How to Say ‘To put up a screen’ in Portuguese
Pôr um biombo
pohr oong bee-OHM-boo
[pohr oong bee-OHM-boo]
🇵🇹 In Portugal: A folding screen is a common way Portuguese restaurants carve out a semi-private corner for groups.
Phrase Breakdown
Pôr
[pohr]
to put / to place
Irregular verb meaning to set something somewhere.
Pode pôr a mesa aqui?
Can you put the table here?
um
[oong]
a
An indefinite article used before a masculine singular noun.
Em «um» prazer, o artigo introduz a expressão educada.
In “a” pleasure, the article introduces the polite expression.
biombo
[bee-OHM-boo]
folding screen
A movable partition used to divide a space.
O biombo separa as mesas.
The screen separates the tables.
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