Brazilian Portuguese Grammar

The use of the definite articles O emprego dos artigos definidos
Legend green background color: you have to use the articles yellow background color: you can use the articles red background color: you can't use the articles
Rules	Examples	Meaning	Notes
Names of streets, avenues, alleys, roads and other thoroughfares	Ele mora na Avenida Paulista.	He lives on Avenida Paulista.	*The words rua, avenida, alameda, estrada, rodovia* and marginal are feminine.**
	Não gosto de dirigir na Marginal do Pinheiros.	I don't like to drive on the Pinheiros Freeway.
Names of parks and squares	Moro próximo ao Parque do Ibirapuera.	I live near Ibirapuera Park.	parque is masculine praça is feminine
Names of parks and squares	A loja dele fica na Praça da Sé.	His store is at Sé Square.	parque is masculine praça is feminine
Names of hotels, airports, museums, art galleries, movie theaters, restaurants, stores and shopping malls	o Shopping Interlagos o Hotel Hilton o Teatro Procópio Ferreira o Aeroporto de Congonhas	The Interlagos Shopping Mall The Hilton Hotel The Procópio Ferreira Theater Congonhas Airport	*The words hotel, aeroporto, museu, cinema, restaurante* and shopping are masculine. The words galeria de arte and loja are feminine.**
Names of continents	a Europa	Europe	Also: a América do Norte a América do Sul a América Central a Ásia Menor o Oriente Médio
	a América	America
	a África	Africa
	a Ásia	Asia
	a Oceania	Oceania
	a Antártida	Antarctica
Names of countries	o Brasil os Estados Unidos o Canadá o Egito o Japão	Brazil The United States Canada Egypt Japan	Countries in Portuguese are masculine or feminine. Read Noun gender for more information.
Names of countries	a Inglaterra a França a Alemanha a Argentina a Rússia	England France Germany Argentina Russia
Articles are not used with some countries.	Portugal Angola Moçambique	Portugal Angola Mozambique	Read Noun gender for more information.
Names of cities, states and villages	São Paulo Lisboa Nova York Madri Tóquio Amsterdã Londres Edimburgo Estocolmo Pequim Seul Bruxelas Moscou Milão Munique Berlim Praga Budapeste Oslo Bagdá Atenas Roma Montevidéu Paris Buenos Aires Helsinque	São Paulo Lisbon New York Madrid Tokyo Amsterdam London Edinburgh Stockholm Beijing Seoul Brussels Moscow Milan Munich Berlin Prague Budapest Oslo Baghdad Athens Rome Montevideo Paris Buenos Aires Helsinki	Read Brazilian states and capitals for information on the use of articles.
*Articles are* used with a few names of cities, states and provinces.**	o Rio de Janeiro o Recife a Cidade do México a Califórnia	Rio de Janeiro Recife Mexico City California	Read Brazilian states and capitals for information on the use of articles.