Wendung · 🕊️ Diplomacy & delicate topics
Não leve a mal, mas acho que você exagerou.
Don't take it the wrong way, but I think you overdid it.
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Warum jedes Wort dort steht, wo es steht
NãoAdverbnot, noleve1Verbtakelevar · Imperativ · 3. Pers. Sg.aPräpositionto, atmal1Adverbbadly,masKonjunktionbutachoVerbI thinkachar · Präsens · 1. Pers. Sg.queKonjunktionthatvocêPronomenyou2. Pers. Sg.exagerouVerboverdid itexagerar · Vergangenheit · 3. Pers. Sg..
- leve → mal: levar a mal = take offence
- Não → exagerou: cushion before the criticism
Warum sie so gebaut ist
Die Hinweise passen zu den Nummern oben.
- 1«Não leve a mal» (negative imperative) = don't take it badly: a cushion. Pragmatics of Brazilian indirectness & politeness →