Phrase · ✉️ Formal emails

Peço a gentileza de confirmar o recebimento.

Could you kindly confirm receipt?

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Why every word is where it is

Peço1verbaskpedir · present · 1st sing.adeterminertheo · fem. · sing. · definitegentileza1nounkindnessfem. · sing.deprepositionof, fromconfirmarverbconfirminfinitiveodeterminerthemasc. · sing. · definiterecebimentonounreceiptmasc. · sing..

gentileza → confirmar: de + infinitive

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

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Peço a gentileza de + infinitive = could you kindly…; very common in Brazilian business email. Register switching: spoken ↔ written BR →