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How to Say ‘What did you eat for dinner yesterday?’ in Portuguese

O que comeu ontem ao jantar?

oh keh koo-MEH-oo ohn-TENG OW zhan-TAR

[oh keh koo-MEH-oo ohn-TENG OW zhan-TAR]

Phrase Breakdown

O que comeu

oh keh koo-MEH-oo

What did you eat

Formal past-tense question. Say it smoothly: 'u kê ku-MÊU'.

Example

O que comeu ao almoço?

What did you eat for lunch?

Words in this phrase

[oh]

what

Used to refer to a thing or things previously mentioned or easily identified.

Example

O que é isso?

What is this?

que

[keh]

what (a)

Used in exclamations to express emphasis.

Example

Que jogo!

What a game!

comeu

[koo-MEH-oo]

did you eat (polite)

Past of 'comer'; same form used for polite 'you'.

Example

Já comeu hoje?

Have you eaten today?

ontem ao jantar?

ohn-TENG OW zhan-TAR

yesterday at dinner?

The time phrase completes the question. Let your voice rise at the end.

Example

Bebeu vinho ontem ao jantar?

Did you drink wine yesterday at dinner?

Words in this phrase

ontem

[ohn-TENG]

yesterday

A time word referring to the day before today.

Example

Mencionei «ontem» para recordar rapidamente qual foi o encontro.

I mentioned “yesterday” to quickly remind which meeting it was.

[OW]

at the, for

'a' + 'o'; here it means at a meal time.

Example

Bebi vinho ao almoço.

I drank wine at lunch.

jantar

[zhan-TAR]

dinner

Noun for the evening meal; also a verb meaning 'to have dinner'.

Example

O jantar é às oito.

Dinner is at eight.

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