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Põe a sopa no micro-ondas.

Põe a sopa no micro-ondas.
Put the soup in the microwave.
From Lesson 159:Dentro de casa (a mobília, o micro-ondas)·Portuguese (Portugal)

Questions & Answers about Põe a sopa no micro-ondas.

Why is the verb põe and not pões if we are giving a command to 'you'?
This is an informal command for tu. In Portuguese, when you tell a friend to do something, you usually drop the -s from the normal tu present tense form. Since 'you put' is tu pões, the command becomes just põe.
Micro-ondas ends in an 's'. Why do we say no (in the) instead of the plural nos?
The word micro-ondas literally means 'microwaves', but when referring to the household appliance, it acts as a singular masculine noun. Because there is only one microwave oven being used here, we use the singular article o combined with em to make no.
How do I know if põe is a command or just saying 'he puts'?
You can tell by the context. If there is no subject like ele or ela in front of the verb and the sentence sounds like a direct instruction to someone, it is a command. Here, it is clearly an instruction to heat up the soup.
Could I use the verb colocar instead of pôr in this sentence?
Yes! Pôr and colocar both mean 'to put' or 'to place' and are very often interchangeable. You could say Coloca a sopa no micro-ondas and the meaning would be exactly the same. Pôr is simply more common in quick, casual speech.

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