Word
A equipa sobe a montanha, apesar da tempestade.
Meaning
The team climbs the mountain, despite the storm.
Part of speech
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Breakdown of A equipa sobe a montanha, apesar da tempestade.
a montanha
the mountain
a equipa
the team
subir
to climb
apesar de
despite
Questions & Answers about A equipa sobe a montanha, apesar da tempestade.
Why is it apesar da instead of just apesar de?
Apesar de means "despite" or "in spite of". Because you are saying "despite THE storm", the preposition de combines with the feminine definite article a (the) to form da. So, apesar da tempestade means "in spite of the storm".
Why is the verb sobe spelled with an "o" if the infinitive is subir?
A team has multiple people. Why is the verb sobe in the singular?
In Portuguese, collective nouns like equipa (team) or grupo (group) are grammatically singular. Even though they refer to many people, you must conjugate the verb in the third-person singular (sobe, not sobem).
Do we need a word for "up" after sobe?
No, when subir means to physically climb a specific thing (like a mountain, a wall, or stairs), you can just attach the direct object. Sobe a montanha directly translates to "climbs the mountain".