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Phrase · 🥊 Arguing & persuading

Tão importante quanto investir é saber onde investir.

Knowing where to invest is just as important as investing.

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Why every word is where it is

Tão1adverbasimportante1adjectiveimportantmasc. · sing.quanto1adverbasinvestir2verbinvestinginfinitiveé3verbisser · present · 3rd sing.saber3verbknowinginfinitiveondeadverbwhereinvestirverbto investinfinitive.
  • Tão → quanto: tão … quanto
  • é → saber: subject–verb
  • saber → onde: indirect question

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

  1. 1
    Tão X quanto Y = "as X as Y"; fronting it makes the comparison the topic. Stylistic inversion & emphatic word order →
  2. 2
    investir = "invest"; here the infinitive works as a noun.
  3. 3
    Predicate first, then é, then the subject saber onde investir. Stylistic inversion & emphatic word order →