Phrase · 🪶 Hedging & softening
Correndo o risco de ser chato, eu insisto nesse ponto.
At the risk of being a pain, I'll insist on this point.
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Why every word is where it is
Correndo1verbrunningcorrer · gerundo1determinerthemasc. · sing. · definiterisco1nounriskmasc. · sing.de1prepositionofserverbbeinginfinitivechato2adjectiveannoyingmasc. · sing.,eupronounI1st sing. · subjectinsistoverbinsistinsistir · present · 1st sing.nesseprepositionon thisem+esse · masc. · sing.pontonounpointmasc. · sing..
- Correndo → de: hedge
- eu → insisto: subject–verb
- insisto → nesse: insistir em
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Correndo o risco de + infinitive = "at the risk of": a gerund that softens what follows. Reduced clauses I: gerund & infinitive clauses →
- 2chato = "annoying, boring" in Brazil.