Breakdown of O profissional responsável vai revisar o relatório antes da reunião.
ir
to go (future auxiliary)
antes
before
da
of the
a reunião
the meeting
Questions & Answers about O profissional responsável vai revisar o relatório antes da reunião.
Why does the sentence start with O?
O is the masculine singular definite article, meaning the.
In O profissional responsável..., it matches profissional, which here is treated as a masculine singular noun: the professional.
Portuguese uses definite articles more often than English, so the professional responsible is naturally expressed as o profissional responsável.
What does profissional mean here?
Profissional means professional or staff member / qualified worker, depending on context.
In this sentence, it refers to the person in charge or the responsible professional/person. It is a noun here, not just an adjective.
Also, profissional has the same form for masculine and feminine:
- o profissional = the male professional
- a profissional = the female professional
Why is responsável after profissional instead of before it?