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mais-que-perfeito

pluperfect

pretérito mais-que-perfeito

the pluperfect

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In addition, there were also three tenses that made use of auxiliary verbs: perfect, pluperfect, and future, all much less frequently used than in the modern language. en.wikipedia.org

Students shouldn't be worried about present, perfect, pluperfect. www.ft.com

The agent is in the dative only with the perfect and pluperfect passive, and after the verbal adjective in. en.wikipedia.org

The second of these, equivalent to the pluperfect, is not used in the modern language, being considered archaic and/or grammatically incorrect. en.wikipedia.org

Pluperfect expresses anteriority in the past. en.wikipedia.org

That's when their pluperfect dream world dissipates and disintegrates, and reality rears its pointy head. entertainment.inquirer.net

The present optative stands for both the present and the imperfect indicative, and the perfect optative stands for both the perfect and the pluperfect. en.wikipedia.org

Here, the pluperfect indicative is used. en.wikipedia.org

Thus, he's more of a person than a pluperfect stereotype, which is a plus point in an industry overcrowded with predictably "perfect" starlets. entertainment.inquirer.net

Were the ravioli not slightly dry on the edges, this would be pluperfect pasta. www.theglobeandmail.com

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