Phrase · 🪶 Hedging & softening
Em tese, o sistema deveria funcionar sem falhas.
In theory, the system should run without failures.
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Why every word is where it is
Em1prepositionintese1nountheoryfem. · sing.,odeterminerthemasc. · sing. · definitesistemanounsystemmasc. · sing.deveria2verbshoulddever · conditional · 3rd sing.funcionar2verbruninfinitivesemprepositionwithoutfalhasnounfailuresfalha · fem. · pl..
- Em → tese: hedge
- sistema → deveria: subject–verb
- deveria → funcionar: dever + infinitive
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Em tese = "in theory": signals that reality may differ.
- 2deveria + infinitive = "should": an expectation, not a fact. Futuro do pretérito (conditional) →