"O elefante olha para a formiga."

Translation: The elephant looks to the ant.

[nDXNK]

I agree. Should be "looks at". Unless it is a fable and the ant is wiser than the elephant.

[jgritty]

Wouldn't this mean "The elephant looks for the ant"?

[Paulenrique]

Olhar para = look at / Procurar = looks for. I think duo used a too literal translation Port/Eng.

[elucify]

But it should be "looks at the ant", not "looks to". That's just wrong. He only looks to the ant if he needs guidance or something.

[JCMcGee]

Perhaps it's a "profound" line from a Paulo Coelho book? ;-)

[Paulenrique]

Hahaha

[Jojo_Epic_]

I agree! I was confused when"at" wasn't even an option.

[Vivien4780]

Agree.

[True-dough]

Shouldn’t “... looks toward(s) the ant.” also be accepted?

[itswarmerinmiami]

I said looks AT the ant and was correct

[Gilberto106073]

Interesting, "at" was not even offered to me.

[Paulenrique]

Yes, that fits perfectly.

[pduby]

Obrigada Paulenrique

[Moneypenny_007]

I try to understand the meaning as a Spanish native also, it sounds more like the meaning is the elephant is looking for the ant (try to find where the ant is). In English is incorrect to say look to, you can use look at, look after, look for, look forward, look with and so on, but to?

[Paulenrique]

"look at" is the best option here.

[MonicaZani4]

Looks 'for' the ant or looks at but never have I used it in this context. Nor would any American speaker. Looks up to the ant maybe meaning for help or out of respect.

[psiphiorg]

Is this sentence also the way one would say "The elephant looks to the ant (for advice)"? Or would that be something different?

[burnal12]

I thought 'para' also meant 'for'. I got it wrong for saying this?!

[FernandoSato]

Sometimes "para" is a translation of "for", but not in this case. Please, compare:

"This is for guests only!" = "Isto é só para hóspedes!"

"Did you come here for me?" = "Você veio aqui por mim?"

"The elephant looks for the ant." = "O elefante procura pela formiga."

[Keziamara]

why is "the elephant sees the ant" not correct?

[Paulenrique]

= O elefante vê a formiga.

[Shez55512]

I put the elephant watches the ant
It was wrong, can't see the meaning in this sentence???

[Paulenrique]

= o elefante observa a formiga.

[Susan191996]

No one commented on this so maybe it's a silly question ,but I'm asking anyway. Why is it olha when it's the elephant looking?

[psiphiorg]

The verb olhar means to look. The elephant is the one who is doing the looking. Therefore, "O elefante olha..." = "The elephant looks..."