Breakdown of Antes de comprar, vamos avaliar os preços e ajustar o orçamento.
de
of
ir
to go
e
and
comprar
to buy
antes
before
o preço
the price
avaliar
to assess
ajustar
to adjust
o orçamento
the budget
Questions & Answers about Antes de comprar, vamos avaliar os preços e ajustar o orçamento.
Why is there de after antes?
In Portuguese, antes takes de before a noun or an infinitive. So antes de comprar is the correct structure.
- With a noun: antes da compra.
- With an infinitive (same subject implied): antes de comprar.
- With an explicit subject in the infinitive: antes de comprarmos.
- With a full finite clause (more formal), you can use antes que
- present subjunctive: antes que compremos.
Can I say antes de comprarmos instead of antes de comprar?
Yes. Antes de comprarmos uses the personal infinitive, making it explicit that the subject of comprar is nós. Both forms are correct:
- Antes de comprar is neutral and common.
- Antes de comprarmos adds clarity/emphasis on the subject. If the subject were different, you would change it: antes de comprarem (before they buy).
Does vamos avaliar mean “let’s evaluate” or “we are going to evaluate”?
Both are possible:
- Hortative (let’s): Vamos avaliar… = Let’s evaluate…
- Near future: Vamos avaliar… = We’re going to evaluate… Context and intonation disambiguate. If you want to clearly say “let’s,” you can also use Vamos lá avaliar… (very natural).
Why not use the simple future like avaliaremos or ajustaremos?
Do I need to say nós before vamos?
Why is it os preços and not just preços?
Why are the articles masculine (os, o)? Are preços and orçamento masculine nouns?
Should it be o nosso orçamento instead of o orçamento?
Use o nosso orçamento if you want to explicitly say “our budget.” In European Portuguese, possessives commonly take the definite article: o nosso orçamento, a nossa casa. In the original sentence, o orçamento is understood from context (the relevant/shared budget), so the possessive isn’t required.
Could I replace avaliar with comparar or analisar?
- Avaliar = assess/evaluate (broader; may include comparing, judging value, suitability).
- Comparar = compare (specifically set items side by side).
- Analisar = analyze (look at details systematically). Depending on your intent, any could work: comparar os preços if you’re explicitly comparing; avaliar os preços if you’re generally assessing whether they’re acceptable.
What’s the difference between preços and custos?
Is the comma after Antes de comprar necessary?
Any European Portuguese pronunciation tips for this sentence?
- vamos: final s sounds like “sh” before a consonant; roughly vah-mush.
- avaliar: stress on the last syllable ‑ar; the lh is like the ‘lli’ in “million.”
- os preços: os before consonant sounds like “ush”; ç is an “s” sound.
- ajustar: j sounds like the “zh” in “vision.”
- orçamento: initial o is fairly closed; ç again is “s”; men is slightly nasal; stress on -men-: or-ça-MEN-to. These are approximations, but they’ll steer you toward EP sounds.
Can I say Antes da compra instead of Antes de comprar?
Why not vamos de avaliar?
Because ir + infinitive in Portuguese does not take a preposition. It’s simply vamos avaliar. Adding de is incorrect here.
Can I swap the order of the two actions?
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