Phrase · 📜 Proverbs & sayings
Cada macaco no seu galho.
Mind your own business; stay in your lane.
C2proverb: minding one's own businessinformallearned as a wholeAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
Cadadeterminereachmacaconounmonkeymasc. · sing.noprepositionin theem + o · masc. · sing. · definiteseu1determinerits (own)3rd sing.galhonounbranchmasc. · sing..
- macaco → galho: macaco no seu galho
- seu → galho: seu galho
Word for word: “Each monkey on its own branch.”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1No verb: an elliptical command. Often said to someone meddling.