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Phrase · 🌵 Regional expressions: North & Northeast

Eita, como esse menino cresceu!

Wow, hasn't this boy grown!

C2surpriseinformalpt-BR-regAudio · coming soon

Why every word is where it is

Eita1interjectionwow, gosh,comoadverbhowessedeterminerthismasc. · sing.meninonounboymasc. · sing.cresceu2verbhas growncrescer · past · 3rd sing.!
  • como → cresceu: exclamative como + verb
  • menino → cresceu: menino → cresceu

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

  1. 1
    «Eita!» (surprise, admiration or alarm) is Northeastern in origin and now national.
  2. 2
    Brazilian Portuguese uses the simple past where Spain says «ha crecido».