Phrase · 📑 Academic & legal formulas
Trata-se, portanto, de um fenômeno multifatorial.
It is, therefore, a multifactorial phenomenon.
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Why every word is where it is
Trata1verbit is (a matter)tratar · present · 3rd sing.-se1pronoun(itself)se,portanto2adverbtherefore,deprepositionof, fromumdetermineramasc. · sing. · indefinitefenômeno2nounphenomenonmasc. · sing.multifatorialadjectivemultifactorialsing..
- Trata → de: tratar-se de
- fenômeno → multifatorial: fenômeno → multifatorial
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1«trata-se de» is always singular and has no subject: never «tratam-se de». Agreement norms in formal writing (concordância) →
- 2«portanto» = therefore; Brazil writes «fenômeno» with ô.