Phrase · 📰 Journalistic style
O número de desabrigados pode chegar a dois mil, segundo a prefeitura.
The number of people left homeless could reach two thousand, according to city hall.
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Why every word is where it is
Odeterminerthemasc. · sing. · definitenúmero1nounnumbermasc. · sing.deprepositionofdesabrigados2nounhomeless peopledesabrigado · masc. · pl.pode1verbcouldpoder · present · 3rd sing.chegar3verbreachinfinitivea3prepositiontodoisdeterminertwomildeterminerthousand,segundoprepositionaccording toadeterminertheo · fem. · sing. · definiteprefeituranouncity hallfem. · sing..
- número → pode: subject–verb
- pode → chegar: modal + infinitive
- chegar → a: chegar a
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1The head is o número, so the verb is singular: pode chegar, not podem. Agreement norms in formal writing (concordância) →
- 2desabrigados = people left homeless (by floods, landslides).
- 3chegar a + number = to reach, amount to.