Portuguese Phrase
Que sopa tem hoje?
Meaning
Literally: "What soup do they have today?" It is a quick way to ask about the soup of the day, usually in a cafeteria, school canteen, or restaurant that offers a daily soup.
When to use
Use this phrase when you want to know the soup of the day before ordering, when checking a menu board, or when chatting with a colleague about the lunch options.
✦Grammar Breakdown
Quesopatemhoje?
Que (interrogative adjective)
Used before a noun to ask "what/which". In questions it replaces "qual" when the noun is directly mentioned.
sopa (noun)
Feminine noun meaning "soup". Articles and adjectives agree in gender and number.
tem (verb ter)
Third‑person singular present of "ter" (to have). Here it works like "there is/are".
hoje (adverb)
Means "today" and typically follows the verb.
Question mark
In Portuguese the whole sentence is intonated as a question; the punctuation is placed at the end.
🗨In Conversation
Que sopa tem hoje?
What soup is there today?
Hoje tem sopa de legumes com cenoura e batata.
Today they have vegetable soup with carrot and potato.
✕Common Mistakes
Que sopa tem hoje?
While "Que" is understood, native speakers more often use "Qual" when asking about a specific item.
Tem hoje sopa?
Word order should be verb‑subject‑adverb; "tem hoje sopa" sounds unnatural.
Que sopa hoje?
Do not omit the verb "tem"; "Que sopa hoje?" is incomplete.
↔Alternatives
Qual é a sopa de hoje?
What is today’s soup?
Qual sopa está disponível hoje?
Which soup is available today?
O que tem de sopa hoje?
What soup do they have today?
Cultural Tip
In many Brazilian schools and workplaces a daily "sopa do dia" (soup of the day) is served as part of the lunch menu. Asking about it is very common and considered polite. Keep the tone friendly; you can add "por favor" for extra courtesy: "Que sopa tem hoje, por favor?"