Phrase · 🙇 Apologies & excuses

Desculpa avisar em cima da hora.

Sorry for the short notice.

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Pourquoi chaque mot est à sa place

Desculpa1verbesorrydesculpar · impératif · 3e pers. sing.avisar1verbetelling (you)infinitifem cima da hora2adverbeat the last minute.

Mot à mot : “Sorry to-tell on top of-the hour.”

Les notes correspondent aux numéros ci-dessus.

1
Desculpa + infinitive = sorry for doing something, with no preposition needed. Imperative & polite requests →
2
em cima da hora = at the last minute (literally "on top of the hour"). Da = de + a. Contractions: preposition + article/pronoun →