Phrase · 🧩 Idiomatic speech

Ele ficou enchendo linguiça e não respondeu à pergunta.

He kept waffling and didn't answer the question.

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ficou → enchendo: ficar + gerund
enchendo → linguiça: idiom
respondeu → à: responder a

Mot à mot : “He kept stuffing sausage and didn't answer the question.”

Pourquoi elle est construite ainsi

Les notes correspondent aux numéros ci-dessus.

1
ficar + gerund = keep doing; encher linguiça = "pad, waffle".
2
The norm says responder a: respondeu à pergunta. Formal regência (normative verb government) →