Word
A refeição do dia custa oito euros.
Meaning
The meal of the day costs eight euros.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of A refeição do dia custa oito euros.
de
of / from / by (means of transport) / wearing (attire)
oito
eight
o euro
the euro
o dia
the day
Questions & Answers about A refeição do dia custa oito euros.
I see a before refeição. Are all words ending in -ção feminine?
Why is it do dia instead of just de dia?
In English, we say 'meal of the day,' and Portuguese does exactly the same. Do is a mandatory contraction of the preposition de (of) and the masculine article o (the). If you just said de dia, it would mean 'by day' or 'during the day'.
Does the number oito ever change depending on the gender of the noun?
No, oito never changes, meaning it stays exactly the same whether it counts masculine nouns (like euros) or feminine nouns. In Portuguese, only the numbers one (um and uma) and two (dois and duas), as well as the hundreds, change to match gender.
How do I pronounce the s at the end of euros here?