Phrase · 🎚️ Nuance & positioning
Isso não quer dizer que a pesquisa esteja errada.
That doesn't mean the study is wrong.
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Why every word is where it is
Issopronounthatnão1adverbnotquer1verbdoes (mean)querer · present · 3rd sing.dizer1verbmeaninfinitiveque1conjunctionthatadeterminertheo · fem. · sing. · definitepesquisa2nounstudyfem. · sing.esteja1verbisestar · subjunctive · present · 3rd sing.errada3adjectivewrongerrado · fem. · sing..
- quer → dizer: querer dizer
- quer → esteja: triggers subjunctive
- pesquisa → esteja: subject–verb
- errada → pesquisa: agreement
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Não quer dizer que denies a conclusion, so it takes the subjunctive: esteja. Subjunctive after doubt, denial & impersonal expressions →
- 2pesquisa = research, a study; Spanish investigación. Academic register: nominalisation, impersonality & hedging →
- 3estar errado = "be wrong", for people and for things.
Variations
- Isso não significa que a pesquisa esteja errada.