Breakdown of O meu pai arranja tudo.
o pai
the father / the parents
tudo
everything
arranjar
to fix; to get hold of
Questions & Answers about O meu pai arranja tudo.
Why is there an O before meu pai?
In European Portuguese, we almost always use the definite article (o or a) before a possessive pronoun, even though we wouldn't say "the my" in English. So it is o meu pai, not just meu pai.
Does arranja always mean "to fix"?
Not always! The verb arranjar is very flexible in Portuguese. While here it means "to fix" or "to repair", it can also mean "to get", "to arrange", or "to find" depending on the context. For example, arranjar um emprego means "to get a job".
Could I use repara or conserta instead of arranja here?
Yes, you could. Reparar and consertar also mean "to fix" or "to repair". However, arranjar is much more common in everyday spoken European Portuguese when talking about fixing things around the house or doing general repairs.
Why does the sentence use tudo instead of todo?
Tudo is an invariable word that means "everything" or "all things" on its own, acting like a noun. You use todo (and its variations toda, todos, todas) as an adjective to describe a specific noun, meaning "all of the" or "the whole" (for example, todo o carro means "the whole car"). Since he fixes "everything" in general, we use tudo.
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