Learn Portuguese (Portugal): O ladrão fez uma ameaça perigosa.

O ladrão fez uma ameaça perigosa.

The thief made a dangerous threat.

Breakdown of O ladrão fez uma ameaça perigosa.

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Questions & Answers about O ladrão fez uma ameaça perigosa.

How would we use this sentence with nem que to say 'even if the thief made a dangerous threat'?

To match the grammar in your current lesson, you would need to change the verb fez (Simple Past) into the Imperfect Subjunctive. The phrase becomes nem que o ladrão fizesse uma ameaça perigosa. This structure is used to express a hypothetical extreme condition in the past.

What is the plural of ladrão, and how do we say it if the thief is female?

The plural is ladrões. If the thief were a woman, you would say a ladra (and the plural is as ladras). Portuguese words ending in -ão often have unpredictable feminine and plural forms that simply have to be memorized.

Why is the verb fez used here instead of the Imperfect past tense, fazia?

We use fez (the Pretérito Perfeito) because making the threat is being treated as a single, completed event in the past. If you used fazia, it would imply that the thief was repeatedly making threats, or was in the middle of making one when something else interrupted.