Phrase · 🕊️ Managing conflict
Podemos retomar isso depois, com a cabeça fria?
Can we come back to this later, once we've cooled off?
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Why every word is where it is
Podemos1verbcan wepoder · present · 1st pl.retomar2verbcome back toinfinitiveissopronounthisdepoisadverblater,com3prepositionwitha3determinerao · fem. · sing. · definitecabeça3nounheadfem. · sing.fria3adjectivecoolfrio · fem. · sing.?
- Podemos → retomar: poder + infinitive
- com → fria: idiom
- cabeça → fria: agreement
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Podemos + infinitive as a question: a polite proposal to pause. Verb + infinitive: querer, poder, precisar, saber, dever, conseguir →
- 2retomar = "resume, come back to" a topic.
- 3com a cabeça fria = "with a cool head", once things have calmed down.