Phrase · 📰 Journalistic style
A assessoria do cantor desmentiu os boatos de que ele deixaria a banda.
The singer's press team denied rumours that he was leaving the band.
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Why every word is where it is
Adeterminertheo · fem. · sing. · definiteassessorianounpress teamfem. · sing.doprepositionof thede+o · masc. · sing. · definitecantornounsingermasc. · sing.desmentiu1verbdenieddesmentir · past · 3rd sing.osdeterminertheo · masc. · pl. · definiteboatos1nounrumoursboato · masc. · pl.de2prepositionthatque2conjunction(that)elepronounhe3rd sing. · subjectdeixaria3verbwould leavedeixar · conditional · 3rd sing.adeterminertheo · fem. · sing. · definitebandanounbandfem. · sing..
- assessoria → desmentiu: subject–verb
- boatos → que: de que
- ele → deixaria: subject–verb
- ele → cantor: antecedent
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1desmentir = to deny (a report), refute; boato = rumour.
- 2After a noun, keep de before que: boatos de que, a notícia de que.
- 3Future in the past: deixaria = he would leave, as the rumour had it. Sequence of tenses & reported speech II →