Qual trilha a gente vai escolher?

Qual means which when you are choosing from a set of options.

So Qual trilha...? is Which trail...?

In Portuguese, qual changes for number:

• qual trilha = which trail
• quais trilhas = which trails

A native speaker uses qual here because the noun trilha is singular.

Both qual and que can sometimes be translated as what/which, but qual is especially common when the idea is which one among options.

So Qual trilha a gente vai escolher? sounds very natural for:

• choosing between possible trails
• asking someone to decide among alternatives

Que trilha...? can exist in some contexts, but qual trilha...? is the more standard and expected choice here.

Trilha usually means trail, path, or hiking trail in Brazilian Portuguese.

Depending on context, it can refer to:

• a trail in nature
• a route through the woods or mountains
• sometimes even a figurative path

It can also mean soundtrack in other contexts, as in trilha sonora = soundtrack, but in this sentence the meaning is clearly a physical trail or route.

A gente literally looks like the people, but in modern Brazilian Portuguese it very often means we.

So:

• a gente vai = we are going / we will go
• a gente escolhe = we choose

This is extremely common in everyday spoken Brazilian Portuguese and sounds very natural.

Because grammatically a gente is treated as third person singular, even though its meaning is we.

So you say:

• A gente vai
• A gente quer
• A gente escolhe

Not:

• A gente vamos
• A gente queremos

This is one of the most important things to remember about a gente:
meaning = we, but grammar = he/she/it form.

Yes. You could say:

Qual trilha nós vamos escolher?

That also means Which trail are we going to choose?

The difference is mostly style and register:

• a gente = very common in spoken Brazilian Portuguese
• nós = also correct, sometimes a bit more formal, careful, or less conversational depending on the region and situation

In Brazil, a gente is often the more natural everyday choice.

Vai escolher is the structure ir + infinitive, which is a very common way to talk about the near future in Portuguese.

Here:

• vai = present tense of ir for a gente
• escolher = infinitive, to choose

So a gente vai escolher means:

• we are going to choose
• sometimes simply we will choose

This is one of the most common future patterns in Brazilian Portuguese.

Yes, but it is less common in everyday Brazilian speech.

Examples:

• Qual trilha escolheremos?
• Qual trilha a gente escolherá?

These are grammatically correct, but in normal conversation Brazilians usually prefer:

• Qual trilha a gente vai escolher?
• Qual trilha vamos escolher?

So the sentence you were given sounds more natural and conversational.

Because after vai, Portuguese uses the infinitive.

This pattern is:

• ir + infinitive

Examples:

• vou sair = I’m going to leave
• vamos comer = we’re going to eat
• a gente vai escolher = we’re going to choose

So escolher stays in the infinitive because vai is already the conjugated verb carrying the tense and person.

Yes, but the sentence would sound a little different.

You could say:

• Qual trilha vamos escolher?

This is very natural and common.

But if you want to use a gente, you normally say it explicitly:

• Qual trilha a gente vai escolher?

That is because a gente is an actual subject phrase, not just a verb ending. So it is usually stated.

The given order is the most natural one:

Qual trilha a gente vai escolher?

Portuguese does allow some flexibility, but not every rearrangement sounds equally natural.

Natural:

• Qual trilha a gente vai escolher?
• A gente vai escolher qual trilha?
  This can sound more conversational and sometimes more like spoken emphasis.

Less neutral:

• unusual rearrangements may sound marked, dramatic, or unnatural

For a learner, the original order is the safest and most standard choice.

A rough English-friendly pronunciation is:

kwal TREE-lya a ZHEN-chee vai es-koh-LYER?

A few notes:

• qual starts with a kw sound
• trilha has lh, which sounds like the lli in million for many English speakers
• a gente is pronounced roughly a ZHEN-chee in Brazil
• escolher ends with a sound similar to lyer, though not exactly like English

The stress is roughly on:

• qual TRI-lha a GEN-te vai es-co-LHER?

Because trilha is singular.

Use:

• qual trilha = which trail
• quais trilhas = which trails

So if you were asking about more than one, you would say:

Quais trilhas a gente vai escolher?

It is mostly informal to neutral, and very natural in Brazilian Portuguese.

The main reason is a gente, which is common in everyday speech. It is not wrong in normal writing, but it feels more conversational than nós.

So:

• Qual trilha a gente vai escolher? = natural, everyday Brazilian Portuguese
• Qual trilha nós vamos escolher? = also correct, a bit more formal or careful
• Qual trilha escolheremos? = more formal or literary

Yes. Depending on what you mean, you might hear:

• caminho = path, way
• rota = route
• percurso = route/course
• estrada = road
• trilha = trail, especially in nature

So trilha is a good choice if the situation involves hiking, walking in nature, or choosing among trails.