Word
O capitão correu ao encontro do adversário para o ajudar.
Meaning
The captain ran to meet the opponent to help him.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of O capitão correu ao encontro do adversário para o ajudar.
para
to / for
o capitão
the captain
ajudar
to help
o
him/it (m)
Questions & Answers about O capitão correu ao encontro do adversário para o ajudar.
Why use ao encontro do here instead of de encontro ao?
The phrase ao encontro de indicates convergence or moving towards someone to meet them. Since the captain intends to help, the action is cooperative. If he had aggressively crashed into the opponent, you would use de encontro a (indicating collision or opposition).
Where does the do come from in ao encontro do adversário?
The base expression is ao encontro de. When it is followed by the masculine singular noun adversário, the preposition de combines with the definite article o to form the contraction do.
Could ao encontro de be used for abstract concepts, or just physical movement?
It can definitely be abstract! You can use it to say that ideas or opinions align. For example, A tua ideia vai ao encontro da minha means "Your idea agrees with mine." Conversely, vai de encontro à minha would mean it clashes with yours.
Why is the pronoun o placed before the verb in para o ajudar instead of attached to the end?