preposition + pronoun / prepositional phrase
para cada
1. indicating that something applies individually to every member of a group
There is a prize for each winner.
Há um prêmio para cada vencedor.
2. denoting distribution or allocation to individual items in a series
The teacher gave one book for each student.
A professora deu um livro para cada aluno.
3. in programming, iterating through elements in a collection
The loop processes for each item in the array.
O loop processa para cada item no array.
This phrase is universally understood in both American English and Brazilian Portuguese. It is commonly used in educational, commercial, and technical contexts. In Brazil, 'para cada' maintains the same distribution and allocation meaning across all regions without notable variations.
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