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Ela me disse para não me preocupar.

She told me not to worry.

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Why every word is where it is

Elapronounshe, herele · 3rd sing.mepronounme, to meeu · 1st sing.disseverbsaiddizer · past · 3rd sing.para1prepositionfor, tonãoadverbnot, nomepronounme, to meeu · 1st sing.preocupar1verbworryinfinitive.
  • disse → preocupar: para + infinitive

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

  1. 1
    Spoken Brazilian reports orders with dizer para + infinitive; Spanish needs que + subjunctive. Sequence of tenses & reported speech II →

Variations

  • Ela me disse que não me preocupasse.