A síndica convoca uma votação agora.

Síndica is the feminine form of síndico. In Brazil, it usually means the person who manages a residential building or condominium—something like a building manager, condo manager, or HOA-style administrator, depending on context.

So a síndica means the female building/condo manager.

Portuguese often uses definite articles more frequently than English does.

Here, a means the, so a síndica = the manager.

Using the article sounds natural because we are talking about a specific person already identifiable in the situation. In many everyday Portuguese sentences, job titles and roles are commonly used with an article:

• A professora chegou. = The teacher arrived.
• O médico ligou. = The doctor called.

Because it refers to a woman.

In Portuguese, many nouns for people change form depending on gender:

• o síndico = the male manager
• a síndica = the female manager

The article changes too:

• o for masculine singular
• a for feminine singular

So if the manager were a man, the sentence would be:

• O síndico convoca uma votação agora.

Convoca comes from the verb convocar, which means to call, to summon, or to convene.

In this sentence, it has the sense of formally calling for something:

• convocar uma votação = to call a vote
• convocar uma reunião = to convene/call a meeting

It sounds a bit more formal than just chamar. It is a good verb for official actions, meetings, votes, assemblies, and similar situations.

Convoca is the present indicative, third person singular, of convocar.

The full present-tense pattern is:

• eu convoco
• você/ele/ela convoca
• nós convocamos
• vocês/eles/elas convocam

Here it matches a síndica, which is third person singular:

• A síndica convoca...

In context, the present tense can mean:

• a present action,
• a habitual action,
• or something happening right now.

Because the sentence includes agora, it strongly suggests right now.

Uma means a/an, so uma votação means a vote or a voting process.

Using uma presents it as one specific instance of a vote being called.

Compare:

• convoca uma votação = calls a vote
• convoca votação = possible in some formal or bureaucratic styles, but less neutral for a learner and less broadly natural in everyday speech

So uma votação is a very standard, clear choice.

Usually votação refers to the act or process of voting, or a specific vote.

Depending on context, it can be translated as:

• vote
• voting
• ballot
• poll

Examples:

• Houve uma votação. = There was a vote / voting took place.
• A proposta foi para votação. = The proposal went to a vote.

It does not always mean a full public election. For a general election, Portuguese often uses eleição:

• eleição = election
• votação = voting / a vote

Here, agora means now.

So:

• A síndica convoca uma votação agora. = The manager calls a vote now.

Its position is fairly flexible. You could also say:

• Agora, a síndica convoca uma votação.
• A síndica agora convoca uma votação.

These versions are all grammatical, but the emphasis changes slightly:

• ...agora often highlights the timing at the end
• Agora, ... puts stronger focus on now

The written accent in síndica shows where the stress goes.

It is stressed on the first syllable:

• SÍN-di-ca

Without getting too technical, that accent tells you the í is the stressed vowel.

A rough English-friendly approximation would be:

• SEEN-jee-kah or SIN-jee-kah, depending on accent and speaker

In many Brazilian accents, the d before i sounds a bit like j in jeep, so di can sound like jee.

Because the subject is already stated explicitly as a síndica.

Portuguese does not need a pronoun when the noun is already there:

• A síndica convoca uma votação agora.

Adding ela would usually be unnecessary:

• A síndica, ela convoca... can happen in speech for emphasis, but it is not the neutral default.

Portuguese often leaves out subject pronouns even when there is no noun, because the verb form often gives enough information:

• Convoco uma reunião. = I call a meeting.
• Convoca uma votação. = He/She/You call(s) a vote, depending on context

Yes, to some extent.

The most neutral order here is:

• A síndica convoca uma votação agora.

But Portuguese allows some flexibility:

• Agora, a síndica convoca uma votação.
• A síndica agora convoca uma votação.

You normally would not move things around completely at random, but adverbs like agora are quite mobile.

The basic structure is:

• subject + verb + object + time expression

So this sentence is very standard and natural.

Yes, it is somewhat formal or official in tone.

It is especially common for:

• meetings
• assemblies
• elections
• votes
• participants
• officials or authorities

Examples:

• convocar uma reunião = call a meeting
• convocar os moradores = summon/call the residents
• convocar uma assembleia = convene an assembly

So in this sentence, convoca fits well because calling a vote is usually an organized or official action.