Phrase · 🫂 Feelings & empathy
Me deu uma vontade enorme de chorar.
I suddenly felt a huge urge to cry.
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Why every word is where it is
Me1object pronounme1st sing. · indirect objectdeu1verbgavedar · past · 3rd sing.umadetermineraum · fem. · sing. · indefinitevontade2nounurgefem. · sing.enormeadjectivehugesing.de2prepositiontochorarverbcryinfinitive.
- Me → deu: clitic → verb
- vontade → enorme: agreement
- vontade → chorar: vontade de + infinitive
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1me deu + feeling = "I felt"; starting with the clitic is normal in speech. Feeling states: estar com, ter, ficar com, dar →
- 2vontade de + infinitive = "urge to": singular, unlike Spanish ganas.