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Sentence

Ou isto ou aquilo

Translation

It's either this or that (there's no third option)



Analysis


ou
     1. conj. or (connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true)
     2. conj. or (connects two equivalent names)
     3. conj. either … or
     4. n-m. (logic) inclusive or (connective which yields true when at least one of the predicates is true)
isto
     1. pron. (indefinite demonstrative pronoun)
     2. pron. this (the thing here)
     3. pron. this (the thing being discussed; the current situation)
     4. pron. (obsolete, literature) this sentence, this word, this dictum
     5. interj. (Brazil) that’s right; that’s correct
     6. interj. (Brazil) yeah! (expresses happiness with an outcome)
ou
     1. conj. or (connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true)
     2. conj. or (connects two equivalent names)
     3. conj. either … or
     4. n-m. (logic) inclusive or (connective which yields true when at least one of the predicates is true)
aquilo
     1. pron. (tlb, indefinite demonstrative pronoun)
     2. pron. that, that thing (demonstrative)
     3. pron. (obsolete, literature, literary) that sentence; that word, that dictum




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