Phrase · 🎶 Cultural references & allusions
Ele vive pela Lei de Gérson: quer levar vantagem em tudo.
He lives by Gérson's Law: he wants to come out on top in everything.
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Why every word is where it is
Elepronounhe, it3rd sing.viveverblivesviver · present · 3rd sing.pelaprepositionby, for thepor + a · fem. · sing. · definiteLei1nounLawde1prepositionof, fromGérson1nounGérson:querverbwantsquerer · present · 3rd sing.levar2verbget, takeinfinitivevantagem2nounadvantagefem. · sing.emprepositionin, ontudopronouneverythingmasc. · sing..
- levar → vantagem: levar vantagem = come out on top
- quer → levar: querer + infinitive
Why it's built this way
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- 1From a 1976 cigarette ad in which footballer Gérson said he liked getting an advantage in everything; now a byword for cutting corners.
- 2«levar vantagem» = to get the upper hand.