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Phrase · 🧾 Formal complaints

Quero cancelar a assinatura, mas o site não deixa.

I want to cancel my subscription, but the website won't let me.

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Why every word is where it is

Queroverbwantquerer · present · 1st sing.cancelarverbcancelinfinitiveadeterminertheo · fem. · sing. · definiteassinatura1nounsubscriptionfem. · sing.,masconjunctionbutodeterminerthemasc. · sing. · definitesitenounwebsitemasc. · sing.nãoadverbnot, nodeixa2verbletdeixar · imperative · 2nd sing..
  • Quero → cancelar: + infinitive
  • site → deixa: subject

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

  1. 1
    False friend: assinatura = subscription or signature; a school subject is disciplina. Register switching: spoken ↔ written BR →
  2. 2
    deixar = to allow; the object is left out in speech. Causatives: deixar, mandar, fazer + infinitive →