Phrase · 🙇 Apologies & excuses
Desculpa, acabei esquecendo de te avisar.
Sorry, I ended up forgetting to tell you.
B1apologizing for forgettinginformalAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
Desculpaverbsorrydesculpar · imperative · 3rd sing.,acabei1verbI ended upacabar · past · 1st sing.esquecendo2verbforgettingesquecer · gerundde3prepositiontote3object pronounyou2nd sing. · direct objectavisar3verbtellinfinitive.
- acabei → esquecendo: periphrasis
- esquecendo → de: preposition
- avisar → te: object
Word for word: “Sorry, (I) finished forgetting of you to-tell.”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1acabar + gerund = to end up doing something you didn’t plan. A very common excuse. Aspectual periphrases I: começar a, parar de, voltar a… →
- 2esquecer = to forget, usually with no pronoun in speech. Spanish se me olvidó is esqueci.
- 3esquecer de + infinitive = to forget to do something. Te avisar: pronoun before the infinitive. Object pronouns as spoken →
Variations
- Desculpa, esqueci de te avisar.
- Acabei esquecendo, foi mal!
- Nossa, esqueci completamente!