Breakdown of Os honorários variam consoante o cliente.
o cliente
the client
o honorário
the fee (for professional services)
variar
to vary
consoante
depending on
Questions & Answers about Os honorários variam consoante o cliente.
How does consoante work in this sentence?
Here, consoante acts as a preposition meaning depending on or according to. It is used to show that one thing (the fees) changes based on another (the client). In this structure, it is followed directly by the noun phrase o cliente.
Why isn't there a contraction between consoante and o?
Unlike common prepositions like de or em, the word consoante does not merge with definite articles. You must always keep them separate, writing them out fully as consoante o or consoante a.
Could I say dependendo do cliente instead of consoante o cliente?
Can I use the word honorários for any kind of fee?
No, honorários specifically refers to professional fees paid for services, such as those charged by lawyers, doctors, architects, or freelance consultants. If you were talking about a bank fee, you would use comissão or taxa, and an entrance fee would be an entrada or bilhete.
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