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Vamos com calma: ninguém aqui quer brigar.

Let's take it easy: nobody here wants a fight.

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Vamos1verbelet's goir · présent · 1re pers. plur.com1prépositionwithcalma1nomcalmfém. · sing.:ninguém2pronomnobodyaquiadverbeherequer2verbewantsquerer · présent · 3e pers. sing.brigar3verbeto fightinfinitif.

Vamos → calma: fixed phrase
ninguém → quer: subject–verb
quer → brigar: querer + infinitive

Pourquoi elle est construite ainsi

Les notes correspondent aux numéros ci-dessus.

1
Vamos com calma = "let's take it easy": a fixed way to slow down a heated exchange.
2
ninguém before the verb needs no não; the verb is singular. Negation: não, nada, ninguém, nunca, nem →
3
brigar = "to fight, to argue" (in words or physically).