Word
Informo a falta de energia, peço religação e contesto a cobrança.
Meaning
I report an outage, request reconnection, and dispute a charge.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Breakdown of Informo a falta de energia, peço religação e contesto a cobrança.
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and
a falta de energia elétrica
the electricity outage
pedir a religação
to request reconnection
informar a falta de energia
to report an electricity outage
Questions & Answers about Informo a falta de energia, peço religação e contesto a cobrança.
Why is there no subject pronoun before the verbs?
In Portuguese, the subject pronoun is often omitted when the verb ending already makes the subject clear.
Here, the verbs are:
- informo
- peço
- contesto
All three are 1st person singular forms, so the implied subject is eu = I.
So this sentence means:
- (Eu) informo...
- (Eu) peço...
- (Eu) contesto...
Including eu is possible, but it is usually unnecessary unless you want emphasis or contrast.
What tense are informo, peço, and contesto?
They are in the present indicative.
More specifically:
- informo = I inform / I am informing
- peço = I ask / I request
- contesto = I contest / I dispute
In formal written Portuguese, the present tense is often used in a performative way, meaning the act is happening by writing it. So in a form, complaint, or official message, this sounds like:
- I hereby report the power outage, request reconnection, and dispute the charge.
That is very natural in bureaucratic or customer-service Portuguese.