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Common Prepositions and Contractions

Prepositions are words that describe location, for instance, 'at', 'of' etc.

However, unlike in English, some of these "contract". That means they join other words to form new words, not always in a facilitative way. Here are the prepositions, with the contractions with definite and indefinite articles.


Common Portuguese Prepositions and their Contractions
em
means in, on or at


em + o = no
em + a = na
em + os = nos
em + as = nas

facultative
em + um = num
em + uma = numa
em + uns = nuns
em  + umas = numas
por
means by, through or for


por + o = pelo
por + a = pela

facultative
por + os || por + eles = pelos
por + as || por + elas = pelas

por does not combine with um, uma, uns or umas
 a
means at or to


a + o = ao
a + a = à
a + os = aos
a + as = às

a does not combine with um, uma, uns or umas.
de
means of or from


de + o = do
de + a = da
de + os = dos
de + as = das

facultative
de + um = dum
de + uma = duma
de + uns = duns
de + umas = dumas
de + este = deste
de + esta = desta
de + estes = destes
de + estas = destas
de + esse = desse
de + essa = dessa
de + esses = desses
de + essas = dessas
para
means for, to, so that, in order to


para rarely and almost only colloquially contracts with o, a, os and as to form p(')rò, p(')rà, p(')ròs and p(')ràs, respectively.
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