Eu só vou descansar depois da reunião.

Vou descansar is the very common ir + infinitive future, which works a lot like going to + verb in English.

So:

• vou descansar = I’m going to rest / I will rest
• descansarei = I will rest

In everyday Brazilian Portuguese, vou descansar is much more natural and common in speech. The simple future descansarei is correct, but it often sounds more formal, literary, or less conversational.

Here só means only.

So Eu só vou descansar depois da reunião means that resting will happen only after the meeting, not before.

In this sentence, só limits the action: the speaker is saying that the time for resting is restricted to after the meeting.

In Brazilian Portuguese, só often appears before the verb phrase:

• Eu só vou descansar depois da reunião.

That is a very natural placement.

It highlights the idea of only with the whole action. In practice, this means I’ll only rest after the meeting.

Word placement with só can shift emphasis a little in Portuguese, but this version is standard and natural.

For example:

• Eu só vou descansar depois da reunião. = I’ll only rest after the meeting.
• Só eu vou descansar depois da reunião. = Only I will rest after the meeting.

So placement matters.

No. Portuguese often drops subject pronouns when the verb already makes the subject clear.

So both are correct:

• Eu só vou descansar depois da reunião.
• Só vou descansar depois da reunião.

Because vou clearly shows I, the pronoun eu is optional.

Speakers may include eu for emphasis, clarity, contrast, or personal style.

Because da is a contraction of de + a.

So:

• depois de a reunião → depois da reunião

This contraction is standard and expected.

A few useful related examples:

• de + o = do
• de + a = da
• de + os = dos
• de + as = das

So depois da reunião literally comes from after of the meeting, but in natural English we simply say after the meeting.

Portuguese often uses definite articles where English does not.

So depois da reunião is the normal way to say after the meeting.

Using the article a with reunião makes it sound like a specific meeting already known in the context.

• depois da reunião = after the meeting

Without the article, depois de reunião would usually sound incomplete or unnatural in this context.

It is a time expression.

Breakdown:

• depois de = after
• a reunião = the meeting
• de + a = da

So:

• depois da reunião = after the meeting

This phrase tells us when the speaker will rest.

Yes. Após a reunião is correct and means the same thing: after the meeting.

However, there is a small style difference:

• depois da reunião = more common and conversational
• após a reunião = a bit more formal or official

In everyday Brazilian Portuguese, depois da reunião is usually the more natural choice.

In Brazilian Portuguese, reunião is pronounced approximately like heh-oo-nee-OWN, though that English-style approximation is not exact.

A few important points:

• The r at the beginning of reunião is pronounced like an English h in many Brazilian accents.
• The stress is on the last syllable: -ÃO
• ão is a nasal sound, which is very common in Portuguese.

So the stress pattern is roughly:

• re-u-ni-ÃO

That final nasal ão may take practice for English speakers.

It can correspond to both in English.

In many contexts, vou + infinitive can be translated as either:

• I will rest
• I’m going to rest

In this sentence, English naturally allows both:

• I’ll only rest after the meeting.
• I’m only going to rest after the meeting.

The best translation depends on the tone of the English sentence, but the Portuguese structure itself is very normal and neutral.

Both can relate to rest, but they are not exactly the same.

• descansar = to rest, to take a break, to recover energy
• relaxar = to relax, to become less tense

In this sentence, descansar is the better choice if the idea is resting after work or after something tiring, like a meeting.

Examples:

• Vou descansar depois do trabalho. = I’m going to rest after work.
• Quero relaxar um pouco. = I want to relax a little.

Sometimes they overlap, but descansar focuses more on rest, while relaxar focuses more on relaxation.

A little, yes, but not every change sounds equally natural.

The original sentence is very natural:

• Eu só vou descansar depois da reunião.

You could also say:

• Depois da reunião, eu só vou descansar.

This puts more emphasis on after the meeting.

But if you move só, the meaning can change:

• Eu só vou descansar depois da reunião. = I’ll only rest after the meeting.
• Só eu vou descansar depois da reunião. = Only I will rest after the meeting.

So word order in Portuguese is flexible, but words like só can strongly affect the meaning.

Yes, very natural.

It sounds like normal everyday Brazilian Portuguese because it uses:

• the common future structure vou + infinitive
• the natural time expression depois da reunião
• the common adverb só

A Brazilian speaker would easily say this in daily life. It does not sound overly formal or textbook-like.