Phrase · 🔀 Register shifting
Venho por meio desta solicitar a revisão da minha nota.
I am writing to request a review of my mark.
C2formal letter openingformalAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
Venho1verbI comevir · present · 1st sing.porprepositionby, for, throughmeio1nounmeansmasc. · sing.desta1prepositionof this (letter)de + estasolicitarverbto requestinfinitiveadeterminertheo · fem. · sing. · definiterevisãonounreviewfem. · sing.daprepositionof thede + a · fem. · sing. · definiteminhadeterminermymeu · 1st sing.notanounmarkfem. · sing..
- Venho → solicitar: vir + infinitive (formal)
- por → desta: por meio desta (carta)
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Old-fashioned letter formula: «venho por meio desta (carta)». Modern emails simply say «Gostaria de solicitar…». Register switching: spoken ↔ written BR →