Phrase · 📜 Proverbs & sayings
De grão em grão, a galinha enche o papo.
Little by little, you get there.
C2proverb: patience and small stepslearned as a wholeAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
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- De → grão: de X em X: gradual progress
- galinha → enche: galinha → enche
- enche → papo: enche o papo
Word for word: “Grain by grain, the hen fills her crop.”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1«de X em X» marks gradual progress: de pouco em pouco, de casa em casa.
- 2«papo» is a bird's crop; it also means chat (bater papo).