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Phrase · 🧉 Regional expressions: South, Southeast & Centre-West

Essa ideia é tri legal!

That idea is really cool!

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Why every word is where it is

Essadeterminerthisesse · fem. · sing.ideia2nounideafem. · sing.éverbisser · present · 3rd sing.tri1adverbreally, superlegaladjectivecoolsing.!
  • tri → legal: tri + adjective = very
  • ideia → legal: ideia → legal

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

  1. 1
    Gaúcho «tri» = very, super (tri legal, tri bom); on its own, «Tri!» = great!
  2. 2
    «ideia» lost its accent in the spelling reform adopted in Brazil in 2009.