Word
A documentação necessária inclui comprovante de residência.
Meaning
The required documentation includes proof of address.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Breakdown of A documentação necessária inclui comprovante de residência.
incluir
to include
o comprovante de residência
the proof of address
a documentação necessária
the required documentation
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Questions & Answers about A documentação necessária inclui comprovante de residência.
Why is documentação singular even though it refers to more than one document?
In Portuguese, documentação is a collective / mass noun. It refers to the set of required paperwork as a whole, not to one individual document.
So even if several documents are involved, Portuguese often treats it as singular:
- A documentação necessária...
- not As documentações necessárias... in this context
If you want to focus on individual items, Portuguese often uses:
- Os documentos necessários incluem...
So documentação is closer to paperwork than to documents.
Why is it necessária and not necessário?
Because necessária must agree with documentação, which is:
- feminine
- singular
So the adjective also becomes feminine singular:
- a documentação necessária
Compare:
- o documento necessário → masculine singular
- a documentação necessária → feminine singular
- os documentos necessários → masculine plural
This kind of agreement is very important in Portuguese.
Why is the verb singular?