Nós vamos nos encontrar na praça na sexta-feira.

to go (future auxiliary)

Breakdown of Nós vamos nos encontrar na praça na sexta-feira.

• nós: we
• na: at the
• a praça: the square

Questions & Answers about Nós vamos nos encontrar na praça na sexta-feira.

Why does the sentence use vamos + infinitive instead of a single future-tense verb?

In Brazilian Portuguese, ir + infinitive is a very common way to talk about the future.

So:

Nós vamos nos encontrar = We are going to meet

A more formal or more literary version would be:

Nós nos encontraremos

Both are correct, but vamos + infinitive is much more common in everyday speech.

What does nos encontrar mean literally, and why is nos there?

The verb encontrar means to find or to meet.

In this sentence, nos shows that the action is reciprocal: we will meet each other.

So:

• encontrar = to meet / to find
• nos encontrar = to meet each other

English does not always mark this explicitly, but Portuguese often does.

Why is it nos encontrar and not se encontrar?

Because the subject is nós = we.

The reflexive/reciprocal pronoun has to match the subject:

• eu → me
• você / ele / ela → se
• nós → nos
• vocês / eles / elas → se

So:

• Nós vamos nos encontrar = We are going to meet
• Eles vão se encontrar = They are going to meet