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Em se tratando de clientes, todo cuidado é pouco.
When it comes to clients, you can't be too careful.
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Why every word is where it is
Em1prepositioninse1pronoun(it)tratando1verbbeing abouttratar · gerunddeprepositionof, fromclientesnounclientscliente · masc. · pl.,tododeterminerevery, allmasc. · sing.cuidado2nouncaremasc. · sing.éverbisser · present · 3rd sing.pouco2adjectivelittlemasc. · sing..
- Em → tratando: em + gerund (when it comes to)
- se → tratando: pronoun before the gerund after em
- todo → cuidado: todo cuidado
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1«Em se tratando de»: em + gerund, with the pronoun before the gerund. Everyday in educated Brazilian speech. Literary syntax: conjunctionless conditionals, em + gerund, nominal infinitive →
- 2«todo cuidado é pouco» = you can't be too careful (fixed expression).