Phrase · ✋ Concession and insistence
Volveré a insistir, a riesgo de que me tachen de pesada.
I'll insist again, at the risk of being branded a nuisance.
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Why every word is where it is
Volveré1verbI will … againvolver · future · 1st sing.a1preposition(to)insistir1verbinsistinfinitive,a2prepositionatriesgo2nounthe riskmasc. · sing.de2prepositionofque2conjunction(that)meobject pronounmeyo · 1st sing. · direct objecttachen3verbthey brandtachar · subjunctive · present · 3rd pl.de3prepositionaspesada3adjectivea nuisance (f.)pesado · fem. · sing..
- Volveré → insistir: volver a + infinitive: again
- a → de: a riesgo de: at the risk of
- que → tachen: a riesgo de que + subjunctive
- tachen → pesada: tachar a alguien de + adjective
- pesada → me: pesada agrees with me (a woman)
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1volver a + infinitive = to do again: volveré a insistir = I will insist again. Verbal periphrases I: acabar de, empezar a, volver a, hay que →
- 2a riesgo de que + subjunctive: you accept a possible cost. With one subject: a riesgo de parecer pesada. Mood alternation II: -quiera relatives, concessive así / porque, speaker commitment →
- 3tachar a alguien de = to brand someone as. pesado/a = tiresome, a pain (not "heavy").
Variations
- Volveré a insistir, aunque me tachen de pesada.
- Insisto, a riesgo de parecer pesada.
- Lo vuelvo a pedir, aun a riesgo de resultar pesada.