Phrase · 📜 Proverbs & sayings
Cachorro mordido de cobra tem medo de linguiça.
Once bitten, twice shy.
C2proverb: fear after a bad experienceinformallearned as a wholeAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
Cachorro1noundogmasc. · sing.mordidoverbbittenmorder · participle · masc. · sing.de2prepositionbycobra1nounsnakefem. · sing.temverbhaster · present · 3rd sing.medonounfearmasc. · sing.deprepositionof, fromlinguiçanounsausagefem. · sing..
- Cachorro → mordido: cachorro mordido
- mordido → cobra: agent with de: mordido de cobra
Word for word: “A dog bitten by a snake is afraid of sausage.”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1«cachorro» is the everyday Brazilian word for dog; «cobra» is any snake.
- 2Folk style marks the agent with «de» instead of «por».