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Praia da Ursa

Ursa Beach

Hear the legend behind the characteristic rocks of Praia da Ursa, a beautiful beach located in Sintra.

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  • 00:00:03Junto ao Cabo da Roca, em Sintra,
  • 00:00:06fica situada uma das mais belas praias portuguesas
  • 00:00:11e a mais ocidental da Europa.
  • 00:00:15Duas grandes rochas, a Ursa: que dá o nome à praia – e o Gigante,
  • 00:00:20esperam quem se arrisca a percorrer o trilho de acesso.
  • 00:00:26Reza a lenda que, há milhares de anos,
  • 00:00:29vivia naquele sítio uma ursa com os filhos,
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abandonarto abandon arriscarto risk, take a chance DifícilDifficult enfurecidoAngered, enraged, infuriated milharesthousands OcidentalWestern o paraísoparadise percorrerto traverse, roam, cover perigosodangerous masc.,sing. a praiabeach RecusadoRejected RochaRock RochedoLarge rock, boulder selvagemwild SituadoLocated, situated O sítioplace o trilhotrail UrsaBear (female)
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Reza a lendaLegend has it devido abecause of, due to Beira-marSeaside aquando deat the time of, when during Junto aonext to Tal comoSuch as, Just like, As well as
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A Caravela

Comments

  • Hi. As usual my lack of grammar knowledge confuses me. Why do we have use of terão sido and terá recusado? I thought that would been they will have been and will have refused. Why aren’t one of the simpler past tenses used? Thanks.

    • This is a rather literary construction we call “futuro composto” or “futuro perfeito” (future perfect). It can be used to describe past events with a certain level of doubt or uncertainty, as if you were saying that things allegedly happened that way. It fits in this context, because this is a legend, not necessarily a 100% real story 🙂

    • Ah, yes, I’ve just explained it in another comment here, haha. Quoting myself: “This is a rather literary construction we call “futuro composto” or “futuro perfeito” (future perfect). It can be used to describe past events with a certain level of doubt or uncertainty, as if you were saying that things allegedly happened that way. It fits in this context, because this is a legend, not necessarily a 100% real story :)”

  • In the last paragraph……que assim se conservou devido ao…. is translated as ….that has been preserved due to…
    Can you tell us why the simple past is used here?
    Is it possible to use either … que assim tem se conservado devido/ que foi conservado?

    • You could say it either way 🙂 “Que assim se conservou”/”que foi conservado” to simply say that its natural wild state was preserved (until today) or “que assim se tem conservado” to highlight the fact that this action/process is carried over into the present and future, even though it started in the past. In Portuguese, this feels more like a matter of where to put the emphasis than a real practical difference in meaning.

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