Wendung · 🕊️ Diplomacy & delicate topics

Será que não seria melhor esperar?

Wouldn't it perhaps be better to wait?

C2suggesting indirectlyAudio · bald verfügbar

Warum jedes Wort dort steht, wo es steht

Será1Verb(I wonder) will it beser · Futur · 3. Pers. Sg.queKonjunktionthatnãoAdverbnot, noseria2Verbwould it beser · Konditional · 3. Pers. Sg.melhorAdjektivbetterSg.esperarVerbto waitInfinitiv?

Será → que: será que = I wonder if
seria → esperar: seria melhor + infinitive

Warum sie so gebaut ist

Die Hinweise passen zu den Nummern oben.

1
«será que» turns a suggestion into an open question. Pragmatics of Brazilian indirectness & politeness →
2
Negative question + conditional: a very soft proposal.