Dá para instalar este programa em qualquer computador?

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Breakdown of Dá para instalar este programa em qualquer computador?

• o computador: the computer
• em: on
• qualquer: any

Questions & Answers about Dá para instalar este programa em qualquer computador?

What does dá para mean in this sentence?

Dá para is a very common Brazilian Portuguese expression meaning it is possible to, you can, or it works to.

So:

Dá para instalar este programa em qualquer computador?
= Is it possible to install this program on any computer?
= Can this program be installed on any computer?

It is a natural, everyday way to ask about possibility.

Why is it dá and not some other form of dar?

Here, dar is being used in an impersonal expression: dá para + infinitive.

In this pattern, Portuguese normally uses dá in the third person singular, because there is no real personal subject doing the action. It works a bit like English it is possible to..., where it does not refer to anything specific.

Examples:

• Dá para entrar? = Can I come in? / Is it possible to come in?
• Não dá para esperar. = It’s not possible to wait.

So in your sentence, dá is fixed by the expression, not by programa or computador.

Is dá para formal or informal?