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Phrase · 🎓 Academic discourse

À luz desses dados, a hipótese inicial precisa ser revista.

In light of these data, the initial hypothesis needs to be revised.

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Why every word is where it is

À1prepositionina+a · fem. · sing. · definiteluz1nounlightfem. · sing.desses1prepositionof thesede+esse · masc. · pl.dadosnoundatadado · masc. · pl.,adeterminertheo · fem. · sing. · definitehipótesenounhypothesisfem. · sing.inicialadjectiveinitialfem. · sing.precisa2verbneedsprecisar · present · 3rd sing.ser2verbbeinfinitiverevista2verbrevisedrever · participle · fem. · sing..
  • À → dados: à luz de
  • hipótese → precisa: subject–verb
  • revista → hipótese: participle agreement

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

  1. 1
    À luz de = "in light of"; crase, because luz is feminine. Discourse connectors for argument & writing →
  2. 2
    Passive infinitive: revista, participle of rever, agrees with hipótese. Passive voice with ser (and estar / ficar + participle) →