O miserável estorcia-se, guinchando, ensangüentado, chamuscado, e não acabava de morrer. · Portuguese · learnfeliz · Learn new languages for free!

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O

Determiner

miserável
Adjective

estorcia-se, guinchando
Verb

, ensangüentado
Verb

, chamuscado
Verb

, e
Coordinating conjunction

não
🚫

Adverb

acabava
Verb

de
Subordinating conjunction

morrer
💀

Verb

.

The wretch squirmed, squealing, bloodied, singed, and had not just died.
The wretch squirmed, squealing, bloodied, singed, and had not just died.

Coordinating conjunction

Subordinating conjunction

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O

The fifteenth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

guinchando

gerund of guinchar

ensangüentado

past participle of ensangüentar

chamuscado

past participle of chamuscar

e

1. and (connects two clauses indicating that the events occurred together, one after the other or without any special implication)
2. and (connects the last and penultimate elements in a list)
3. and (connects every element of a list)
4. and (indicates a conjunction operation)
5. and (indicates a great number of something)

acabava

first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of acabar

de

of (in relation to)
of (in relation to)
of (in relation to)
of (in relation to)
of (in relation to)
of (in relation to)
of (in relation to)
of (in relation to)
of (in relation to)
of; -en (made or consisting of)
of; -en (made or consisting of)
of; -en (made or consisting of)
of; -en (made or consisting of)
of (introduces the noun that applies a given adjective or past participle)
from (born in or coming out of)
by means of; by
as (in the role of)
in (wearing)

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morrer

to die (to stop living)
to die; to break down (to stop working)
to be dead to (to lose all social ties with)
to die; to die out (to cease to exist)
to feel to an extreme degree
to die at (to not go past a given value)

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