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Perro que ladra no muerde.

His bark is worse than his bite.

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Pourquoi chaque mot est à sa place

Perronomdogmasc. · sing.quepronomthat, which, wholadra1verbebarksladrar · présent · 3e pers. sing.noadverbenot, nomuerde2verbebitesmorder · présent · 3e pers. sing..

que → Perro: refers to
muerde → Perro: subject

Mot à mot : “A dog that barks doesn't bite.”

Pourquoi elle est construite ainsi

Les notes correspondent aux numéros ci-dessus.

1
Meaning: people who make loud threats rarely carry them out. Said to calm someone down.
2
morder changes o → ue: muerde. Present tense: stem-changing verbs (e → ie, o → ue, e → i, u → ue) →