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Isso está longe de ser um desastre.

That's far from being a disaster.

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Issopronounthat, thismasc. · sing.estáverbisestar · present · 3rd sing.longe1adverbfarde1prepositionof, fromserverbto beinfinitiveumdetermineramasc. · sing. · indefinitedesastrenoundisastermasc. · sing..
  • longe → ser: de + infinitive

Why it's built this way

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  1. 1
    estar longe de + infinitive = to be far from. Reduced clauses I: gerund & infinitive clauses →