Breakdown of A ferramenta com que consertei a embraiagem desapareceu.
com
with
que
who / which / that (relative)
desaparecer
to disappear
consertar
to repair
a ferramenta
the tool
a embraiagem
the clutch
Questions & Answers about A ferramenta com que consertei a embraiagem desapareceu.
Why do we say com que instead of putting com at the end of the sentence?
In English, it is normal to leave a preposition at the end of a sentence, like 'the tool that I fixed the clutch with'. Portuguese does not allow this. The preposition must go directly before the relative pronoun que. Literally, this translates to 'The tool with which I fixed the clutch'.
Why is desapareceu all the way at the end of the sentence?
The core of this sentence is simply A ferramenta desapareceu (The tool disappeared). The part in the middle, com que consertei a embraiagem, is a relative clause. It gets inserted right after A ferramenta to describe exactly which tool went missing, pushing the main verb to the very end.
Could I use the verb arranjar instead of consertar here?
Yes, absolutely. Arranjar and consertar both mean 'to fix' or 'to repair'. You could perfectly say com que arranjei a embraiagem. Consertar is strictly about repairing things that are broken, whereas arranjar is a bit more versatile and can also mean 'to organize' or 'to get', but in this mechanical context they mean the exact same thing.
Why does embraiagem look different from how it is spelled in Brazilian Portuguese?
If you have seen the word spelled as embreagem before, that is the Brazilian Portuguese spelling. In Portugal, the standard spelling is embraiagem. It is very common for automotive and technical vocabulary to have slight spelling and pronunciation variations between the two dialects.
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