Phrase · 🏢 Meetings at work
Pra não estender a reunião, vou ser breve.
So as not to drag out the meeting, I'll keep it short.
B2managing timeinformalpt-BR-spAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
Pra1prepositionfor, to (spoken)paranãoadverbnot, noestenderverbdrag out, extendinfinitiveadeterminertheo · fem. · sing. · definitereuniãonounmeetingfem. · sing.,vouverbam going toir · present · 1st sing.serverbto beinfinitivebreveadjectivebriefsing..
- Pra → estender: + infinitive
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Pra não + infinitive = so as not to; written para não. Reduced clauses I: gerund & infinitive clauses →
Variations
- Para não estender a reunião, vou ser breve.