Breakdown of Vou registrar o extravio do celular.
ir
to go (future auxiliary)
do
of the
o celular
the cell phone
o extravio
the loss; misplacement
Questions & Answers about Vou registrar o extravio do celular.
Why does vou mean I am going to here?
Vou is the 1st person singular of ir (to go). In Brazilian Portuguese, ir + infinitive is a very common way to talk about the near future, just like be going to + verb in English.
So:
- vou registrar = I am going to register / file / report
- literally: I go to register
- natural meaning: I’m going to report/file...
This is often more common in everyday speech than the simple future form registrarei.
What does registrar mean in this sentence?
Here, registrar means something like:
- to register
- to record
- to file
- to officially report
In this context, it sounds official or bureaucratic. It is the kind of verb you might use for making a formal report with the police, a phone company, or an institution.
So registrar o extravio is closer to:
- to officially report the loss
- to file a report about the missing phone
What exactly is extravio?