Phrase · 🧉 Regional expressions: South, Southeast & Centre-West

Bah, tchê, que frio de renguear cusco!

Man, it's freezing! (lit. cold enough to lame a mutt)

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Why every word is where it is

Bah1interjectionwow, man,tchê1interjectionpal, mate,quedeterminerwhat (a)frio2nouncoldmasc. · sing.deprepositionof, fromrenguear2verbmake limpinfinitivecusco2nounmutt, small dogmasc. · sing.!

que → frio: que + noun exclamation
frio → renguear: frio de + infinitive (result)

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

1
Gaúcho speech: «bah» (surprise) and «tchê» (pal) are the region's trademarks.
2
«frio de renguear cusco» = cold enough to make a mutt limp: freezing.