Word
A sanita está limpa.
Meaning
The toilet is clean.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of A sanita está limpa.
estar
to be (temporary / location)
limpo
clean
a sanita
the toilet (fixture)
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Questions & Answers about A sanita está limpa.
Why use está instead of é here?
Does sanita refer to the room or just the physical toilet bowl?
A sanita refers specifically to the actual porcelain fixture. If you want to talk about the room itself (like when asking where the restroom or bathroom is), you should use the phrase a casa de banho.
Why does the sentence end with limpa instead of limpo?
Describing words (adjectives) in Portuguese must match the gender of the noun they describe. Since sanita is a feminine noun, as shown by the feminine word for "the" (A), the adjective for clean must take its feminine form, limpa.