Portuguese Phrase
Estamos organizando uma caça ao tesouro.
Meaning
The sentence announces that the speaker and a group are currently planning a treasure hunt. It uses the progressive construction to stress that the activity is being arranged right now.
When to use
Use this phrase when you want to tell friends, classmates, or coworkers that a treasure‑hunt event is being set up – for a party, a school activity, a corporate team‑building day, or any fun group adventure.
✦Grammar Breakdown
Estamosorganizandoumacaçaaotesouro
Estar + gerúndio
‘Estamos’ is the first‑person plural present of ‘estar’, used with a gerund to express an ongoing action.
Gerúndio de organizar
‘Organizando’ is the gerund form of ‘organizar’, meaning ‘to organize’.
Artigo indefinido feminino
‘Uma’ is the indefinite article that agrees with the feminine noun ‘caça’.
Substantivo ‘caça’
‘Caça’ means ‘hunt’ and is a feminine noun.
Contração ‘ao’
‘Ao’ = a + o, the preposition ‘a’ contracted with the masculine singular article ‘o’, used before ‘tesouro’.
Substantivo ‘tesouro’
‘Tesouro’ is a masculine noun meaning ‘treasure’.
🗨In Conversation
Estamos organizando uma caça ao tesouro para o próximo fim de semana.
We’re organizing a treasure hunt for next weekend.
Que legal! Posso ajudar a preparar as pistas?
How cool! Can I help prepare the clues?
✕Common Mistakes
Estamos organizar uma caça ao tesouro.
‘Organizar’ must be in gerund form after ‘estar’; use ‘organizando’.
Estamos organizando uma caça de tesouro.
The correct preposition is ‘a’ (contracted to ‘ao’), not ‘de’.
Estamos organizando um caça ao tesouro.
‘Caça’ is feminine, so the article must be ‘uma’, not ‘um’.
Estamos organizando uma caça aos tesouros.
‘Tesouro’ is singular here; the article ‘o’ contracts to ‘ao’, not ‘aos’.
↔Alternatives
Vamos montar uma caça ao tesouro.
Let’s set up a treasure hunt.
Estamos preparando uma caça ao tesouro.
We’re preparing a treasure hunt.
Estou organizando uma caça ao tesouro.
I am organizing a treasure hunt.
Cultural Tip
Treasure hunts (‘caça ao tesouro’) are a staple of Brazilian school festivals, birthday parties and corporate team‑building events. The activity is usually called ‘caça ao tesouro’ regardless of the age group, and it’s common to hide small gifts or riddles that lead participants to a final prize. Remember that ‘caça’ is feminine, so the article must be ‘uma’, while ‘tesouro’ stays masculine, requiring the contraction ‘ao’.