Phrase · 📋 Summarising & reporting
De acordo com o relatório, as vendas caíram dez por cento.
According to the report, sales fell by ten per cent.
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Why every word is where it is
De acordo com1prepositionaccording toodeterminerthemasc. · sing. · definiterelatórionounreportmasc. · sing.,asdeterminertheo · fem. · pl. · definitevendasnounsalesvenda · fem. · pl.caíramverbfellcair · past · 3rd pl.dezdeterminertenporprepositionby, for, throughcentodeterminerhundred (por cento = per cent).
- vendas → caíram: plural
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1de acordo com = according to; the percentage needs no article (Spanish un diez por ciento). Discourse connectors for argument & writing →