Breakdown of Vou reclamar da fatura de internet ao gerente amanhã.
ao
to the
amanhã
tomorrow
ir
to go (future auxiliary)
de
of
Questions & Answers about Vou reclamar da fatura de internet ao gerente amanhã.
Why does the sentence use vou reclamar instead of just reclamarei or reclamo?
Vou reclamar is the very common ir + infinitive future in Brazilian Portuguese. It means I’m going to complain and is often more natural in everyday speech than the simple future reclamarei.
- vou reclamar = very common in speech
- reclamarei = correct, but more formal or less common in conversation
- reclamo = I complain / I am complaining, depending on context, so it does not specifically give the future meaning here
So Vou reclamar da fatura de internet ao gerente amanhã is a very natural way to say that you plan to do this tomorrow.
What does reclamar mean here exactly?
Here, reclamar means to complain.
In Brazilian Portuguese, reclamar de is the usual structure for to complain about something:
- reclamar da fatura = to complain about the bill
Be careful: in some contexts, reclamar can also mean something closer to demand or claim, but in this sentence the meaning is clearly complain.
Why is it da fatura and not just de fatura?