Phrase · ⚖️ Legal & administrative
Solicito a Vossa Senhoria a gentileza de autorizar a emissão da segunda via.
I kindly ask you to authorise the issue of a duplicate.
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Why every word is where it is
Solicito1verbI requestsolicitar · present · 1st sing.a1prepositionofVossa2determinerYourvosso · 2nd sing.Senhoria2nounLordship (Sir/Madam)fem. · sing.adeterminertheo · fem. · sing. · definitegentileza3nounkindnessfem. · sing.de3prepositionofautorizarverbauthorisinginfinitiveadeterminertheo · fem. · sing. · definiteemissãonounissuefem. · sing.daprepositionof ade+a · fem. · sing. · definitesegunda4adjectivesecondsegundo · fem. · sing.via4nouncopyfem. · sing..
- Solicito → a: solicitar a
- Solicito → gentileza: direct object
- Vossa → Senhoria: agreement
- segunda → via: segunda via
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1solicitar algo a alguém: the thing requested (a gentileza) is direct; the person takes a. Formal regência (normative verb government) →
- 2Vossa Senhoria (V. Sa.): formal address in official letters, with 3rd-person verbs and pronouns.
- 3a gentileza de + infinitive = the kindness to: a polite softener in requests.
- 4segunda via = duplicate, replacement copy (of a card, bill or certificate).