Phrase · 🥊 Arguing & persuading
Seja como for, a decisão final cabe à assembleia.
Be that as it may, the final decision is up to the assembly.
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Why every word is where it is
Seja1verbbe itser · subjunctive · present · 3rd sing.como1adverbasfor1verbit may beser · subjunctive · future · 3rd sing.,adeterminertheo · fem. · sing. · definitedecisãonoundecisionfem. · sing.finaladjectivefinalfem. · sing.cabe2verbfallscaber · present · 3rd sing.à2prepositionto thea+a · fem. · sing. · definiteassembleianounassemblyfem. · sing..
- Seja → for: frozen formula
- decisão → cabe: subject–verb
- cabe → à: caber a
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Seja como for = "be that as it may": a frozen formula with present + future subjunctive. Frozen subjunctive formulae & legal future subjunctive →
- 2caber a = "be up to"; a + a assembleia → à. Crase (à, às, àquele) →