Breakdown of A professora discordou do resultado e pediu para revisar a última resposta.
Questions & Answers about A professora discordou do resultado e pediu para revisar a última resposta.
Why is it do resultado and not just de resultado?
Because the verb discordar normally takes the preposition de:
- discordar de algo = to disagree with something
Here, resultado is a specific masculine singular noun, so it uses the article o.
de + o contracts to do:
- de + o = do
So:
- discordou do resultado = disagreed with the result
This kind of contraction is very common in Portuguese.
Why does the sentence use discordou instead of discordava or discorda?
Discordou is the pretérito perfeito (simple past), which usually describes a completed action in the past.
So the sentence presents a sequence of finished actions:
- she disagreed
- and then she asked for the last answer to be reviewed
If it said discordava, it would sound more ongoing, habitual, or backgrounded in the past.
If it said discorda, it would be present tense.
Why is there an article in A professora? Can Portuguese really say the teacher when English might just say teacher?
Yes. Portuguese uses definite articles much more often than English.
A professora means that the speaker has a specific teacher in mind. In many contexts, Portuguese naturally includes the article where English may or may not use one.
For example:
- A professora chegou. = The teacher arrived.
- A Maria falou comigo. = Maria spoke to me.
(In Brazilian Portuguese, articles before names are also common in many regions.)
So A professora sounds completely natural.
What exactly does pediu para revisar mean?
In Brazilian Portuguese, pedir para + infinitive is a very common structure.
It often means:
So pediu para revisar a última resposta means she requested a review of the last answer, or asked for someone to review it.
A more explicit version could be:
- pediu para alguém revisar a última resposta = asked someone to review the last answer
Who is supposed to do the reviewing in pediu para revisar?
The sentence does not say explicitly.
That is one of the most important things to notice here. In Portuguese, after pedir para + infinitive, the person who will do the action is often left unstated if it is obvious from context.
So this could mean:
- she asked someone else to review the last answer
- she asked for the last answer to be reviewed
- depending on context, it could even sometimes suggest that she asked to review it, though that is less likely in many situations
In short: the sentence leaves the doer of revisar implicit.
Why is it para revisar instead of para que revisasse or something similar?
Because para + infinitive is a very common and natural way to express purpose or a requested action in Brazilian Portuguese.
So:
- pediu para revisar = asked to review / asked for someone to review
A clause with para que or que + subjunctive is also possible in other contexts, but it is usually more explicit or more formal.
For example:
- pediu que revisassem a última resposta = asked that they review the last answer
That version clearly shows a subordinate clause, while para revisar is shorter and very natural in everyday Brazilian Portuguese.
Why is there no subject before revisar?
Because revisar is in the infinitive.
In Portuguese, infinitives often appear without an explicit subject when the subject is:
- understood from context
- generic
- unimportant
- or intentionally left vague
That is exactly what is happening here. The sentence focuses on the request itself, not on who will carry out the review.
What does revisar mean here? Is it like English revise?
Here revisar means something like:
- review
- check
- go over
- inspect
- correct
For English speakers, this can be a small vocabulary trap. Portuguese revisar often matches English review/check very well.
Depending on context:
- revisar um texto = review/check a text
- revisar uma resposta = review/check an answer
- revisar um carro = inspect/service a car
So in this sentence, it means to look over the last answer again, probably to verify or correct it.
Why is it a última resposta? Why use the article a there?
Because última resposta refers to a specific answer, not just any answer.
Portuguese often uses the definite article with specific direct objects:
- revisar a resposta = review the answer
- revisar uma resposta = review an answer
Here, a última resposta means a particular final/last answer that is already identifiable in the context.
Why is última placed before resposta?
Because that is the normal and most natural order here.
Último/última often comes before the noun when it means last in a sequence:
- a última resposta = the last answer
- o último capítulo = the last chapter
Putting it after the noun is unusual in everyday speech and can sound literary or give a different nuance.
So a última resposta is the standard choice.
What is the difference between resultado and resposta in this sentence?
They are different nouns:
- resultado = result, outcome
- resposta = answer, response
So the teacher did not agree with the result, and then asked for the last answer to be reviewed.
That may suggest a context like:
- a test
- an exercise
- a calculation
- a graded activity
where the result may have come from one or more answers.
Is the same subject understood for both verbs, discordou and pediu?
Yes.
The subject A professora applies to both finite verbs:
- A professora discordou
- (A professora) pediu
Portuguese often omits repeated subjects when they are already clear.
So the structure is:
- A professora = subject
- discordou = first action
- e pediu = second action by the same subject
That omission is very normal in Portuguese.
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