A equipe vai resgatar a gente.

to go (future auxiliary)

Breakdown of A equipe vai resgatar a gente.

• a equipe: the team
• a gente: us
• resgatar: to rescue

Questions & Answers about A equipe vai resgatar a gente.

Why are there two as in this sentence?

They are doing different jobs:

• In a equipe, a is the definite article, meaning the.
• In a gente, a is part of the fixed expression a gente.

So they are not the same grammatical element, even though they look identical.

Why is the verb vai and not vão?

Because the subject is a equipe, which is grammatically singular.

Even though a team is made up of several people, Portuguese normally treats equipe as a singular noun, so the verb must also be singular:

• A equipe vai... = correct
• As equipes vão... = plural subject, so plural verb

What kind of future is vai resgatar?

This is the very common Brazilian Portuguese future pattern:

• ir + infinitive
• vai resgatar = literally is going to rescue, but in practice often just will rescue

In everyday Brazilian Portuguese, this structure is usually more common than the simple future form.

Could this also be A equipe resgatará a gente?