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[ribeicl1]

Two ways to say "Vamos chupar picolé" in English:

Let's eat some popsicle.
Let's have some popsicle.

Which one is more usual? Any other suggestion?

Thanks

Cesar Ribeiro

[murilo91]

Olá Cesar,

Não vejo mto "destaque", creio q as duas são bastante usadas. eu pelo menos vejo bastante o uso das duas.

"to eat", "to have" hmm que eu saiba, não há outros verbos para isso ( I mean VERBOS COMUNS, bastante usados) se tiver, nao to lembrado.

Thank you,

Murilo

[Henry Cunha]

You'd ask someone "Would you like (to have) a popssickle?"
But you'd probably say you were "sucking on a popsickle."
You don't normally "eat" a popsickle.
Regards

[murilo91]

Once I was correcting some english homeworks for my cousin, and all the kids wrote " to drink popsicle" I thought to myself, "ohhh God, is it really worng? cause all of them used the verb to Drink", then I asked a friend and she said " no no, it's wrong don't say "drink", say "eat".

I just think it's weird to use the verb "to suck" as my mind is dirty I see bad conotations there rsrsrsrs.

Regards

[Henry Cunha]

Yeah, maybe you`d eat a popsickle but certainly suck on a lollypop. Murilo, you do have a vivid imagination...
Regards

[maryziller]

Two ways to say "Vamos chupar picolé" in English:

Let's eat some popsicle.
Let's have some popsicle.

Which one is more usual? Any other suggestion?

Thanks

Cesar Ribeiro

The reason you cannot say have some popsicle is that he word 'popsicle' is a countable noun..
You can have a popsicle or 2 popsicles.
But you can say Let's have some popsicleS.

If you say you eat a popsicle it will be understood, but since popsicles are not nutritious, unless made from fruit juice, it is more normal to say "have a popsicle.

[Espanholita]

"Shall we eat/have(tomar - usar mais have) a popsicle?"

[Henry Cunha]

"Shall we eat/have(tomar - usar mais have) a popsicle?"

Como disse Mary, "Shall we have a popsickle?"

We don't really "eat" popsickles.

Regards