Phrase · 🎶 Cultural references & allusions
Essa história parece novela das nove.
This story is like a prime-time soap.
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Why every word is where it is
Essadeterminerthisesse · fem. · sing.histórianounstoryfem. · sing.parece2verbseemsparecer · present · 3rd sing.novela1nounsoap operafem. · sing.das1prepositionof thede + as · fem. · pl. · definitenove1determinernine.
- parece → novela: parecer + bare noun
- novela → nove: novela das nove = prime-time soap
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1«novela» = TV soap opera (a novel is «romance»); TV Globo's 9 p.m. slot is the most watched.
- 2«parecer» + bare noun = to be like: parece novela.