Phrase · 🧉 Regional expressions: South, Southeast & Centre-West

Fiquei de cara com a resposta dele.

I was floored by his answer.

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Pourquoi chaque mot est à sa place

Fiquei2verbeI was (became)ficar · passé · 1re pers. sing.de1prépositionof, fromcara1nomfacefém. · sing.comprépositionwithadéterminanttheo · fém. · sing. · définirespostanomanswerfém. · sing.deleprépositionhisde + ele.

Fiquei → cara: ficar de cara = be stunned
cara → resposta: de cara com

Pourquoi elle est construite ainsi

Les notes correspondent aux numéros ci-dessus.

1
Paraná: «ficar de cara» = to be stunned or indignant.
2
«ficar» = to become, with no reflexive: fiquei, not «me fiquei».