Breakdown of O aluno sonhará com o mestrado.
o aluno
the student (m)
com
with
sonhar
to dream
o mestrado
the master's degree
Questions & Answers about O aluno sonhará com o mestrado.
Why does the sentence use com when the English translation says "about"?
This is a perfect example of a verb-preposition pair! In English, you "dream about" something, but in Portuguese, the verb sonhar always partners with the preposition com (literally, "to dream with"). You cannot use sobre here.
I usually say vai sonhar for the future. Is sonhará the same thing?
Do com and o combine into one word here, the way de and o become do?
No, they do not! Unlike the prepositions de and em, the preposition com never contracts with definite articles like o or a. You must always write them separately as com o mestrado.
What exactly is a mestrado?