Phrase · 🧠 Complex argumentation
Por mais que se discuta, o impasse continua.
However much it is debated, the deadlock continues.
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Why every word is where it is
Porprepositionby, for, throughmais1adverbhowever muchqueconjunctionthatsepronoun(it)discuta1verbis debateddiscutir · subjunctive · present · 3rd sing.,odeterminerthemasc. · sing. · definiteimpassenoundeadlockmasc. · sing.continuaverbcontinuescontinuar · present · 3rd sing..
- Por → discuta: por mais que + subjunctive
- impasse → continua: impasse → continua
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1«por mais que» (however much) takes the subjunctive. Portuguese says «mais», Spanish «mucho». Concession & condition connectives →