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Cem gramas de café, por favor.

Cem gramas de café, por favor.
A hundred grams of coffee, please.
From Lesson 133:As medidas e as quantidades (a dúzia, tanto)·Portuguese (Portugal)

Questions & Answers about Cem gramas de café, por favor.

Why isn't there a word for "a" or "one" before cem?
In Portuguese, you don't use um (one/a) before 100. The word cem already means "one hundred" or "a hundred" all on its own.
When should I use cem versus cento?
Use cem when you mean exactly 100. You use cento when you are adding more numbers to it, like cento e um (101) or cento e vinte (120).
Words ending in "-a" are usually feminine. Is gramas feminine here?
No, when talking about units of weight, grama is masculine (o grama). Because cem has no gender, it doesn't change here. However, it's important to remember for other amounts: "two hundred grams" is duzentos gramas, not duzentas gramas. (Fun fact: a grama as a feminine word means "the grass"!)
Do we always need de after the measurement?
Yes, when you specify an amount or measurement of something, you connect the amount and the item with de (of). So, "grams of coffee" translates directly to gramas de café.

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