Hoje eu vou buscar minha filha na escola.

Yes. In Brazilian Portuguese, subject pronouns are often optional, especially when the verb already makes the subject clear.

So both of these are natural:

• Hoje eu vou buscar minha filha na escola.
• Hoje vou buscar minha filha na escola.

Including eu can add a little emphasis, clarity, or simply reflect a speaker’s style. In everyday speech, both are very common.

Vou buscar is the very common ir + infinitive future structure in Portuguese:

• vou = I go / I am going
• buscar = to get, to fetch, to pick up

Together, vou buscar means I’m going to pick up or I will go pick up.

Portuguese does have a simple future tense, such as buscarei, but in everyday Brazilian Portuguese that form sounds more formal or literary. Most people would naturally say:

• Vou buscar minha filha.

rather than

• Buscarei minha filha.

Yes, buscar can mean both, depending on context.

Common meanings include:

• to look for / search for
• to get / fetch
• to pick up

In this sentence, buscar minha filha na escola means to pick up my daughter at school.

This is a very common use in Portuguese. For example:

• Vou buscar você às 8. = I’ll pick you up at 8.
• Ela foi buscar água. = She went to get water.

So the context tells you which meaning is intended.

Because minha filha is the direct object of buscar.

In Portuguese, buscar normally takes a direct object with no preposition:

• buscar minha filha
• buscar o carro
• buscar você

So this works just like English pick up my daughter or get my daughter.

Both are possible in Brazilian Portuguese.

Portuguese often uses a definite article before possessives:

• a minha filha
• o meu carro
• a minha mãe

But the article is not always required. Without it, the sentence still sounds natural:

• vou buscar minha filha
• vou buscar a minha filha

Both are acceptable. In speech, the version without the article can sound a little lighter or more direct, but this varies by region and speaker.

This is a very important distinction.

• na escola = at the school / in the school
• à escola = to the school

In Hoje eu vou buscar minha filha na escola, na escola tells you where the daughter is being picked up: at school.

It does not directly say I am going to the school. It says the pickup happens there.

If you wanted to emphasize movement to the school, you could say:

• Hoje eu vou à escola buscar minha filha.

That means Today I’m going to the school to pick up my daughter.

So:

• buscar minha filha na escola = pick up my daughter at school
• ir à escola buscar minha filha = go to the school to pick up my daughter

Yes. Portuguese allows some flexibility in word order, especially with time expressions like hoje.

These are all possible:

• Hoje eu vou buscar minha filha na escola.
• Eu vou buscar minha filha na escola hoje.
• Vou buscar minha filha na escola hoje.
• Hoje vou buscar minha filha na escola.

The first one is very neutral and natural. Moving hoje changes the rhythm or emphasis slightly, but not the basic meaning.

No. Hoje can appear in different positions.

Examples:

• Hoje eu vou buscar minha filha na escola.
• Eu vou buscar minha filha hoje.
• Eu hoje vou buscar minha filha na escola.

Putting hoje at the beginning is very common because it sets the time frame right away: Today...

Sometimes yes, but the nuance is a little different.

In Brazilian Portuguese, buscar is very common for go get / fetch / pick up, especially in sentences like this:

• Vou buscar minha filha na escola.

You may also hear:

• Vou pegar minha filha na escola.

That can also mean I’m going to pick up my daughter at school, and many Brazilians do say it.

However, pegar has many meanings, and depending on context it can sound less precise than buscar. For a learner, buscar is a very safe and clear choice here.

Because vou buscar already works very naturally for a planned future action.

Compare:

• vou buscar = I’m going to pick up / I will pick up
• estou indo buscar = I’m on my way to pick up / I’m going right now to pick up

So:

• Hoje eu vou buscar minha filha na escola = a plan for today
• Estou indo buscar minha filha na escola agora = I’m heading there right now

The second one sounds more immediate.

In natural Brazilian speech, some parts may sound a little reduced:

• Hoje often sounds roughly like OH-zhee
• eu may be light, almost like eh-ooh or shortened depending on speed
• vou buscar often flows together smoothly
• na escola may sound like naiskóla in fast speech because the words connect

A careful pronunciation would be something like:

OH-zhee eh-ooh voh boos-KAR MEE-nya FEE-lya na es-KOH-la

But real spoken pronunciation will vary by region and speed.

Yes. That is exactly the kind of flexibility this sentence has.

Depending on context, English might translate it as:

• Today I’m going to pick up my daughter at school.
• Today I’m going to pick up my daughter from school.
• Today I’ll go get my daughter at school.

Portuguese does not need to mark that difference as strictly as English sometimes does. The context usually makes it clear that the daughter is at school and the speaker is going there to get her.