Wendung · 🎚️ Nuance & positioning
Por pior que seja a notícia, é melhor saber logo.
However bad the news is, it's better to know right away.
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Warum jedes Wort dort steht, wo es steht
Por1Präpositionhoweverpior1Adjektivbad (lit. worse)fem. · Sg.que1Konjunktion(that)seja1Verbisser · Subjuntivo · Präsens · 3. Pers. Sg.aBegleitertheo · fem. · Sg. · bestimmtnotícia2Nomennewsfem. · Sg.,éVerbit isser · Präsens · 3. Pers. Sg.melhorAdjektivbettermask. · Sg.saberVerbto knowInfinitivlogo3Adverbright away.
- Por → que: por… que
- que → seja: triggers subjunctive
- seja → notícia: subject–verb (postposed)
- melhor → saber: infinitive subject
Warum sie so gebaut ist
Die Hinweise passen zu den Nummern oben.
- 1Por pior que seja = "however bad it is": por + comparative + que + subjunctive. Also por melhor que. Concession & condition connectives →
- 2a notícia is one piece of news; as notícias = the news.
- 3logo = "right away, soon"; it doesn't mean "later".