Breakdown of Recomendo que leves a fragrância floral, aliás, é muito marcante.
ser
to be
muito
much / very
levar
to take (somewhere)
que
that (conjunction)
recomendar
to recommend
a fragrância
the fragrance
aliás
in fact / rather
marcante
striking
floral
floral
Questions & Answers about Recomendo que leves a fragrância floral, aliás, é muito marcante.
How is aliás functioning in this sentence? Is it correcting what was just said?
No, in this case, it is not correcting or rectifying the previous statement. While aliás often means "or rather" to correct a mistake, here it acts as a marker of emphatic addition. It translates to "in fact" or "moreover," adding a strong supporting reason (that the fragrance is very striking) to back up the recommendation.
Why do we use the subjunctive form leves here instead of the indicative levas?
The verb recomendar (to recommend) expresses a suggestion or an attempt to influence someone else's actions. When followed by que, it always triggers the present subjunctive for the second verb. Therefore, we use the subjunctive leves (that you take) rather than the indicative levas.
What exactly does marcante mean when talking about a fragrance?
Why isn't there a subject pronoun like ela before é muito marcante?
Portuguese frequently omits subject pronouns when the context makes it obvious what is being discussed. Here, the subject of é (it is) is clearly a fragrância floral. Including a pronoun like ela in this clause would sound unnatural and redundant to a native speaker.
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