Todos têm este direito.

Because todos is plural.

The verb here is ter. In the present tense:

• ele/ela/você tem = singular
• eles/elas/vocês têm = plural

So:

• Toda a gente tem este direito. = singular idea
• Todos têm este direito. = plural idea

Since todos means all (people), the verb must also be plural: têm.

The circumflex accent helps distinguish têm from tem:

• tem = he/she/it has
• têm = they have

This is a very common contrast in Portuguese. The accent is not optional here; it shows a different verb form.

In pronunciation, both words are nasal, but têm is the plural form and is written with the circumflex.

Here, todos is a pronoun meaning everyone or all people.

It can also be used as an adjective before a noun:

• todos os alunos = all the students
• todos = everyone / all of them

So in Todos têm este direito, the noun is not stated, but it is understood: all people.

Portuguese uses grammatical gender, and todos/todas must agree with the group being referred to.

• todos = masculine plural, or a mixed group, or people in general
• todas = feminine plural only

So:

• Todos têm este direito. = everyone / all people have this right
• Todas têm este direito. = all of them have this right, if the group is entirely female

When talking about people in general, Portuguese normally uses todos.

These are demonstratives, and they depend on how the speaker presents the noun.

In standard Portuguese:

• este = this, near the speaker
• esse = that, near the listener or already mentioned
• aquele = that over there, farther away

So este direito means this right.

A useful note for European Portuguese: in everyday speech, speakers often use esse more broadly than strict textbook rules suggest, especially in conversation. But este is still fully correct and common, especially in more careful or formal language.

Because Portuguese often leaves out subject pronouns when the verb already makes the subject clear.

• Eles têm este direito.
• Todos têm este direito.

Both are grammatical, but Portuguese usually avoids an extra subject pronoun unless it is needed for emphasis, contrast, or clarity.

Since todos already tells you who the subject is, adding eles would be unnecessary.

Because este already works as a determiner.

In Portuguese, you normally do not use an article together with este/esse/aquele directly before the noun:

• este direito = correct
• o este direito = not correct

The demonstrative already specifies the noun.

Compare:

• o direito = the right
• este direito = this right

Both are fine, but they mean slightly different things.

Yes. Direito is a masculine noun, so it takes masculine forms:

• este direito
• um direito
• os direitos

That is why the demonstrative is este, not esta.

If the noun were feminine, the form would change:

• esta lei = this law
• esta liberdade = this freedom

Yes, but Todos têm este direito is the most neutral and natural order.

Portuguese usually follows a basic subject + verb + object pattern:

• Todos = subject
• têm = verb
• este direito = object

Other orders are possible for emphasis or style, for example:

• Este direito, todos têm.

That sounds more marked or rhetorical. For normal usage, Todos têm este direito is the best choice.

A rough European Portuguese pronunciation is:

TOH-dush tãe ish-t dree-EY-too

A few useful points:

• todos often sounds closer to todush in European Portuguese
• têm has a nasal vowel
• este often reduces in fast speech, and the final vowel may be very weak
• direito has stress on rei

In connected European Portuguese speech, it may sound quite compressed, something like:

Tôdush tãj shte dirêitu

The exact sound varies by speaker and region, but the main thing to notice is that European Portuguese often reduces unstressed vowels more than English learners expect.

Yes, it is natural and correct in European Portuguese.

It works especially well in formal, legal, educational, or rights-related contexts. It sounds like the kind of sentence you might see in a document, poster, or statement of principles.

Depending on context, Portuguese speakers might also say things like:

• Toda a gente tem este direito.
• Todos têm direito a isto.
• Todas as pessoas têm este direito.

But Todos têm este direito is perfectly natural and idiomatic.