Phrase · 🎶 Cultural references & allusions
Aqui tem lei que pega e lei que não pega.
Here some laws catch on and some don't.
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Why every word is where it is
Aquiadverbheretemverbthere ister · present · 3rd sing.leinounlawfem. · sing.quepronounthat, whichpega1verbcatches onpegar · present · 3rd sing.econjunctionandleinounlawfem. · sing.quepronounthat, whichnãoadverbnot, nopega1verbcatches onpegar · present · 3rd sing..
- lei → pega: lei que pega
- pega → pega: antithesis: pega / não pega
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1«a lei pegou / não pegou» = the law took hold / was ignored; a classic comment on Brazilian institutions.