Breakdown of Vamos aí e levamos um petisco delicioso.
e
and
um
a / an / some (all forms)
delicioso
delicious
ir
to go
Questions & Answers about Vamos aí e levamos um petisco delicioso.
Why does this sentence use vamos (to go) instead of a form of vir (to come) if they are traveling to the listener's location?
In Portuguese, ir is always used for movement away from the speaker's current location. Unlike English, where you might say "We are coming over," Portuguese strictly uses ir whenever the destination is not where the speaker is right now.
Since they are bringing food to the listener, why use levamos (to take) instead of trazemos (to bring)?
How does the word aí connect to the choice of verbs here?
The translation says "We are going... and taking", but vamos and levamos are in the present simple. Is this normal?
Yes. While you could use a future tense, in Portuguese the present simple is very frequently used to express certain and planned near-future actions. It sounds natural and immediate, much like how English uses the present continuous ("We are going") for future plans.