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

Isso aí é caô, ninguém acredita.

That's a load of rubbish, nobody believes it.

C2dismissing a claimslangpt-BR-regAudio · coming soon

Why every word is where it is

Issopronounthatmasc. · sing.aíadverbthereéverbisser · present · 3rd sing.caô1nounlie, nonsensemasc. · sing.,ninguémpronounnobodymasc. · sing.acredita2verbbelievesacreditar · present · 3rd sing..

Isso → aí: isso aí = that (emphatic)
ninguém → acredita: ninguém → acredita

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

1
Rio slang: «caô» = lie, nonsense; «caozeiro» = bullshitter.
2
«acreditar» takes no pronouns here: ninguém acredita (Spanish «nadie se lo cree»).