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O motorista trabalha muito.

O motorista trabalha muito.
The driver works a lot.
From Lesson 43:Getting around (o motorista, a paragem de autocarro)·Portuguese (Portugal)

Breakdown of O motorista trabalha muito.

muito
much / very
trabalhar
to work
o motorista
the driver

Questions & Answers about O motorista trabalha muito.

Why does motorista use the masculine word for the (o) if it ends in -a?
Many professions ending in -ista (like motorista, dentista, or artista) can be either masculine or feminine. The word itself doesn't change. Instead, you change the word before it to show the gender. So, o motorista is a male driver, and a motorista is a female driver.
Which verb is trabalha from, and how do we know who is doing the action?
It comes from the regular verb trabalhar (to work). Because it ends in -a, it is in the form used for he, she, it, or the formal you (você). Here, it matches our third-person subject, the driver.
If the driver were a woman (a motorista), would muito change to muita?
No, it stays exactly the same! When muito describes an action (like working), it means a lot and never changes its ending. It only changes its ending to match a word when it describes a noun, like saying many cars (muitos carros).

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