Esta parte do relatório está errada.

to be

Breakdown of Esta parte do relatório está errada.

• esta: this
• do: of the
• o relatório: the report

Questions & Answers about Esta parte do relatório está errada.

Why is it esta parte and not essa parte?

Both esta and essa can mean this in English, but traditionally they are different:

• esta = this, near the speaker
• essa = that, near the listener or something already mentioned
• aquela = that over there, farther away

In real spoken Brazilian Portuguese, many people use essa much more often than esta, even in places where a grammar book might expect esta.

So Esta parte do relatório está errada is perfectly correct, but in everyday Brazilian Portuguese, Essa parte do relatório está errada is also very common.

Why does the sentence use está instead of é?

Portuguese has two main verbs for to be: ser and estar.

Here, está errada is used because the sentence describes a condition or state: this part of the report is wrong.

• estar often refers to a state, condition, or situation
• ser often refers to identity, definition, or more permanent characteristics

So:

• Esta parte do relatório está errada. = This part of the report is wrong.
• Esta parte do relatório é importante. = This part of the report is important.

In practice, errado/errada is very commonly used with estar.

Why is it errada and not errado?