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Aquele deus tem muitos nomes.

Aquele deus tem muitos nomes.
That god has many names.
From Lesson 108:A vida e a morte (morrer, vivo)·Portuguese (Portugal)

Questions & Answers about Aquele deus tem muitos nomes.

Why use Aquele instead of Esse for "That"?
In Portuguese, aquele refers to something distant from both the speaker and the listener in space or time. If you meant "that god" the listener was just talking about, or one conceptually closer to the listener, you would use esse.
How do you make the word deus plural?
The plural is deuses. For Portuguese words ending in a stressed vowel followed by -s, you usually add -es to make them plural, similar to how mês (month) becomes meses.
Why is it muitos and not just muito?
When it means "many" or "a lot of" and describes a noun, muito must change to match the noun's gender and number. Because nomes (names) is masculine and plural, it becomes muitos. If it were used as an adverb meaning "very" (like in "very big"), it would not change and would stay as muito.
Does the verb tem (to have) work the same way here as it does in English?
Yes, in this sentence tem is used to show simple possession, just like "has" in English. However, as a quick reminder, Portuguese also uses ter where English uses "to be" for things like age (Ele tem vinte anos means "He is twenty years old") or physical states (Tenho fome means "I am hungry").

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