Polyglot Dictionary

café da manhã

/kaˈfɛ dɐ mɐˈɲɐ̃/

o noun A1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
os cafés da manhã

Meaning

  1. breakfast

    Built from café (coffee) + da (of the) + manhã (morning).

    • O café da manhã está pronto.

      Breakfast is ready.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • café coffee
  • da of the
  • manhã morning

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Frühstück

Frühstück is the German word for the same thing — both mean "breakfast."

Spanish

desayuno

desayuno is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "breakfast."

French

petit-déjeuner

petit-déjeuner is the French word for the same thing — both mean "breakfast."

Practice

1 What does café da manhã mean?

2 Fill the gap: O café da ___ está pronto.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches café da manhã?

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