Phrase · 🎚️ Nuance & positioning
Apesar de reconhecer o esforço, não posso aprovar o relatório.
While I recognise the effort, I can't approve the report.
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Why every word is where it is
Apesar1adverbdespitede1preposition(of)reconhecer1verbrecognisinginfinitiveodeterminerthemasc. · sing. · definiteesforçonouneffortmasc. · sing.,nãoadverbnotpossoverbI canpoder · present · 1st sing.aprovar2verbapproveinfinitiveodeterminerthemasc. · sing. · definiterelatório2nounreportmasc. · sing..
- Apesar → de: apesar de
- de → reconhecer: + infinitive
- posso → aprovar: poder + infinitive
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Apesar de + infinitive = "despite (doing)": a concession with the same subject and no subjunctive. Reduced clauses I: gerund & infinitive clauses →
- 2aprovar is spelled with v; relatório = "report".