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Há outra maneira de fazer isto.

Há outra maneira de fazer isto.
There is another way to do this.
From Lesson 168:As palavras essenciais (o caso, a maneira)·Portuguese (Portugal)

Questions & Answers about Há outra maneira de fazer isto.

Why does the sentence start with just Há? Doesn't that just mean "has"?
While the verb haver is related to having, its most common use in the third-person singular (há) is to mean "there is" or "there are". Portuguese doesn't use a separate word for "there" in this context.
Where is the word for "an" to make "another"?
Portuguese doesn't combine an article with the word for "other". Instead of saying "an other", you simply use outro or outra. Here, it is outra to match the feminine noun maneira.
Why do we need the preposition de before fazer?
Nouns like maneira (way) usually take the preposition de when connecting to an action. It translates more literally to "way of doing" rather than "way to do".
Why use isto for "this" instead of este or esta?
Isto is an invariable pronoun, meaning it doesn't change for gender or number. It is used here because "this" refers to a general action, situation, or an unnamed concept, rather than a specific masculine or feminine noun.

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