Phrase · 🎭 Indirect invitations & refusals
Então tá combinado: sábado, às oito, lá em casa!
It's a deal, then: Saturday at eight at my place!
C2confirming a real planinformalpt-BR-spAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
Entãoadverbso, thentáverbit'sestar · present · 3rd sing.combinado1verbagreedcombinar · participle · masc. · sing.:sábado2nounSaturdaymasc. · sing.,àsprepositionto the, ata + as · fem. · pl. · definiteoitodeterminereight,láadverbthereemprepositionin, oncasanounhomefem. · sing.!
- tá → combinado: estar + participle (result)
- sábado → casa: day, time and place = a real plan
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1«tá combinado» seals an agreement.
- 2Day, time and place: the signs of a real invitation. Pragmatics of Brazilian indirectness & politeness →