Breakdown of Por causa do risco, o investidor recusou o financiamento.
o risco
the risk
recusar
to refuse
por causa de
because of (due to)
o financiamento
the funding
o investidor
the investor
Questions & Answers about Por causa do risco, o investidor recusou o financiamento.
Why do we use por causa do here instead of graças ao?
Why does de become do in por causa do risco?
The base expression is por causa de. Because "the risk" requires the masculine definite article o (o risco), the preposition de must contract with o to form do. If the cause was a feminine noun, like "the situation" (a situação), it would be por causa da situação.
Could I put the reason at the end of the sentence instead?
Yes, word order in Portuguese is quite flexible. You could absolutely say O investidor recusou o financiamento por causa do risco. Putting por causa do risco at the very beginning just places extra emphasis on the reason for the refusal.
Why is it recusou and not recusava?
Recusou is the simple past tense, which we use here because the refusal was a single, completed action. If you used the imperfect past (recusava), it would imply that the investor used to refuse or was refusing the funding over an ongoing period of time.
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