“Where is the bus stop?” in Portuguese (English × Portuguese)

When to use it

Use it to ask someone in the street where the bus stop is. In Brazil you will also hear "ponto de ônibus", which means the same thing.

“Where is the bus stop?” · The sentence in English

"Where is the bus stop?" is a question about location. "Where" opens the question, and "is", a form of the verb "to be", comes right after it. "The bus stop" is the subject: "bus" says what kind of stop it is and "stop" is the main word.

Where

adverbquestion word asking about place

is

verbbe · tense: present · person: third · number: singular · form of "to be"; here it says where something is

the

determinerdefinite article

bus

nounnoun; it says what kind of stop

stop

nounnoun; the main word of "bus stop"

“Onde fica a parada do ônibus?” · The sentence in Portuguese

In Portuguese, "Onde fica a parada do ônibus?" also starts with the question word, "onde". The verb is "fica", from "ficar", which Brazilians use to say where a place is located. "A parada" is feminine, and "do ônibus" is a contraction of "de" + "o" followed by "ônibus", the word for bus.

Onde

adverbquestion adverb of place: "where"

fica

verbficar · tense: present · mood: indicative · person: third · number: singular · "to be located"; Portuguese often uses "ficar" for where places are

a

determinerdefinite article, feminine singular: "the"

parada

nounfeminine noun: "stop"

do

contractioncontraction of "de" + "o": "of the"

ônibus

nounmasculine noun: "bus"; same form in singular and plural

What changes from one language to the other · English × Portuguese

English builds a compound noun, "bus stop", with the bus first and no preposition. Portuguese puts the main word first, "parada", and adds "do ônibus" after it. Portuguese also uses "ficar" instead of "ser" or "estar" for location, so a word-for-word translation of "is" would sound unnatural.

Example conversation