Phrase · 📜 Proverbs & sayings
Em casa de ferreiro, espeto de pau.
The cobbler's children go barefoot.
C2proverb: lacking what you provide to otherslearned as a wholeAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
Emprepositionin, oncasanounhousefem. · sing.deprepositionof, fromferreironounblacksmithmasc. · sing.,espeto1nounskewermasc. · sing.deprepositionof, frompau1nounwood, stickmasc. · sing..
- casa → ferreiro: casa de ferreiro
- espeto → pau: espeto de pau: the irony
Word for word: “In a blacksmith's house, a wooden skewer.”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1No verb: the comma replaces «há» (ellipsis). «pau» = wood/stick; Spanish uses «palo» and a knife instead of a skewer. Cohesion & reference in sophisticated texts →