"From March until May."

Translation: De março a maio.

[gerry11111]

can anyone clarify the distinction between de and desde in portuguese? Is it exactly the same as in spanish? Thank you.

[Paulenrique]

From/of = de.

Since/once = desde, indicating the start of an action or a condition (desde -once- que você não se atrase).

"Desde março" would indicate it has gone. (É junho, e as inscrições foram desde [de] março até maio).

"De março" may indicate it will happen (as incrições ocorrerão de março até maio)

(not too sure if it helped you...)

[Suricate01]

Very good explanation Paulenrique!

[mandarbela]

now that de and desde are cleared up.... what's the difference between a and até

[Henrique_Duarte]

in this sentense thereis no difference between "a" and "até". But remember that "a" has lots of other meanings and functions different from "até". "a" can be article, preposition, a particle( don't know if this is the best english word for that) to define feminine gender, etc..

[elidel11]

Is " De março até maio" also valid?

[Henrique_Duarte]

should be

[ridefree]

do de and desde are cleared up, can anyone explain why it's de and not do?

[2Bibliophile]

'Do março' would mean "from THE March" (the month). Which doesn't make sense even in English. 'De março' is simply "From March..."

[Gatao15]

Can someone explain why you cannot write para instead of a

[Paulenrique]

When you have "From XXX to YYY", you should use "De XXX a YYY" (except when it is about people:

• De Paulo para Sandra
• De março a abril
• Do verão ao inverno (or "do verão até o inverno")
• Das 9h às 18h