Phrase · ✋ Concession
Por pior que esteja a situação, não podemos desistir.
However bad things get, we can't give up.
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Why every word is where it is
Por pior que1conjunctionhowever badesteja1verbbe (subjunctive)estar · subjunctive · present · 3rd sing.adeterminertheo · fem. · sing. · definitesituaçãonounsituationfem. · sing.,nãoadverbnot, nopodemosverbcanpoder · present · 1st pl.desistirverbgive upinfinitive.
- Por pior que → esteja: + subjunctive
- esteja → situação: subject after verb
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Por pior que + subjunctive, with the subject after the verb (esteja a situação). Concession & condition connectives →