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Phrase · 🧠 Complex argumentation

Diante disso, a pergunta que se impõe é: quem paga a conta?

Given this, the question that arises is: who pays the bill?

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Why every word is where it is

Diante1adverbin view ofdisso1prepositionof thisde + isso,adeterminertheo · fem. · sing. · definiteperguntanounquestionfem. · sing.quepronounthat, whichsepronounitselfimpõe2verbimposesimpor · present · 3rd sing.éverbisser · present · 3rd sing.:quempronounwho, whoeversing.pagaverbpayspagar · present · 3rd sing.adeterminertheo · fem. · sing. · definitecontanounbillfem. · sing.?
  • Diante → disso: diante de + isso = disso
  • pergunta → é: a pergunta… é

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

  1. 1
    «diante disso» = in view of this; «isso» takes up what was said. Cohesion & reference in sophisticated texts →
  2. 2
    «impor-se» = to arise as unavoidable; «impõe» from «impor» (like pôr).