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Phrase · 😂 Humour & banter

Isso aí é caô, ninguém acorda às cinco no sábado!

That’s a load of nonsense, nobody gets up at five on a Saturday!

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Why every word is where it is

Isso1pronounthataí1adverb(there)éverbisser · present · 3rd sing.caô2nounnonsensemasc. · sing.,ninguémpronounnobodyacorda3verbwakes upacordar · present · 3rd sing.àsprepositionata+a · fem. · pl. · definitecincodeterminerfivenoprepositiononem+o · masc. · sing. · definitesábadonounSaturdaymasc. · sing.!
  • Isso → é: subject–verb
  • ninguém → acorda: subject–verb

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

  1. 1
    isso aí = "that (thing)": spoken reinforcement of isso.
  2. 2
    caô = "lie, nonsense": Rio de Janeiro slang, now heard elsewhere. Regional & social variation in grammar →
  3. 3
    acordar = "wake up", not "remember" (lembrar) or "agree" (concordar).

Variations

  • Isso é mentira, ninguém acorda às cinco no sábado!