Phrase · 📰 Journalistic style
De acordo com levantamento divulgado nesta terça-feira, o desemprego caiu pelo terceiro mês seguido.
According to a survey released on Tuesday, unemployment fell for the third month in a row.
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Why every word is where it is
De1prepositionaccordingacordo1noun(according)masc. · sing.com1prepositiontolevantamento2nounsurveymasc. · sing.divulgado2verbreleaseddivulgar · participle · masc. · sing.nesta3prepositionthisem+esta · fem. · sing.terça-feira3nounTuesdayfem. · sing.,odeterminerthemasc. · sing. · definitedesempregonoununemploymentmasc. · sing.caiuverbfellcair · past · 3rd sing.peloprepositionfor thepor+o · masc. · sing. · definiteterceiroadjectivethirdmasc. · sing.mêsnounmonthmasc. · sing.seguidoadjectivein a rowmasc. · sing..
- De → com: de acordo com
- divulgado → levantamento: participle agreement
- desemprego → caiu: subject–verb
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1De acordo com = according to: the neutral way to attribute data.
- 2Press style drops the article: levantamento divulgado = a survey released; the agent is left unsaid. Passive alternatives & agent demotion →
- 3nesta terça-feira = this (past or coming) Tuesday: papers date events by the weekday.