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Forget the famous food chains, if you want a burger in Brazil, check out the guy with the corner stand. Brazilian X-tudo comes with all the extras, and when we day “tudo” we mean everything. Bring it on, and bring on a lesson to talk about it in Portuguese.
| A: | De preferência, o que você gosta de colocar no X-Tudo? What do you like to put on your X-tudo burger? | |
| B: | Bom, como dizem, com tudo: carne, bacon, presunto, queijo, alface, tomate, cebola, tudo. Well, as they say, with everything: meat, bacon, ham, cheese, lettuce, tomato, onion, everything. | |
| A: | E que tal o maionese ou ovo? How about mayonnaise and egg? | |
| B: | O ovo sim, mais prefiro o catchup a maionese. Egg yes, but I prefer ketchup to mayonnaise. |
Hello,
Why is it not
Do que mayonnaise? I don’t quite understand this “a” before verbs but u see it a lot. For example “daqui a pouco”
Whoops that a decent example but I meant before verbs like “tenho uma imagem a zelar”
Super question Joe. In fact it could be both. Think of the English phrases: “I like ketchup more than mayonnaise” or “I prefer ketchup to mayonnaise.” Basically we have the same option in Portuguese. Myself, I probably would have said it the way you do Joe, “gosto de maionese mais do que ketchup.” but either is fine.