Reduza o gasto supérfluo; priorize a despesa fixa.

Because this sentence is giving a command/instruction:

• Reduza = Reduce
• Priorize = Prioritize

In Brazilian Portuguese, commands directed at você often use forms that look like the present subjunctive:

• reduzir → reduza
• priorizar → priorize

So this sentence has the tone of advice, guidance, or an instruction in a financial context.

Yes, it sounds neutral to formal and is very natural in written advice, financial tips, self-help language, or advertising.

It can be understood as a command to:

• você (common in Brazil)
• or as a more impersonal instructional style

If you wanted a very informal tu version, it would depend on the region, but in standard grammar you would get:

• Reduz o gasto supérfluo; prioriza a despesa fixa.

In Brazil, though, the você style is much more widely useful for learners.

Yes, they are close in meaning, but there is a nuance.

• gasto often refers more broadly to spending or money spent
• despesa often sounds a bit more like a financial expense/cost, especially in budgeting or accounting contexts

In this sentence:

• gasto supérfluo = unnecessary or nonessential spending
• despesa fixa = fixed expense, usually a regular bill or recurring cost

So the wording feels natural because it contrasts:

• money you should cut
• money you must keep paying attention to

Because the nouns have different grammatical genders:

• o gasto → masculine
• a despesa → feminine

That affects both the article and the adjective:

• o gasto supérfluo
• a despesa fixa

So the adjectives agree with the nouns:

• supérfluo matches masculine gasto
• fixa matches feminine despesa

This is a basic but very important pattern in Portuguese.

Because in Portuguese, adjectives often come after the noun.

So:

• gasto supérfluo literally = expense/spending superfluous
• despesa fixa literally = expense fixed

That is the normal and expected order here.

You can sometimes place adjectives before the noun in Portuguese, but that often changes the tone or emphasis. In this sentence, the standard order is the most natural one.

Supérfluo means superfluous, unnecessary, nonessential, or more than what is needed.

In everyday financial language, gasto supérfluo means something like:

• unnecessary spending
• avoidable expense
• nonessential purchase

Examples:

• cortar gastos supérfluos = cut unnecessary spending
• compras supérfluas = nonessential purchases

Despesa fixa means a fixed expense: a cost that usually comes back regularly and does not vary much from month to month.

Typical examples:

• rent
• internet bill
• insurance
• school tuition
• loan payments

So the sentence suggests:

• cut the unnecessary spending
• make the fixed obligations a priority

Portuguese uses articles more often than English, even in broad or generic statements.

So:

• Reduza o gasto supérfluo
• Priorize a despesa fixa

sounds natural in Portuguese, even though English would often drop the article.

You may also hear plural versions like:

• Reduza os gastos supérfluos; priorize as despesas fixas.

That is also very natural.

Yes, many speakers would find the plural version very natural, and in some contexts it may even sound more idiomatic.

Compare:

• Reduza o gasto supérfluo; priorize a despesa fixa.

  • more general, almost like speaking of each category as a concept

• Reduza os gastos supérfluos; priorize as despesas fixas.

  • sounds more concrete, like the actual expenses in your budget

Both are correct. The singular version is common in advice slogans because it sounds concise and punchy.

The semicolon links two closely related commands:

• Reduza o gasto supérfluo
• priorize a despesa fixa

It shows a stronger break than a comma, but a closer connection than a full stop.

So it works well for short advice like this:

• first action: reduce unnecessary spending
• second action: prioritize fixed expenses

A period would also be possible:

• Reduza o gasto supérfluo. Priorize a despesa fixa.

That would sound a little more direct and segmented.

Yes. Priorize is the imperative form of priorizar, and it is correct and common in Brazilian Portuguese, especially in professional, educational, and self-help contexts.

A slightly less corporate-sounding alternative is:

• Dê prioridade à despesa fixa.

That literally means Give priority to the fixed expense(s).

Both are correct, but priorize fits very well in short written advice.

The accent mark shows the stressed syllable:

• su-PÉR-flu-o

The written accent in supérfluo tells you the stress falls on pér.

This word may feel a little tricky because it has several syllables close together. In careful pronunciation, it is typically said with four syllables:

• su-pér-flu-o

For many learners, it helps to say it slowly at first.

Sometimes yes, depending on context, but it is not always exactly the same.

• gasto supérfluo = unnecessary/nonessential spending
• wasteful spending can sound stronger, as if the spending is irresponsible or excessive

So supérfluo is often broader and slightly more neutral than wasteful.

A safer translation in most learning contexts is:

• unnecessary spending
• nonessential spending

It is natural, but it sounds more like written advice than casual conversation.

You might see it in:

• budgeting tips
• financial planning articles
• social media advice posts
• posters or presentations

In casual speech, someone might say something a bit looser, like:

• Tente cortar gastos desnecessários e priorizar as contas fixas.
• Gaste menos com o que é supérfluo e foque nas despesas fixas.

So the original sentence is natural, but it has a concise, polished, advisory style.