"But they have no possibilities to win."

Translation: Mas eles não têm possibilidades de ganhar.

[shatto]

should 'para ganhar' be allowed? Is this chances to win or chances of winning?

[Danmoller]

With possibilidade(s), we use "de".

The "para" preposition would suggest the possibilities are used to win. But possibilities are not like tools or habilities.

You could say "eles não têm habilidades para ganhar", but not "eles não têm possibilidades para ganhar".

[erudis]

As far as my knowledge of English goes, to win = para ganhar, of winning = de ganhar.
But I guess they can be interchangeable sometimes.

[JohnGrunewald]

I tried "Eles não têm nenhumas possibilidades de ganhar" and was marked wrong. Is it that the adjectives don't have to agree with the noun? Or that nenhumas just doesn't work in this sentence. Thanks

[Paulenrique]

Nunhuns and nenhumas are rarely used for PTBR.

[IgordeMatos]

In portuguese do not exist "nenhumas/nenhuns" only "nenhuma/nenhum" is correct and it would be right if "nenhumas" wouldn't have written

[Paulenrique]

Sorry. You are wrong: https://cirandadasletras.wordpress.com/2014/03/15/nem-um-nem-uma-nenhum-nenhuma-nenhumas-nenhuns/

[Andrew281773]

"But they have no possibilities to win" does not make sense as a sentence. Does it mean "they have no chance of winning" or does it mean "there is nothing they can possibly win?" I can't translate a sentence that doesn't mean anything

[Paulenrique]

The first option.

[MarkosGoulet]

Duolingo never taught negative indefinite adjectives and pronouns, did it?

[Danmoller]

That is not common in Portuguese (perhaps it doesn't even exist. As a native, I can't remember anything like that).
You end up negating the verb, not the noun.
have no possibilites = não têm possibilidades

You could try "nenhuma possibilidade" (no possibilities).
Nenhuma = nem+uma = not a single one/not even one/none

But even doing so, you would still use the negation of the verb: "eles não têm nenhuma possibilitade de vencer"

Maybe a numeric workaround? Eles têm zero possibilidade de ganhar.

[lugosky]

'Eles não tên nenhuma possibilidade de ganhar'?

[Paulenrique]

"Mas eles não têm nenhuma possibilidade de ganhar" is right.

[belsazar0]

why not para ganhar?

[Erik27135]

Vencer ? Not acceped

[MichaelPay459804]

Mas eles não têm possibilidades de vencer. Accepted 11/30/2020

[ShirleyMoo9]

I wrote "mas eles não têm possibilidades para ganhar", and it was accepted! However Danmoller says that shouldn't have been accepted?

[Danmoller]

Sounds really bad to me (I'm a Brazilian)

[KellyJDarwin]

I thought the 'não' would come before possibilidades for the given English sentence but i was marked wrong (Mas eles têm não possibilidades de ganhar). To me the correct answer would make the English sentence 'But they don't have possibilities to win', which sounds weird.