Phrase · 📑 Academic & legal formulas
Em que pese a relevância do tema, há poucos estudos sobre ele.
Despite the relevance of the subject, there are few studies on it.
C2elevated concessionformalAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
Em1prepositionin, onque1pronoun(that)pese1verbweighspesar · subjunctive · present · 3rd sing.adeterminertheo · fem. · sing. · definiterelevâncianounrelevancefem. · sing.doprepositionof thede + o · masc. · sing. · definitetemanounsubjectmasc. · sing.,háverbthere arehaver · present · 3rd sing.poucosdeterminerfewpouco · masc. · pl.estudosnounstudiesestudo · masc. · pl.sobreprepositionabout, onelepronounhe, it3rd sing..
- pese → relevância: em que pese + noun
- há → estudos: existential haver (invariable)
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1«em que pese» + noun = despite; an elevated concessive with the subjunctive. Literary & archaic layer: vós, haver de, elevated connectors →