What is the difference between ela dá água ao cavalo and ela dá água para o cavalo ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.

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JOELSANTANAA

27 Nov 2022

Portuguese (Brazil)

it's the same meaning, "a/ao" are the same as "para". But it's most common to use "para"

patyangel

27 Nov 2022

Portuguese (Brazil)
English (US) Near fluent

@panfrukt actually no real difference. Both prepositions mean “to” in that case.
But “ao” (preposition “a” + article “o”) means movement, like when you’re going somewhere: “vou AO médico” (I go TO the doctor)

panfrukt

28 Nov 2022

Russian

@patyangel thank you but I ask Google translate:
we go to papa - vamos ao papai
we go to mama - vamos para a mamãe
in both cases we seem to be going somewhere...is this not a hard rule?

patyangel

28 Nov 2022

Portuguese (Brazil)
English (US) Near fluent

@panfrukt well, “para” meaning movement (going somewhere) is a colloquial form. It’s commonly used.

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What is the difference between ela dá água ao cavalo and ela dá água para o cavalo ?

What is the difference between ela dá água ao cavalo and ela dá água para o cavalo ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.

it's the same meaning, "a/ao" are the same as "para". But it's most common to use "para"

@panfrukt actually no real difference. Both prepositions mean “to” in that case.But “ao” (preposition “a” + article “o”) means movement, like when you’re going somewhere: “vou AO médico” (I go TO the doctor)

@panfrukt well, “para” meaning movement (going somewhere) is a colloquial form. It’s commonly used.

@panfrukt actually no real difference. Both prepositions mean “to” in that case.
But “ao” (preposition “a” + article “o”) means movement, like when you’re going somewhere: “vou AO médico” (I go TO the doctor)