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Os professores fazem greve amanhã.

Os professores fazem greve amanhã.
The teachers are striking tomorrow.
From Lesson 298:O trabalho e os papéis (chumbar, a greve)·Portuguese (Portugal)

Breakdown of Os professores fazem greve amanhã.

o professor
the teacher (m)
amanhã
tomorrow
fazer greve
to go on strike

Questions & Answers about Os professores fazem greve amanhã.

Why is the present tense verb fazem used here if the strike is happening tomorrow?
Just like in English, Portuguese often uses the present tense to talk about planned or certain future events. Using fazem with the time word amanhã is a very natural way to say what will happen, often more common than using a future tense.
In English we say people go on strike. Why does this sentence use the verb fazer?
In Portuguese, the set expression is fazer greve, which literally means to make or do a strike. You cannot translate the English phrase go on strike word-for-word using the Portuguese verb ir.
Why is there no article before greve? Shouldn't it be fazem uma greve?
Because fazer greve is a fixed expression describing the general activity of striking. Adding uma would make it sound like they are creating one single, countable strike event, rather than simply engaging in the action of striking.
Could I use vão fazer instead of fazem here?
Yes, you could say Os professores vão fazer greve amanhã. Both are perfectly correct for future plans, but using the simple present (fazem) makes the statement sound slightly more immediate and locked into the schedule.

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