How to Say ‘The food will be there in ten minutes.’ in Portuguese
A comida chega daqui a dez minutos.
ah koo-MEE-dah SHAY-gah dah-KEE ah dez mee-NOO-toosh
[ah koo-MEE-dah SHAY-gah dah-KEE ah dez mee-NOO-toosh]
Phrase Breakdown
A comida chega
ah koo-MEE-dah SHAY-gah
The food arrives
Stress 'MI' in 'comida' and 'CHE' in 'chega'.
A comida chega quente.
The food arrives hot.
Words in this phrase
A
[ah]
the (feminine singular)
Same article "a" used before a feminine noun; often unstressed in speech.
A estação é ali à direita.
The station is right there on the right.
comida
[koo-MEE-dah]
food
A general word for what you eat at a restaurant.
Se gostar do prato, pode dizer: "A comida" está ótima.
If you like the dish, you can say: "The food" is great.
chega
[SHAY-gah]
arrives; (he/she/it) arrives
Third-person singular of “chegar” (to arrive). Used for a train’s arrival time.
O Alfa Pendular chega a Lisboa ao fim da tarde.
The Alfa Pendular arrives in Lisbon at the end of the afternoon.
daqui a dez minutos.
dah-KEE ah dez mee-NOO-toosh
in ten minutes.
A time expression meaning 'ten minutes from now'.
Saio daqui a dez minutos.
I'm leaving in ten minutes.
Words in this phrase
daqui
[dah-KEE]
from now
Contraction of 'de' + 'aqui'; with time expressions it means 'from now'.
Daqui a uma hora vou embora.
An hour from now I'm leaving.
a
[ah]
to
In European Portuguese, this particle is used with an infinitive to show an ongoing action.
Estou a aprender novas estratégias de networking.
I am learning new networking strategies.
dez
[dez]
Ten
This is the number 10 in Portuguese, used to count or specify quantities.
Ela viu dez filmes.
She watched ten movies.
minutos
[mee-NOO-toosh]
minutes
Plural of 'minuto', a minute; used to say how long it takes to get somewhere.
A estação fica a dez minutos daqui.
The station is ten minutes from here.
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