How do you express how long something will take in Portuguese?
Like, "The plane takes three hours to get to London.", "It takes two hours to walk to the nearest beach." or "She takes forever to do her makeup.".
I've seen "levar tempo" and "vai demorar" and I'm wondering if there's a set rule for using either, or if one is more common than the other. Or if there's another way of saying this that I've missed out. Thanks in advance!
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There isn't a specific rule to use the "How long does it take" as there is in english.
But, you can use some expression, as you said:
"Leva uma hora para eu ir à escola" = It takes an hour for me to go to school.
"Vai demorar um mês para o prédio ficar pronto" = It will take a month to get ready the building.
"Eu demoro dez minutos para me arrumar" = I take ten minutes to get ready.
"Leva tempo para aprender português" = Learning portuguese takes some time.
O "vai demorar" can be use in the started of a question or as a simple answer:
- Vai demorar para você ir embora? = "Will it take to you go away?"
- Sim, vai demorar - Yes, it will.
I hope this helped :)
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In these situations it is better " Vai demorar". For Portuguese speaker the sound is better. I think only the sentence "she takes forever to do her makeup" you can use " levar tempo" like this" Ela vai levar um tempo para se maquear" or "Ela Vai demorar um tempo para se maquear"
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