{"id":7210,"date":"2016-08-21T16:05:08","date_gmt":"2016-08-21T16:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/?p=7210"},"modified":"2016-08-21T16:05:08","modified_gmt":"2016-08-21T16:05:08","slug":"palavras-para-medida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/palavras-para-medida\/","title":{"rendered":"Palavras para medida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In Portuguese we have measure words just like in English. We use them to indicate the quantity of something. Normally, these words are employed along with a number to express the amount or measure of uncountable nouns (such as water, cheese, money, etc); Whenever we\u2019re dealing with uncountable nouns, it\u2019s necessary to specify the unit of measurement (a cup, a slice, a box, etc).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">Measure words are countable and can be used in the plural or singular form: um peda\u00e7o, dois peda\u00e7os (a piece, two pieces)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">So today we\u2019ll see some of these words, followed by examples. Vamos nessa! (Let\u2019s do it!)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Key works: quantidade (quantity), medida (measure)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7222\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/08\/pic-um.png\" alt=\"pic um\" width=\"287\" height=\"224\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">uma x\u00edcara de caf\u00e9(a cup of coffee)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">uma x\u00edcara de ch\u00e1 (a cup of tea)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">uma x\u00edcara de leite (a cup of milk)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7211\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/08\/pic-2.png\" alt=\"pic 2\" width=\"269\" height=\"288\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">uma lata de cerveja (a can of beer)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">uma lata de atum (a can of tuna)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">uma lata de milho (a can of corn)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7212\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/08\/pic-3.png\" alt=\"pic 3\" width=\"290\" height=\"232\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">uma tigela de cereal (a bowl of cereal)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">uma tigela de sopa (a bowl of soup)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">uma tigela de arroz (a bowl of rice)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7213\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/08\/pic-4.png\" alt=\"pic 4\" width=\"306\" height=\"194\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">um gr\u00e3o de arroz (a grain of rice)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">um gr\u00e3o de areia (a grain of sand)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">um gr\u00e3o de caf\u00e9 (a grain of coffee)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7214\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/08\/pic-5.png\" alt=\"pic 5\" width=\"278\" height=\"287\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">um copo d\u2019\u00e1gua (a glass of water)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">um copo de refrigerante (a glass of soda)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">um copo de suco (a glass of juice)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(a <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">glass<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> of wine: uma<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> ta\u00e7a<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> de vinho)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7215\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/08\/pic-6.png\" alt=\"pic 6\" width=\"326\" height=\"340\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">uma garrafa de \u00e1gua (a bottle of water)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">uma garrafa de vinho (a bottle of wine)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">uma garrafa de refrigerante (a bottle of soda)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7216\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/08\/pic-7.png\" alt=\"pic 7\" width=\"283\" height=\"279\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">um saco de farinha (a bag of flour)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">um saco de arroz (a bag of rice)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">um pacote de a\u00e7\u00facar (a bag of sugar)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(shopping bag: sacola)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7217\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/08\/pic-8.png\" alt=\"pic 8\" width=\"395\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/08\/pic-8.png 395w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/08\/pic-8-350x263.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 395px) 100vw, 395px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">uma caixa de leite (a carton of milk)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">uma caixa de suco (a carton of juice)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">uma caixa de cereal (a box of cereal)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">uma caixa de sab\u00e3o em p\u00f3 (a box of detergent)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7218\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/08\/pic-9.png\" alt=\"pic 9\" width=\"342\" height=\"245\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">uma colher de sal (a spoon of salt)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">uma colher de a\u00e7\u00facar (a spoon of sugar)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">uma colher de mel (a spoon of honey)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">uma colher de vinagre (a spoon of vinegar)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">uma colher de rem\u00e9dio (a spoon of medicine)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7219\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/08\/pic-10.png\" alt=\"pic 10\" width=\"354\" height=\"243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/08\/pic-10.png 354w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/08\/pic-10-350x240.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">uma barra de sabonete (a bar of soap)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">uma barra de ouro (a bar of gold)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">uma barra de chocolate (a bar of chocolate)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7220\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/08\/pic-11.png\" alt=\"pic 11\" width=\"330\" height=\"257\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">uma gota de sangue (a drop of blood)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">uma gota de \u00f3leo (a drop of oil)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">uma gota de \u00e1gua (a drop of water)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7221\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/08\/pic-12.png\" alt=\"pic 12\" width=\"302\" height=\"245\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">um rolo de filme (a roll of film)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">um rolo de papel (a roll of paper)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">um rolo de fita (a roll of tape)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7223\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/08\/pic-13.png\" alt=\"pic 13\" width=\"305\" height=\"273\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">uma fatia de bolo (a slice of cake)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">uma fatia de pizza (a slice of pizza)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">uma fatia de torta (a slice of pie)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">uma fatia de queijo (a slice of cheese)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(you can also use the word <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">peda\u00e7o<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> = piece)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Exemplos:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Voc\u00ea acredita que eu comi uma <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">barra <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">de chocolate inteira durante o filme? (Can you believe I ate an entire <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">bar<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> of chocolate during the movie?)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Eu sempre come\u00e7o minhas manh\u00e3s com uma <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">tigela<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> de cereal (I always start my mornings with a <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">bowl<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> of cereal)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Uma <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">lata<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> de Coca-cola tem 140 calorias (A <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">can<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> of coke has 140 calories)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Para essa receita, voc\u00ea vai precisar de uma <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">x\u00edcara<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> de leite (For this recipe, you\u2019ll need a <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">cup<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> of milk)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Quando for ao supermercado, pode trazer um <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">pacote<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> de farinha? (When you go to the supermarket, can you get me a <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">bag<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> of flour?)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Aceita uma <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">x\u00edcara <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">de ch\u00e1? (Would you like a <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">cup<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> of tea?)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">S\u00f3 tomei duas<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> ta\u00e7as<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> de vinho e j\u00e1 estou me sentindo b\u00eabada (I only had two <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">glasses<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> of wine and I already feel tipsy)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dizem que tomar uma <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">colher <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">de vinagre por dia ajuda a perder peso (They say eating a <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">spoon<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> of apple vinegar a day helps you lose weight)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Uma <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">gota<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> de sangue cont\u00e9m mais de duzentos milh\u00f5es de c\u00e9lulas (A <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">drop<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> of blood contains over two hundred million cells)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">O brasileiro m\u00e9dio consome duas x\u00edcaras de caf\u00e9 por dia (The average Brazilian drinks two cups of coffee a day)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tenham um boa semana!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Have a good week! <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"305\" height=\"273\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/08\/pic-13.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><p>In Portuguese we have measure words just like in English. We use them to indicate the quantity of something. Normally, these words are employed along with a number to express the amount or measure of uncountable nouns (such as water, cheese, money, etc); Whenever we\u2019re dealing with uncountable nouns, it\u2019s necessary to specify the unit&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/palavras-para-medida\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":7223,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[6,1851,13],"tags":[8893,379465,379464],"class_list":["post-7210","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-grammar","category-learning","category-vocabulary","tag-measure-words","tag-medida","tag-palavras-de-medida"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7210"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7210\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7224,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7210\/revisions\/7224"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}