Phrase · 🥊 Arguing & persuading
Muito pelo contrário: a crise abriu novas oportunidades.
Quite the opposite: the crisis opened up new opportunities.
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Why every word is where it is
Muito1adverbquitepelo1prepositionon thepor+o · masc. · sing. · definitecontrário1nouncontrarymasc. · sing.:adeterminertheo · fem. · sing. · definitecrise2nouncrisisfem. · sing.abriuverbopened upabrir · past · 3rd sing.novasadjectivenewnovo · fem. · pl.oportunidadesnounopportunitiesoportunidade · fem. · pl..
- Muito → contrário: idiom
- crise → abriu: subject–verb
- novas → oportunidades: agreement
Word for word: “Very much on the contrary: the crisis opened new opportunities.”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Muito pelo contrário = "quite the opposite": rejects the previous claim outright.
- 2a crise ends in -e in Portuguese.