Phrase · 🫂 Feelings & empathy
Não tenho palavras para dizer o quanto sinto.
I can't find the words to say how sorry I am.
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Why every word is where it is
Não1adverbnottenho1verbI haveter · present · 1st sing.palavras1nounwordspalavra · fem. · pl.paraprepositiontodizerverbsayinfinitiveo2pronoun(the)quanto2adverbhow muchsintoverbI'm sorrysentir · present · 1st sing..
- tenho → palavras: ter palavras
- para → dizer: para + infinitive
- quanto → sinto: indirect question
Word for word: “I don't have words to say how much I feel.”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Não tenho palavras = "I have no words": when news is too sad to comment on.
- 2o quanto = "how much"; indirect questions often add o before quanto.