Phrase · 🎶 Cultural references & allusions
Ela tem olhos de ressaca, como Capitu.
She has undertow eyes, like Capitu.
C2literary comparisonliteraryAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
Elapronounshe, itele · 3rd sing.temverbhaster · present · 3rd sing.olhosnouneyesolho · masc. · pl.deprepositionof, fromressaca1nounundertow; hangoverfem. · sing.,comoconjunctionas, likeCapitu2nounCapitu.
- olhos → ressaca: olhos de ressaca = eyes that pull you in
- como → Capitu: comparison with a literary character
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1«ressaca» = the sea's undertow (and, colloquially, a hangover).
- 2Capitu, heroine of «Dom Casmurro» (Machado de Assis, 1899), whose eyes pull people in like the undertow.