Phrase · 🕊️ Diplomacy & delicate topics

Prefiro não entrar nesse mérito.

I'd rather not get into that.

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Why every word is where it is

Prefiro1verbI preferpreferir · present · 1st sing.nãoadverbnot, noentrarverbgo intoinfinitivenesseprepositioninto thatem + essemérito2nounmerit (substance)masc. · sing..

Prefiro → entrar: preferir + infinitive
entrar → mérito: entrar no mérito

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

1
«preferir»: prefiro (e → i in the first person).
2
«entrar no mérito» = to go into the substance of a question (legal origin).