Phrase · 🧉 Regional expressions: South, Southeast & Centre-West
Aqui a gente fala mexerica; lá no Sul é bergamota.
Here we say «mexerica»; down South it's «bergamota».
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Why every word is where it is
Aquiadverbhereadeterminertheo · fem. · sing. · definitegentenounwe (lit. people)fem. · sing.fala2verbsayfalar · present · 3rd sing.mexerica1nountangerine (SP, MG)fem. · sing.;láadverbtherenoprepositionin theem + o · masc. · sing. · definiteSulnounthe Southéverbit'sser · present · 3rd sing.bergamota1nountangerine (South)fem. · sing..
- gente → fala: a gente + 3rd-person verb
- mexerica → bergamota: two regional names, one fruit
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Tangerine: «mexerica» (São Paulo, Minas), «bergamota» (South), «tangerina» (Rio and in writing).
- 2«falar» also means «to say» a word or name.