Phrase · 📰 Journalistic style
Concluídas as buscas, a Defesa Civil liberou o acesso à área.
Once the search was over, the civil defence agency reopened access to the area.
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Why every word is where it is
Concluídas1verbonce … finishedconcluir · participle · fem. · pl.asdeterminertheo · fem. · pl. · definitebuscas1nounsearchesbusca · fem. · pl.,adeterminertheo · fem. · sing. · definiteDefesa2nounDefenceCivil2nounCivilliberou3verbreopenedliberar · past · 3rd sing.odeterminerthemasc. · sing. · definiteacesso3nounaccessmasc. · sing.à3prepositionto thea+a · fem. · sing. · definiteáreanounareafem. · sing..
- Concluídas → buscas: participle agreement
- Defesa → liberou: subject–verb
- acesso → à: acesso a
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Participial absolute: Concluídas agrees with as buscas (feminine plural) = once the searches were over. Reduced clauses II: participial absolutes & compound forms →
- 2Defesa Civil = the civil protection agency (floods, landslides, fires).
- 3liberar o acesso a = to reopen access to; a + a área → à área. Crase (à, às, àquele) →