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O acordo, assinado em março, prevê investimentos de R$ 2 bilhões.
The agreement, signed in March, provides for R$2 billion in investment.
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Why every word is where it is
Odeterminerthemasc. · sing. · definiteacordonounagreementmasc. · sing.,assinado1verbsignedassinar · participle · masc. · sing.emprepositioninmarçonounMarchmasc. · sing.,prevê2verbprovides forprever · present · 3rd sing.investimentosnouninvestmentsinvestimento · masc. · pl.deprepositionofR$3nounR$real · masc. · pl.23determiner2bilhões3nounbillionbilhão · masc. · pl..
- assinado → acordo: participle agreement
- acordo → prevê: subject–verb
- prevê → investimentos: direct object
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1A participle between commas = a reduced relative (que foi assinado); it agrees with o acordo. Reduced clauses II: participial absolutes & compound forms →
- 2prever = (of a document) to provide for; it conjugates like ver: prevê.
- 3Brazilian bilhão = a thousand million; written R$ 2 bilhões.