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

Esse grafite ficou sinistro!

That graffiti turned out amazing!

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Why every word is where it is

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grafite → sinistro: grafite → sinistro
ficou → sinistro: ficar + adjective = turn out

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

1
Rio slang: «sinistro» = amazing, or scary; context decides.
2
«ficar» + adjective = to turn out: ficou sinistro.