Breakdown of O projeto foi um sucesso graças ao financiamento do investidor.
ser
to be
de
of / from / by (means of transport) / wearing (attire)
um
a / an / some (all forms)
o projeto
the project
Questions & Answers about O projeto foi um sucesso graças ao financiamento do investidor.
Why do we use graças a here instead of por causa de?
Why does the sentence say graças ao instead of just graças a?
The expression graças a ends with the preposition a. Because financiamento (funding) is a masculine noun and we are referring to "the" funding, we need the masculine definite article o. The preposition a and the article o must contract to form ao.
Why is foi (preterite) used here instead of era (imperfect) for the word "was"?
We use foi, the simple past of the verb ser (to be), because the success of the project is seen as a completed, achieved milestone in the past. If you were describing a continuous background state instead of the final outcome, you would use the imperfect era.
How does do investidor translate to "the investor's"?