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Esse argumento não se sustenta.

That argument doesn't hold up.

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Why every word is where it is

Essedeterminerthis, thatmasc. · sing.argumentonounargumentmasc. · sing.nãoadverbnot, nose1pronounoneself; (impersonal se)3rdsustenta1verbholds (itself) upsustentar · present · 3rd sing..
  • argumento → sustenta: subject
  • se → sustenta: pronominal verb

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

  1. 1
    não pulls the pronoun before the verb: não se sustenta. Clitic placement by register & written object pronouns →