Breakdown of Lutamos contra tudo o que é antidemocrático.
ser
to be
o
him/it (m)
tudo
everything
lutar
to fight
que
who / which / that (relative)
contra
against
antidemocrático
antidemocratic
Questions & Answers about Lutamos contra tudo o que é antidemocrático.
Why doesn't antidemocrático have a hyphen?
The prefix anti- connects directly to the following word without a hyphen in most cases. You only use a hyphen if the base word starts with an h (like anti-higiénico) or with the same vowel that the prefix ends in (like anti-inflamatório). Since democrático starts with a consonant, they fuse into one word.
The lesson covers contra- as a prefix, but here it's a separate word. Can it be both?
Yes! In this sentence, contra is used as a standalone preposition meaning "against". However, it can also act as a prefix of opposition attached to a base word, like in contra-ataque (counterattack). The underlying meaning of opposition remains the same in both uses.
Why do we need the o in tudo o que? Couldn't we just say tudo que?
In European Portuguese, tudo o que (literally "all the what") is the standard and most natural way to say "everything that". While you might hear just tudo que in Brazilian Portuguese, dropping the o sounds incomplete and unnatural in Portugal.
Is Lutamos in the present or past tense here?
It is in the present tense ("we fight"). In European Portuguese, the present tense for the "we" form of -ar verbs is spelled and pronounced without an accent (lutamos). If it were the past tense, it would require an acute accent on the "a" (lutámos) to indicate an open vowel sound.
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