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

Fiquei de cara com a resposta dele.

I was floored by his answer.

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Why every word is where it is

Fiquei2verbI was (became)ficar · past · 1st sing.de1prepositionof, fromcara1nounfacefem. · sing.comprepositionwithadeterminertheo · fem. · sing. · definiterespostanounanswerfem. · sing.deleprepositionhisde + ele.

Fiquei → cara: ficar de cara = be stunned
cara → resposta: de cara com

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

1
Paraná: «ficar de cara» = to be stunned or indignant.
2
«ficar» = to become, with no reflexive: fiquei, not «me fiquei».