{"id":1132,"date":"2023-06-20T14:54:39","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T17:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centraldoingles.com\/portal2\/?p=1132"},"modified":"2025-06-22T09:45:31","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T12:45:31","slug":"to-ou-for-quando-usa-los","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centraldoingles.com\/portal\/gramatica\/to-ou-for-quando-usa-los\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00b4To\u00b4 ou \u00b4For\u00b4? Quando us\u00e1-los?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class='item_comp_desc texto_padrao'><div style='text-align: justify;'>&nbsp; &nbsp;Para n&oacute;s brasileiros &eacute; sempre complicado compreender o uso das preposi&ccedil;&otilde;es. At&eacute; mesmo para professores de ingl&ecirc;s experientes, essas pequenas palavras podem dar certo trabalho. Isso porque n&atilde;o h&aacute; regras muito claras e definidas sobre o uso destas e porque n&atilde;o temos uma rela&ccedil;&atilde;o t&atilde;o direta com o portugu&ecirc;s. Por isso, muitas vezes temos dificuldades em decidir qual das duas proposi&ccedil;&otilde;es devemos usar na frase. <strong>To<\/strong> ou <strong>for<\/strong>? Observe a dica a seguir.<br \/>\n&nbsp; &nbsp;De maneira geral, pode-se dizer que <strong>to<\/strong> est&aacute; ligado &agrave; ideia de <em>movimento, dire&ccedil;&atilde;o<\/em>, correspondendo muitas vezes &agrave; preposi&ccedil;&atilde;o <strong>a<\/strong> do portugu&ecirc;s. &Eacute; usado&nbsp;para falar do <em>prop&oacute;sito ou objetivo <\/em>de uma a&ccedil;&atilde;o. Muitas vezes o <strong>to<\/strong> &eacute; acompanhado de um verbo no infinitivo. <strong>For<\/strong> relaciona-se &agrave; ideia de <em>benef&iacute;cio, substitui&ccedil;&atilde;o, inten&ccedil;&atilde;o<\/em> <em>ou destina&ccedil;&atilde;o<\/em>, correspondendo, &agrave;s vezes, ao <strong style='line-height: 20.8px; text-align: justify;'>por&nbsp;<\/strong>no&nbsp;portugu&ecirc;s. Normalmente <strong>for<\/strong> &eacute;&nbsp;acompanhado do ger&uacute;ndio para falar da fun&ccedil;&atilde;o de algo ou de um substantivo.&nbsp;Esta diferen&ccedil;a de significado, entretanto, n&atilde;o &eacute; sempre clara.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nVeja os exemplos a seguir:<\/div>\n<br \/>\nI&rsquo;m going to Spain <strong>for&nbsp;<\/strong><u>a holiday<\/u>.<br \/>\nWhat would you like <strong>for&nbsp;<\/strong><u>dinner<\/u>?<br \/>\nLet&rsquo;s go to the pool <strong>for&nbsp;<\/strong><u>a swim<\/u>.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nI&rsquo;m going to Spain <strong>to&nbsp;<\/strong><u>learn<\/u> Spanish.<br \/>\nWhat would you like<strong> to&nbsp;<\/strong><u>eat<\/u>?&nbsp;<br \/>\n<br \/>\nObserve a tabela a seguir para esclarecer mais ainda o assunto.<br \/>\n&nbsp;\n<table border='1' style='border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px;border:0px;color:rgb(85, 85, 85);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-stretch:inherit;font-variant-numeric:inherit;line-height:18px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;width:600px;' width='100%'>\n\t<colgroup style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px;'>\n\t\t<col style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px;' width='50%' \/>\n\t\t<col style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px;' width='50%' \/>\n\t<\/colgroup>\n\t<tbody style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;'>\n\t\t<tr style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;'>\n\t\t\t<th height='30' style='margin: 0px; padding: 10px 10px 0px; font-family: inherit; border: 1px solid black; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;'><span style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;'><strong style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;'>TO<\/strong><\/span><\/th>\n\t\t\t<th style='margin: 0px; padding: 10px 10px 0px; font-family: inherit; border: 1px solid black; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;'><span style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;'><strong style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;'>FOR<\/strong><\/span><\/th>\n\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t<tr style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;'>\n\t\t\t<td height='50' style='margin: 0px; padding: 10px 10px 0px; font-family: inherit; border: 1px solid black; outline: 0px; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;'><span style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;'><strong style='font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;'>Para indicar destino, movimento em dire&ccedil;&atilde;o a algo<\/strong><span style='font-style: inherit;'>:<\/span><br style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px;' \/>\n\t\t\t<i>I&#39;m going <strong>to<\/strong> Sweden.<\/i><\/span><\/td>\n\t\t\t<td style='margin: 0px; padding: 10px 10px 0px; font-family: inherit; border: 1px solid black; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;'><span style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;'><strong style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;'>Para indicar fun&ccedil;&atilde;o (seguido de ger&uacute;ndio)<\/strong>:<br style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px;' \/>\n\t\t\t<em style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;'>A watering can is used&nbsp;<strong style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;'>for<\/strong>&nbsp;watering the flowers.<\/em><\/span><\/td>\n\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t<tr style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;'>\n\t\t\t<td height='50' style='margin: 0px; padding: 10px 10px 0px; font-family: inherit; border: 1px solid black; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;'><span style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;'><strong style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;'>Para falar de dist&acirc;ncia<\/strong>:<br style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px;' \/>\n\t\t\t<em style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;'>It&rsquo;s about 2 blocks&nbsp;<strong style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;'>to<\/strong>&nbsp;reach&nbsp;her office.<\/em><\/span><\/td>\n\t\t\t<td style='margin: 0px; padding: 10px 10px 0px; font-family: inherit; border: 1px solid black; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;'><span style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;'><strong style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;'>Para falar de benef&iacute;cios<\/strong>:<br style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px;' \/>\n\t\t\t<em style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;'>Fruits and vegetables are important&nbsp;<strong style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;'>for<\/strong>&nbsp;us.<\/em><\/span><\/td>\n\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t<tr style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;'>\n\t\t\t<td height='50' style='margin: 0px; padding: 10px 10px 0px; font-family: inherit; border: 1px solid black; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;'><span style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;'><strong style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;'>Quando destinar algo a algu&eacute;m<\/strong>:<br style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px;' \/>\n\t\t\t<em style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;'>He sent a message&nbsp;<strong style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;'>to<\/strong>&nbsp;me..<\/em><\/span><\/td>\n\t\t\t<td style='margin: 0px; padding: 10px 10px 0px; font-family: inherit; border: 1px solid black; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;'><strong style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;'><span style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;'>Com o sentido de &ldquo;por causa de&rdquo;<\/span><\/strong>:<br style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px;' \/>\n\t\t\t<span style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;'><em style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;'>Our teacher is really happy&nbsp;<strong style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;'>for<\/strong>&nbsp;us.<\/em><\/span><\/td>\n\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t<tr style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;'>\n\t\t\t<td height='50' style='margin: 0px; padding: 10px 10px 0px; font-family: inherit; border: 1px solid black; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;'><span style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;'><strong style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;'>Para ligar o in&iacute;cio e o fim de um per&iacute;odo<\/strong>:<br style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px;' \/>\n\t\t\t<em style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;'>He has classes from 8&nbsp;<strong style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;'>to<\/strong>&nbsp;10.<\/em><\/span><\/td>\n\t\t\t<td style='margin: 0px; padding: 10px 10px 0px; font-family: inherit; border: 1px solid black; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;'><span style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;'><strong style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;'>Para falar sobre a dura&ccedil;&atilde;o de algo<\/strong>:<br style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px;' \/>\n\t\t\t<em style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;'>I&rsquo;ve been studying&nbsp;<strong style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;'>for<\/strong>&nbsp;three hours.<\/em><\/span><\/td>\n\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t<tr style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;'>\n\t\t\t<td height='50' style='margin: 0px; padding: 10px 10px 0px; font-family: inherit; border: 1px solid black; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;'><span style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;'><strong style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;'>Para comparar duas coisas<\/strong>:<br style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px;' \/>\n\t\t\t<em style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;'>I prefer going to the movies&nbsp;<strong style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;'>to<\/strong>&nbsp;staying at home.<\/em><\/span><\/td>\n\t\t\t<td style='margin: 0px; padding: 10px 10px 0px; font-family: inherit; border: 1px solid black; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;'>&nbsp;<\/td>\n\t\t<\/tr>\n\t<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n<p style='margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(85, 85, 85);'>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp;Para n&oacute;s brasileiros &eacute; sempre complicado compreender o uso das preposi&ccedil;&otilde;es. At&eacute; mesmo para professores de ingl&ecirc;s experientes, essas pequenas palavras podem dar certo trabalho. Isso porque n&atilde;o h&aacute; regras muito claras e definidas sobre o uso destas e porque n&atilde;o temos uma rela&ccedil;&atilde;o t&atilde;o direta com o portugu&ecirc;s. Por isso, muitas vezes temos [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1133,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[212,213,217,218,216,211,214,215,210],"class_list":["post-1132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gramatica","tag-for-ou-to","tag-for-x-to","tag-quando-usar-for-e-to","tag-quando-usar-to-e-for","tag-quando-usar-to-ou-for","tag-to-ou-for","tag-to-ou-for-em-ingles","tag-to-ou-for-em-ingles-2","tag-to-x-for"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/centraldoingles.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/centraldoingles.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/centraldoingles.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centraldoingles.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centraldoingles.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/centraldoingles.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1132\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centraldoingles.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/centraldoingles.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centraldoingles.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centraldoingles.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}