Phrase · 🌵 Regional expressions: North & Northeast

Esse forró tá arretado demais!

This forró is absolutely brilliant!

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Why every word is where it is

Esse2determinerthismasc. · sing.forrónounforró (dance music)masc. · sing.táverbis (spoken)estar · present · 3rd sing.arretado1adjectivegreat, brilliantmasc. · sing.demais1adverbreally!

forró → arretado: forró → arretado
arretado → demais: adjective + demais = very

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

1
«arretado» = excellent (sometimes «furious»); after an adjective, «demais» means «very», not «too».
2
Spoken Brazilian also uses «esse» for «this».