Phrase · 📰 Journalistic style
A defesa do acusado alega que ele estava fora do país na época.
The defendant's lawyers claim he was abroad at the time.
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Why every word is where it is
Adeterminertheo · fem. · sing. · definitedefesa1noundefencefem. · sing.doprepositionof thede+o · masc. · sing. · definiteacusadonounaccusedmasc. · sing.alega2verbclaimsalegar · present · 3rd sing.queconjunctionthatelepronounhe3rd sing. · subjectestava3verbwasestar · imperfect · 3rd sing.foraadverboutdoprepositionof thede+o · masc. · sing. · definitepaísnouncountrymasc. · sing.na3prepositionat theem+a · fem. · sing. · definiteépoca3nountimefem. · sing..
- defesa → alega: subject–verb
- alega → que: que-clause
- ele → estava: subject–verb
- ele → acusado: antecedent
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1a defesa = the defence (the accused's lawyers), treated as a speaker.
- 2alegar = to claim: the reporter keeps a distance and does not endorse the claim. Sequence of tenses & reported speech II →
- 3na época = at the time; the imperfect estava describes a past state.