Phrase · 🧠 Complex argumentation
Não é à toa que o tema divide opiniões.
It's no coincidence that the topic divides opinion.
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Why every word is where it is
Nãoadverbnot, noéverbit isser · present · 3rd sing.àprepositionto thea + a · fem. · sing. · definitetoa1noun(chance)fem. · sing.queconjunctionthatodeterminerthemasc. · sing. · definitetemanountopicmasc. · sing.divide2verbdividesdividir · present · 3rd sing.opiniõesnounopinionsopinião · fem. · pl..
- Não → toa: não é à toa = not by chance
- tema → divide: tema → divide
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1«à toa» = for nothing, by chance; «não é à toa que» = it's no wonder that.
- 2Portuguese keeps the indicative here (divide); Spanish uses the subjunctive (divida).