Phrase · 🎶 Cultural references & allusions
Deixa de ser Maria vai com as outras!
Stop just following the crowd!
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Why every word is where it is
Deixaverbstopdeixar · imperative · 2nd sing.deprepositionof, fromserverbbeinginfinitiveMaria1nounMaryvai1verbgoesir · present · 3rd sing.com1prepositionwithas1determinertheo · fem. · pl. · definiteoutras1pronounothersoutro · fem. · pl.!
- Maria → outras: Maria vai com as outras = a follower
- Deixa → ser: deixar de ser
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1«Maria vai com as outras» = someone who follows the crowd; popularly traced to Queen Maria I, always escorted by her ladies.