Phrase · 🧉 Regional expressions: South, Southeast & Centre-West
Meu avô foi candango: ajudou a construir Brasília.
My grandfather was a candango: he helped build Brasília.
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Why every word is where it is
Meudeterminermy1st sing.avô2noungrandfathermasc. · sing.foiverbwasser · past · 3rd sing.candango1nouncandango (Brasília pioneer)masc. · sing.:ajudouverbhelpedajudar · past · 3rd sing.aprepositionto, atconstruirverbbuildinfinitiveBrasílianounBrasília.
- ajudou → construir: ajudar a + infinitive
- avô → candango: avô = candango
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1«candango»: the workers who built Brasília in the late 1950s; today also anyone born there.
- 2«avô» (grandfather) and «avó» (grandmother) differ only in the accent.