Portuguese Phrase

Você escovou os dentes?

/voˈse eskoˈvu uʃ ˈdẽ.tʃis/

Meaning"Did you brush your teeth?"

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Meaning

Literally, “Did you brush the teeth?” It asks whether the listener has already brushed their teeth. The question is usually asked after a meal, before bedtime, or when checking a child’s hygiene routine.

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When to use

Use this phrase in casual daily conversation with family, friends, or a dentist’s office. It’s common in the morning after waking up, at night before going to sleep, or after a meal when you want to confirm that oral hygiene has been performed.

✦Grammar Breakdown

Vocêescovouosdentes?

Pronoun – Você

‘Você’ is the informal second‑person singular pronoun in Brazilian Portuguese; it behaves like a third‑person singular noun for verb agreement.

Verb – escovar (pretérito perfeito)

‘Escovou’ is the third‑person singular form of the verb ‘escovar’ in the simple past (pretérito perfeito), used for a completed action.

Definite article – os

‘Os’ is the masculine plural definite article that agrees with the noun ‘dentes’.

Noun – dentes

‘Dentes’ means ‘teeth’; it is masculine plural, so it takes the article ‘os’.

Interrogative intonation

In spoken Portuguese, a rising intonation at the end of the sentence signals a yes/no question.