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Thank you for the explanation. This clarifies why I haven't (consciously) seen the "estou a + infinitive" form yet - the Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese forms look more familiar to me. :-)



You might have an amusingly confused time in Portugal, as I did!

"O comboio está a chegar."

(plus different phonology)




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