traditional Brazilian meat skewers

Study Resource: Contractions with the definite article in Brazilian Portuguese

By: Ana Amélia Rodrigues dos Santos
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These activities are part of our Brazilian Portuguese Grammar series. The skills we are practicing here are covered in our article:

The following are contractions formed between and the in Brazilian Portuguese:

Definite article
Preposition
o(the)
a(the)
os(the)
as(the)
de(of/from)
do
da
dos
das
em(in/at)
no
na
nos
nas
por(for)
pelo
pela
pelos
pelas
a(to)
ao
à
aos
às

Check out our post on definite articles in Brazilian Portuguese to learn more!

Exception!

There is not a contraction of the preposition de/em/por + definite article in the following structure:
de/em/por + definite article + + .

  • Há a possibilidade de a aula começar mais cedo.

    There is the possibility that the class will start earlier.

  • A solução está em o estudante fazer toda a tarefa.

    The solution is for the student to do the entire homework.

  • Ele esperou por o João chegar.

    He waited for João to arrive.

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