Phrase · 📜 Proverbs & sayings
Água mole em pedra dura tanto bate até que fura.
Constant dripping wears away the stone.
C2proverb: persistencelearned as a wholeAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
Água1nounwaterfem. · sing.mole1adjectivesoftfem. · sing.emprepositionin, onpedranounstonefem. · sing.dura1adjectivehardduro · fem. · sing.tantoadverbso muchbateverbbeatsbater · present · 3rd sing.atéprepositionuntilqueconjunctionthatfura2verbpiercesfurar · present · 3rd sing..
- Água → mole: água mole
- pedra → dura: pedra dura: antithesis
- Água → bate: água → bate
- até → fura: até que fura
Word for word: “Soft water on hard stone beats so much until it pierces.”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Antithesis: soft water against hard stone. Figurative language & rhetorical devices →
- 2«furar» = to pierce, make a hole. In proverbs «até que» takes the indicative here (timeless truth).