Depois de torcer a roupa, minha filha prende tudo no varal com dois pregadores.

Because after depois de in Portuguese, you normally use an infinitive when the subject is general or understood.

• depois de torcer a roupa = after wringing the clothes / after wringing out the laundry

This structure is very common:

• depois de comer = after eating
• depois de lavar a louça = after washing the dishes

If you wanted a full clause with a conjugated verb, you would usually say something like:

• depois que ela torce a roupa
• depois que ela torceu a roupa

But in everyday Portuguese, depois de + infinitive is often the more natural and compact choice.

Yes — torcer has more than one meaning.

In this sentence, torcer a roupa means:

• to wring out the clothes
• to twist the laundry to remove water

But torcer can also mean:

• to cheer for
• to root for

For example:

• Eu torço pelo Brasil. = I root for Brazil.

So this is a good example of a verb whose meaning depends a lot on context.

In Portuguese, roupa is often used as a collective noun, especially when talking about laundry or clothing in general.

So:

• lavar a roupa
• torcer a roupa
• estender a roupa

can all refer to the laundry / the clothes as a group.

Using as roupas is also possible, but a roupa is extremely common when talking about laundry as a mass or set rather than as individual items.

That first part is an introductory phrase:

• Depois de torcer a roupa, ...

The comma separates that introductory time expression from the main clause:

• minha filha prende tudo no varal com dois pregadores

In English, we often do the same thing:

• After wringing out the clothes, my daughter...

In Portuguese, the comma here is natural and standard.

Prender literally means something like:

• to fasten
• to attach
• to secure

In this sentence, it means that she secures the clothes to the clothesline with clothespins.

That is slightly different from pendurar or estender, which focus more on hanging or putting clothes out to dry.

So:

• pendurar a roupa no varal = hang the clothes on the line
• estender a roupa no varal = put the clothes out on the line
• prender a roupa no varal com pregadores = fasten the clothes to the line with clothespins

Here, prende highlights the action of clipping them on.

Tudo means everything, and here it refers to all the laundry / all the clothes that were just wrung out.

So the idea is:

• after wringing out the clothes, my daughter clips everything onto the clothesline

It is a very natural way to avoid repeating a roupa again.

Varal means clothesline.

It is the line, rack, or place where clothes are hung to dry.

Examples:

• colocar a roupa no varal = put the clothes on the clothesline
• tirar a roupa do varal = take the clothes off the clothesline

Depending on the home, a varal might be:

• a traditional line with clothespins
• a folding drying rack
• a wall-mounted drying line

Pregadores here means clothespins.

More specifically:

• pregador de roupa = clothespin / clothes peg

In everyday speech, people often shorten that to just pregador when the context is clear.

So:

• com dois pregadores = with two clothespins

Grammatically, it literally says with two clothespins, without explicitly saying for each piece.

So the sentence can sound a little context-dependent.

In real-life usage, many people would understand it as something like:

• she clips the clothes to the line using two clothespins

Depending on context, that may imply:

• two clothespins per piece of clothing, or
• simply two clothespins in the situation being described

If the speaker wanted to be very explicit about each item, they might say something clearer, such as:

• prende cada peça no varal com dois pregadores

In Brazilian Portuguese, possessives can appear:

• with the article: a minha filha
• without the article: minha filha

Both are possible.

In Brazil, omission of the article with possessives is very common, especially in many everyday contexts. So:

• minha filha
• meu pai
• minha mãe

all sound natural.

Using the article can sometimes sound a bit more specific, emphatic, or regional, but both forms are correct.

The present tense in Portuguese is often used for:

• habitual actions
• routines
• general descriptions
• vivid narration

So minha filha prende tudo no varal can mean something like:

• my daughter clips everything onto the clothesline
• my daughter usually clips everything onto the clothesline

It does not have to refer only to what is happening right now. It can also describe a regular household routine.

Yes. Portuguese offers several natural alternatives, depending on what you want to emphasize.

For example:

• Depois de torcer a roupa, minha filha prende as roupas no varal com dois pregadores.
• Depois de torcer a roupa, minha filha prende as peças no varal com dois pregadores.

Differences:

• tudo = everything, all of it
• as roupas = the clothes
• as peças = the individual garments/items

The original sentence with tudo sounds natural and colloquial.

Not completely. Portuguese allows some flexibility, though some orders sound more natural than others.

The original order:

• prende tudo no varal

is very natural.

You could also hear:

• prende no varal tudo — possible, but less neutral
• prende tudo com dois pregadores no varal — also possible, but the rhythm changes

The original sentence flows well because it follows a very common pattern:

• verb + object + place + instrument

So:

• prende = verb
• tudo = object
• no varal = place
• com dois pregadores = means/instrument

That is one reason it sounds so natural.