01:47 Dec 23, 2008 

You are so right Mary! North Americans are complicated !

22:55 Dec 22, 2008 

"Portuguese"...sorry, typo!

22:52 Dec 22, 2008 

Thanks Marlene and Jack. This is what's so confusing about this...in the US, there are double beds, King beds Queen beds which are all "cama de casal" and the only difference is in the size. I only have doubts about what would be the appropriate term to define each one in portugese....Oh boy, Americans really like to complicate things! Marlene, I also had a King size waterbed which I sold before I left the US and I miss spleeping on it so much!!! LOL. Jack, eu sei as diferenças, minha única dúvida é como traduzir a "Queen e "King" para o português desde que no Brasil o único termo usado é de casal. Obrigada pela ajuda!:)

22:45 Dec 22, 2008 

Actually, the British call them "single beds" and "double beds" (camas de solteiro e de casal). In the USA double beds are bigger and more spacious and they are called King and Queen (but they are "camas de casal", they are huge! . :)

22:35 Dec 22, 2008 

Double bed, Queen size bed and King size beds are all "camas de casal". Queen and King beds are just bigger than double beds.
Here in the USA, for instance there is the Twin Bed, also called Single Bed in England, which means "cama de solteiro". I sleep on a king size bed (cama de casal king).

22:20 Dec 22, 2008 

Ola Mary, queria te avisar para nao traduzir Queen bed como cama de casal. Cama de casal seria "double bed". Queen bed e' maior que o double bed, e King, maior ainda. Sao 4 os tamanhos nos EUA - twin (solteiro), double (casal), e depois tem Queen e King. ;) Boas festas!