Breakdown of Eles esvaziam todos os móveis e levam tudo.
e
and
eles
they (m)
o
him/it (m)
levar
to take (somewhere)
tudo
everything
todo
all / whole
esvaziar
to empty
o móvel
the piece of furniture
Questions & Answers about Eles esvaziam todos os móveis e levam tudo.
Why do we use todos for "all" in the first half, but tudo for "everything" at the end?
This is the main difference between these two words! Todo (along with its other forms toda, todos, todas) modifies a specific noun, so it has to match the gender and number of that noun (here, the masculine plural móveis). Tudo means "everything" or "all things in general". It stands alone as a pronoun and never changes its form.
Why is there an os in todos os móveis? Can I just say todos móveis?
You need the os. In Portuguese, when you use todo/toda/todos/todas to mean "all of the [noun]", you almost always must include the definite article (o, a, os, as) before the noun. You are literally saying "all the pieces of furniture".
"Furniture" is usually a singular concept in English. Why is móveis plural here?
For "take", why use levam instead of tomam?
In Portuguese, levar means to physically take, transport, or carry something away from a place. Tomar is used for taking things like a bus, a shower, or a drink. Since they are physically carrying the items away, levam is the correct verb here.
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