Fazer Parte de: Say You Belong to a Group in Portuguese
Fazer parte de means to be part of or belong to something. Practice the phrase with groups, teams, projects, and communities.
Real Life Portuguese · 4 min read · Updated October 14, 2026
The short answer
Fazer parte de means to be part of something. It works with a team, community, family, project, organization, or broader experience. Conjugate fazer for the person or thing that belongs: faço, faz, fazemos, or fazem.
Use fazer parte de for membership or belonging
After parte, the preposition de introduces the group. If the group takes a definite article, de combines with it: de + o becomes do, de + a becomes da, and de + os/as becomes dos/das.
Faço parte de um grupo de conversação.
I’m part of a conversation group.
Ela faz parte da equipe de atendimento.
She is part of the customer support team.
Essas atividades fazem parte do curso.
Those activities are part of the course.
Choose between fazer parte and participar
Fazer parte de emphasizes membership or belonging. Participar de emphasizes taking part in an event or activity. Someone can fazer parte de um clube (belong to a club) and participar de uma reunião (attend or take part in a meeting).
English “belong” can also mean that an object is owned by someone. In that case, Portuguese often uses ser de: Este casaco é da Ana (This coat belongs to Ana). Choose the phrase by meaning, not by the English word alone.
Meu irmão participa de uma aula de dança.
My brother takes part in a dance class.
Você faz parte desta associação?
Are you part of this association?
Este caderno é do Rafael.
This notebook belongs to Rafael.
Put it into practice
Use fazer parte de for membership or inclusion, participar de for involvement in an activity, and ser de when you mean an item is owned by someone.
Quick practice
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