Breakdown of A impressora do gabinete não trabalha.
não
not / no
de
of / from / by (means of transport) / wearing (attire)
trabalhar
to work
o gabinete
the office (room), the study
a impressora
the printer
Questions & Answers about A impressora do gabinete não trabalha.
Wait, doesn't gabinete mean a cabinet?
It can mean a political cabinet, but for physical rooms, gabinete means a private office, study, or workspace. For a kitchen cabinet or cupboard, you would use armário. You might already know escritório for office, but gabinete usually implies a smaller, individual room.
I thought trabalhar meant a person working. Can a machine trabalhar?
Yes! While you will often hear funcionar (to function) for machines, in European Portuguese it is completely normal to say a machine or electronic device trabalha when it is running or operating properly.
Why use do instead of just de before gabinete?
do is the mandatory contraction of de (of) and o (the). Portuguese requires the definite article here, so you are literally saying the printer of the office, rather than the printer of office.
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