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Os resultados apontam para uma correlação positiva.

The results point to a positive correlation.

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Why every word is where it is

Osdeterminertheo · masc. · pl. · definiteresultadosnounresultsresultado · masc. · pl.apontam1verbpointapontar · present · 3rd pl.para1prepositiontoumadetermineraum · fem. · sing. · indefinitecorrelaçãonouncorrelationfem. · sing.positivaadjectivepositivepositivo · fem. · sing..
  • apontam → para: apontar para
  • resultados → apontam: resultados → apontam

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

  1. 1
    «apontar para» = to point to, suggest: a hedged claim. Note «para», where Spanish has «a». Academic register: nominalisation, impersonality & hedging →