Phrase · 📜 Proverbs & sayings

Filho de peixe, peixinho é.

Like father, like son.

C2proverb: family likenessinformallearned as a wholeAudio · coming soon

Why every word is where it is

Filhonounsonmasc. · sing.deprepositionof, frompeixenounfishmasc. · sing.,peixinho1nounlittle fishpeixe · masc. · sing.é1verbisser · present · 3rd sing..

Filho → é: filho de peixe… é
peixinho → é: fronted predicate: peixinho é

Word for word: “Son of a fish, little fish is.”

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

1
Fronted predicate (peixinho é) and a diminutive, -inho, for affection. Stylistic inversion & emphatic word order →