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Elas têm uma força sobre-humana, para além de terem um alter ego.

Elas têm uma força sobre-humana, para além de terem um alter ego.
They have superhuman strength, in addition to having an alter ego.
From Lesson 451:Clauses of addition (além de)·Portuguese (Portugal)

Questions & Answers about Elas têm uma força sobre-humana, para além de terem um alter ego.

Why is terem used here instead of the regular infinitive ter?
The phrase para além de (in addition to) ends with the preposition de, which is followed by an infinitive. Because the subject of this second action is specifically "they" (elas), we use the personal infinitive terem so it agrees with the plural subject.
Could I just say além de terem without the para?
Yes, além de and para além de mean exactly the same thing here ("in addition to" or "besides") and are interchangeable. Some speakers feel para além de sounds slightly more emphatic, but the grammar remains identical.
Why does the first "have" (têm) get a circumflex accent, while the second one (terem) doesn't?
têm is the present indicative verb. It gets the circumflex to visually distinguish it from the singular tem ("he/she has"). terem is the personal infinitive; its plural nature is already clear from the -em ending, so no accent is needed to tell it apart from the singular ter.
How does the compound adjective sobre-humana work here?
It means "superhuman", and it takes the feminine form sobre-humana to agree with the feminine noun força. The hyphen is required by Portuguese spelling rules because the prefix sobre- is attaching to a word that starts with the letter 'h'.

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