Phrase · 🥊 Arguing & persuading
Tanto os defensores quanto os críticos concordam num ponto.
Supporters and critics alike agree on one point.
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Why every word is where it is
Tanto1conjunctionbothosdeterminertheo · masc. · pl. · definitedefensoresnounsupportersdefensor · masc. · pl.quanto1conjunctionandosdeterminertheo · masc. · pl. · definitecríticosnouncriticscrítico · masc. · pl.concordam2verbagreeconcordar · present · 3rd pl.num3prepositionon oneem+um · masc. · sing. · indefinitepontonounpointmasc. · sing..
- Tanto → quanto: tanto … quanto
- defensores → concordam: subject–verb
- críticos → concordam: subject–verb
- concordam → num: concordar em
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Tanto X quanto Y = "both X and Y". Stylistic inversion & emphatic word order →
- 2Two subjects joined by tanto … quanto: plural verb. Agreement norms in formal writing (concordância) →
- 3num = em + um; concordar em = "agree on".