Learn Hardcore Portuguese (Portugal): Eu vou bloquear o perfil para não receber mais críticas agressivas. - I am going to block the profile so I don’t receive more aggressive criticism.

Eu vou bloquear o perfil para não receber mais críticas agressivas.

I am going to block the profile so I don’t receive more aggressive criticism.

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Questions & Answers about Eu vou bloquear o perfil para não receber mais críticas agressivas.

Why is the subject pronoun Eu used here? Could I omit it and just say Vou bloquear o perfil…?

Yes, you can omit Eu.

Portuguese is a pro‑drop language, so the subject pronoun is often left out when the verb ending makes the subject clear.

Eu vou bloquear o perfil… = Vou bloquear o perfil…

Both are correct. Using Eu usually adds a bit of emphasis on I (e.g. “I am going to block the profile” as opposed to someone else), or it can just sound slightly more explicit or careful. In normal conversation, many speakers would drop Eu and simply say Vou bloquear o perfil….

Why is the future expressed with vou bloquear and not with the simple future bloquearei?

In modern European Portuguese, “ir” + infinitive is the most common way to talk about the future in speech:

Eu vou bloquear o perfil… = I’m going to block the profile…

The synthetic future bloquearei exists and is correct, but:

It sounds more formal, written, or literary.
It’s less common in everyday spoken European Portuguese.

So:

Natural speech: Eu vou bloquear o perfil…
More formal / written: Bloquearei o perfil…

In casual conversation in Portugal, vou bloquear is strongly preferred.

Why is it o perfil and not just perfil without an article?

In Portuguese, a direct object that is specific or identifiable very often takes a definite article:

bloquear o perfil = to block the profile (some known profile)

Saying bloquear perfil with no article would sound incomplete or unnatural in this context, unless it’s in a very telegraphic style (e.g. note, command, or label) like:

Botão para bloquear perfis – Button to block profiles

Here, the sentence is about one particular profile (probably my profile or that profile), so o perfil is the normal, natural form.

If the meaning is “my profile”, why isn’t it o meu perfil instead of o perfil?

Both are possible, with a slight difference in focus:

Vou bloquear o meu perfil… – I’m going to block my profile…
– Very explicit that it’s my profile.
Vou bloquear o perfil… – I’m going to block the profile…
– In many real contexts (e.g. you talking about your own profile), the owner is understood from context, so Portuguese often omits the possessive.

In Portuguese (especially European), if the possessor is obvious, people frequently just use the definite article:

Lavei as mãos. – I washed (my) hands.
Vou vender o carro. – I’m going to sell (my) car.

So o perfil here is very natural if it’s already clear whose profile is being discussed.

Why is it para não receber and not something like para que eu não receba?

Both structures are grammatically correct but not equally natural in this context.

para + infinitive expresses purpose in a direct, neutral way:
- para não receber mais críticas agressivas
  = in order not to receive any more aggressive criticism
para que + subjunctive is more formal or heavier in tone:
- para que eu não receba mais críticas agressivas
  = literally the same meaning, but more elaborate / written style.

In everyday European Portuguese, para + (não) + infinitive is the default way to express purpose when the subject is the same as in the main clause. So:

Vou bloquear o perfil para não receber… is the natural, common choice here.

Who is the subject of receber in para não receber mais críticas agressivas? Should it be para eu não receber?

The implied subject of receber is the same as the main subject: eu.

Portuguese has a “personal infinitive” that can show the subject explicitly:

para eu não receber mais críticas agressivas

This is grammatically correct and sometimes used if you want to make the subject very clear or contrast it with someone else (e.g. para eu não receber, mas tu receberes).

However, when it’s obvious that the same person is involved, speakers often leave out the explicit subject:

Vou bloquear o perfil para não receber mais críticas agressivas.

Here, context and logic make it clear that eu is the one who might receive the criticism, so the unmarked version (without eu) sounds smoother and is very common.

Does mais here mean “more” or “anymore”? How do I know?

In this sentence, mais in a negative structure (não … mais) is understood as:

“any more / anymore / no longer”

So:

para não receber mais críticas agressivas
≈ so as not to receive any more aggressive criticism
(i.e. to stop them, not to increase them)

In a positive sentence, mais would normally mean “more” in the sense of additional quantity:

Quero receber mais críticas agressivas.
– I want to receive more aggressive criticism.

So the combination não + verbo + mais usually translates as not … (any) more.

Could the word order be críticas mais agressivas instead of críticas agressivas? Is there a difference?

Yes, you can say críticas mais agressivas, and there is a subtle difference:

críticas agressivas
– just describes the type of criticism: aggressive criticism.
críticas mais agressivas
– means more aggressive criticism (comparative: more aggressive than before / than usual / than someone else’s).

In the original sentence, mais modifies receber, not agressivas:

não receber mais críticas agressivas
= not to receive any more (in number/frequency) aggressive criticisms.

If you say:

não receber críticas mais agressivas

you’re now saying you don’t want criticism that is more aggressive (in degree), which is a different nuance.

Why is críticas plural and agressivas also plural and feminine? How does agreement work here?

In Portuguese, adjectives must agree in gender and number with the noun they modify.

crítica – feminine singular
críticas – feminine plural

Therefore:

feminine singular: crítica agressiva – an aggressive criticism
feminine plural: críticas agressivas – aggressive criticisms

So we use agressivas (feminine, plural) to match críticas (also feminine, plural).

Does agressivas mean physically violent, or can it just mean “harsh” criticism in European Portuguese?

In this context, críticas agressivas almost always means:

very harsh, hostile, attacking criticism, not physical violence.

In European Portuguese, agressivo/a can refer to:

Physical aggression (a person, an animal, etc.), or
Very harsh, hostile, or verbally attacking behavior.

So críticas agressivas is best understood as hostile / attacking / overly harsh criticism, often including rude language or a very confrontational tone, not necessarily involving physical aggression.

Could I say para não receber nenhuma crítica agressiva instead of para não receber mais críticas agressivas? What’s the difference?

You can, but the nuance changes:

para não receber mais críticas agressivas
– Assumes you have already received some, and you want to stop them from continuing.
– Focus: no more (additional) criticism.
para não receber nenhuma crítica agressiva
– Could imply both now and in the future; more like so as not to receive any aggressive criticism at all.
– Focus: zero criticism of that type.

So the original sentence suggests the person has already been criticised aggressively and wants to avoid further criticism of that kind.

Is this sentence more typical of European Portuguese or Brazilian Portuguese? Would Brazilians say it differently?

The sentence is perfectly natural in European Portuguese and is also fully understandable in Brazilian Portuguese.

A Brazilian might say exactly the same thing. Possible small Brazilian-typical variants could be:

Vou bloquear o perfil pra não receber mais críticas agressivas.
(using pra in speech instead of para)

In European Portuguese, you’ll more often see para in writing, though pra is also used informally in speech. The structure vou bloquear … para não receber is shared by both varieties; it’s not region-specific.

Could I say Vou bloquear o perfil para deixar de receber críticas agressivas instead? Is the meaning the same?

Yes, that’s another natural option, with a slightly different emphasis:

para não receber mais críticas agressivas
– Literally: in order not to receive any more…
– Focus on blocking any further arrival of that criticism.
para deixar de receber críticas agressivas
– in order to stop receiving aggressive criticism
– Focus on stopping an ongoing situation.

In practice, in this context they are very close in meaning. para não receber mais… is a bit more direct and common; para deixar de receber… sounds slightly more descriptive of a continuing problem you want to put an end to.