Breakdown of O miúdo está contente com o presente.
estar
to be (temporary / location)
com
with
o presente
the gift
o miúdo
the kid (colloquial)
contente
glad, pleased
Questions & Answers about O miúdo está contente com o presente.
Why do we use está instead of é in this sentence?
I usually see criança or menino for child. Is miúdo commonly used?
Yes, miúdo is extremely common in European Portuguese for a kid or little boy in everyday, informal speech. If it were a little girl, you would say miúda.
If the sentence was about a girl, would contente change to contenta?
No, it stays exactly the same. Adjectives that end in -e, like contente or triste (sad), are used for both masculine and feminine nouns. So it would simply be A miúda está contente.
Does presente only mean a gift?
Just like in English, presente can mean a gift or the present time. It also translates to present in the sense of being physically at an event, like answering a school roll call. Here, the context with the word com (with) makes it clear it is a gift.
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