Phrase · 🎉 Parties & celebrations
No Réveillon, todo mundo se veste de branco.
On New Year's Eve, everybody dresses in white.
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Pourquoi chaque mot est à sa place
Noprépositionat (the)em + o · masc. · sing. · définiRéveillon1nomNew Year's Eve party,todo mundo2pronomeverybody3e pers. sing.se3pronom complément(themselves)3e pers. · CODveste3verbedressesvestir · présent · 3e pers. sing.deprépositioninbranco4nomwhitemasc. · sing..
- No → Réveillon: em + o: when
- todo mundo → veste: todo mundo + 3rd sing.
- se → veste: reflexive before the verb
- de → branco: vestir-se de + colour
Pourquoi elle est construite ainsi
Les notes correspondent aux numéros ci-dessus.
- 1Réveillon (from French) = the New Year's Eve party, often on the beach.
- 2todo mundo = everybody: no article in Brazil, and a singular verb. tudo vs todo & indefinite pronouns I →
- 3se veste: vestir-se = get dressed; only the eu-form changes its vowel (me visto). More irregular & stem-changing presents →
- 4de branco = in white; white is said to bring peace in the new year.
Variantes
- No Ano-Novo, todo mundo se veste de branco.
- Na virada do ano, todo mundo usa branco.
- No Réveillon a gente se veste de branco.