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A entreajuda é fundamental para colaborar no escritório.

A entreajuda é fundamental para colaborar no escritório.
Mutual help is fundamental to collaborate in the office.
From Lesson 194:Reciprocal reinforcement (um ao outro)·Portuguese (Portugal)

Questions & Answers about A entreajuda é fundamental para colaborar no escritório.

This lesson is about reciprocal expressions like um ao outro. How does the word entreajuda relate to that?
Entreajuda literally means "mutual help" (from entre meaning "between" and ajuda meaning "help"). It is the noun equivalent of the reciprocal action ajudarem-se uns aos outros (to help each other). Portuguese often uses this single word to express the concept of reciprocity instead of a longer phrase.
Why is the simple infinitive colaborar used after para here?
Because this is a general statement. When expressing a universal rule or purpose without a specific subject, we use para followed by the impersonal infinitive (colaborar). If you wanted to specify that it is fundamental for us to collaborate, you would use the personal infinitive: para colaborarmos.
Why doesn't the compound word entreajuda have a hyphen?
Modern Portuguese spelling rules generally only require a hyphen after prefixes like entre- if the following word starts with an "h" or with the exact same vowel the prefix ends with. Since entre ends in "e" and ajuda starts with "a", they merge smoothly into a single word.

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