Phrase · 🧩 Everyday idioms
Mas que cara de pau: ele furou a fila e ainda reclamou!
What a nerve: he jumped the queue and still complained!
C2criticizing shamelessnessinformalpt-BR-spAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
Mas1adverb(but) whatquedeterminerwhatcara2nounfacefem. · sing.deprepositionof, frompau2nounwoodmasc. · sing.:elepronounhe, it3rd sing.furouverbjumped (the queue)furar · past · 3rd sing.adeterminertheo · fem. · sing. · definitefilanounqueuefem. · sing.econjunctionandainda3adverbon top of thatreclamou3verbcomplainedreclamar · past · 3rd sing.!
- cara → pau: cara de pau = shameless
- furou → fila: furar a fila = cut in line
- ainda → reclamou: ainda = on top of that
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1«Mas que…!» intensifies an exclamation.
- 2«cara de pau» = shameless, brazen (Spanish «caradura»).
- 3«ainda» = on top of that (here not "still"). «reclamar» = to complain, not reflexive.