How is the word ao translated from Portuguese to English

English translation
to the
preposition

Contração da preposição «a» com o artigo «o»: a algo masculino; diante de infinitivo, indica o momento em que algo acontece.

Contraction of the preposition 'a' with the article 'o': to something masculine; before an infinitive, indicates the moment when something happens.

[aw]

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Examples with “ao”

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  • Ao anoitecer, um gato desgrenhado esgueirou-se pelo beco estreito. — At dusk, a scruffy cat sneaked through the narrow alley.

  • Vamos ao museu amanhã? — Are we going to the museum tomorrow?

  • Não digas isso ao teu chefe assim. — Don't say that to your boss like that.

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