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Você podia ter sido mais claro.

You could have been clearer.

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Why every word is where it is

Vocêpronounyou2nd sing.podia1verbcouldpoder · imperfect · 3rd sing.ter1verbto haveinfinitivesidoverbbeenser · participle · masc. · sing.maisadverbmoreclaroadjectiveclearmasc. · sing..
  • ter → sido: compound infinitive
  • Você → claro: masculine

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

  1. 1
    podia ter sido + adjective = could have been. Conditional sentences III: unreal past & mixed →