Phrase · 🧩 Everyday idioms
Depois de tanta promessa, ele ficou a ver navios.
After so many promises, he was left empty-handed.
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Pourquoi chaque mot est à sa place
Depoisadverbeafterdeprépositionof, fromtanta1déterminantso muchtanto · fém. · sing.promessa1nompromisefém. · sing.,elepronomhe, it3e pers. sing.ficou2verbewas leftficar · passé · 3e pers. sing.a2préposition(to)ver2verbewatchinfinitifnavios2nomshipsnavio · masc. · plur..
- ficou → navios: ficar a ver navios = left empty-handed
- tanta → promessa: tanta promessa (generic singular)
Mot à mot : “…he was left watching ships.”
Pourquoi elle est construite ainsi
Les notes correspondent aux numéros ci-dessus.
- 1Generic singular after «tanto»: tanta promessa = so many promises.
- 2«ficar a ver navios» is a frozen phrase: one of the rare «a» + infinitive survivals in Brazil.