Phrase · 🌵 Regional expressions: North & Northeast
Deixa de fuleragem e devolve meu carregador!
Quit messing around and give me back my charger!
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Why every word is where it is
Deixaverbquitdeixar · imperative · 2nd sing.deprepositionof, fromfuleragem1nounmessing around, cheap trickfem. · sing.econjunctionanddevolve2verbgive backdevolver · imperative · 2nd sing.meu2determinermy1st sing.carregadornounchargermasc. · sing.!
- Deixa → fuleragem: deixar de + noun
- devolve → carregador: devolver + object
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Pernambuco and Paraíba: «fuleragem» = cheap trick, messing around; «fuleiro» = shoddy.
- 2devolve meu carregador needs no «me», unlike Spanish «devuélveme».