Phrase · ☕ At the café

Pode esquentar, por favor?

Can you heat it up, please?

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Why every word is where it is

Pode1verbcan (you)poder · present · 3rd sing.esquentar2verbheat upinfinitive,porpreposition(please)favornoun(please)masc. · sing.?

Word for word: “Can heat up, please?”

The notes match the numbers above.

1
Pode…? = can you…? The everyday request, with você understood. Verb + infinitive: querer, poder, precisar, saber, dever, conseguir →
2
esquentar = to heat up. No "it": Brazilians drop the object when it’s obvious.