Breakdown of O cheiro do pão quente é bom.
ser
to be
de
of / from / by (means of transport) / wearing (attire)
bom
good
o pão
the bread
quente
warm
o cheiro
the smell
Questions & Answers about O cheiro do pão quente é bom.
Why does it say do pão instead of just de pão?
In Portuguese, nouns usually need a definite article (o or a) even when talking about things in general. English says 'of warm bread', but Portuguese says 'of the warm bread'. The preposition de (of) merges with the masculine article o (the) to become do.
Why use é here instead of está?
The translation says 'warm bread', but doesn't quente mean 'hot'?
Yes, quente means both 'hot' and 'warm'. Portuguese does not have a separate everyday word for 'warm' when describing food or weather, so quente covers both depending on the context.
Why does quente come after pão?
In Portuguese, descriptive adjectives almost always come directly after the noun they describe. So 'warm bread' is written as pão quente (bread warm).
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