Phrase · 🪶 Hedging & softening
Eu não chegaria a dizer que foi um fracasso.
I wouldn't go as far as to call it a failure.
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Why every word is where it is
EupronounI1st sing. · subjectnãoadverbnotchegaria1verbwould go as farchegar · conditional · 1st sing.a1prepositionas todizerverbsayinfinitivequeconjunctionthatfoiverbit wasser · past · 3rd sing.umdetermineramasc. · sing. · indefinitefracasso2nounfailuremasc. · sing..
- Eu → chegaria: subject–verb
- chegaria → a: chegar a + infinitive
- dizer → que: reported clause
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Não chegaria a dizer = "I wouldn't go as far as saying": chegar a + infinitive. Futuro do pretérito (conditional) →
- 2fracasso = "failure", with a double s.