"Ele vai para o colégio."

Translation: He goes to school.

[DanMedeiros93]

Can college not be a proper translation of colégio? I know that when I learned European Portuguese, escola was school, universidade was university, and I thought colégio could mean college. But, maybe I'm not remembering correctly, or maybe it doesn't translate that way in Brazilian.

[Paulenrique]

For us, colégio is frequently used as "private school" and escola for both private or public school. College is faculdade.

[DanMedeiros93]

Alright, thank you

[AnastasiaStyIes]

*University is faculdade.

[Amanesse77]

Colégio may refer to any kind of school

[as2539]

Should "he goes to the school" be acceptable here? If not - why?

[Paulenrique]

Sure. Maybe duolingo hasnt accepted because its stil beta version...

[AnastasiaStyIes]

Still hasn't accepted, as of 27/09/19. Reported again.

[Saulogxisto]

Don't have "the" it's only "to school"

[GrannySlasher]

Is this sentence used both to state that he's in transit, and also to say that a particular school is the one that he is an active student of?

[Paulenrique]

Yes!

[jesihcuhh]

Why is 'para o' used here to mean 'to the'? Would 'ao' be acceptable?

[Paulenrique]

go to = ir para (for a long period, maybe forever) / ir ao (for a short period). Vou ao médico amanhã / Ela vai para o Brasil (meaning "move to Brazil"). But, in spoken language, people use "ir para" whether for a long or short period.

[Francesca444435]

When listening to it at full speed, the 'o' in 'o colégio' cant be heard. Or is this just me? Is this correct?

[ChicagoAmal]

I wrote "He goes to college".

[Ygorwells]

Does this mean 'he goes to school' in the sense of 'he attends school' or in the sense of 'he travels to school'?