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Uma Aventura Em Portimão

An Adventure in Portimão

Uma Aventura Em Portimão

An Adventure in Portimão

Raquel was sad when her parents told her they would be spending their summer holidays somewhere different than usual. Fortunately, it turned out to be an unforgettable trip to Portimão!

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  • 00:00:03A Raquel costuma passar as férias de verão com a sua família no Algarve. Raquel usually spends her summer holidays with her family in the Algarve.
  • 00:00:08Habitualmente, vão até Albufeira mas, desta vez, Usually, they go to Albufeira, but this time,
  • 00:00:12os pais escolheram ir para outra cidade e foram para Portimão. her parents chose to go to another city and they went to Portimão.
  • 00:00:18A Raquel ficou um pouco triste, Raquel was a little sad,
  • 00:00:20pois estava a contar ir visitar os amigos que vivem em Albufeira, because she was hoping to go visit her friends who live in Albufeira,
  • 00:00:25mas ela ainda estava longe de imaginar but she was still far from imagining
  • 00:00:28o que iria acontecer durante as férias. what would happen during the holidays.
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Comments

  • First time I’ve heard ‘Rato Mickey’ and ‘Pato Donald’ – it made me chuckle for some reason!
    Also, Fernanda’s voice sounds very typical of the people I encounter day to day in Portugal, so it’s nice to hear.

  • Hi
    Please could you tell me why it’s “até a Albufeira “ ? Why is the até there?

    Also, why is it “para Portimão “ when it’s just a holiday, not going to live there, or spend a lot of time there?

    Many thanks
    Debbie

    • Olá, Debbie! Looks like there was a typo – it should just be “até Albufeira”. However, for places that are usually preceded by definite articles, you will often see “até à” or “até ao” (até ao Porto, até à Nazaré…). This is indeed redundant, but it’s a very common, idiomatic way of phrasing it. It emphasizes the movement from one location to another.

      As for “ir para” vs. “ir a”, each person’s interpretation of what defines a long-term movement (typically described as “ir para”) is quite variable and flexible. You might hear people using “vou para” to refer to holidays, because even though they’re short term, they usually last for at least a few days. The line between “vou a” and “vou oara” is not rigid 🙂

  • I’m a bit confused by the phrase “….tendo a Raquel ficado instalada num quarto…..”. Why not “A Raquel ficou num quarto”? Or perhaps translated as “Raquel having been installed in (allocated?) a room…”?

    • You can absolutely just say “A Raquel ficou num quarto” 🙂 The current wording is simply a more florid, literary alternative.

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