Phrase · 🗺️ Regional speech

Meu, que trânsito é esse na Marginal hoje?

Mate, what’s with the traffic on the Marginal today?

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Why every word is where it is

Meu1interjectionmate,quedeterminerwhattrânsitonountrafficmasc. · sing.éverbisser · present · 3rd sing.essepronounthismasc. · sing.naprepositionon theem+a · fem. · sing. · definiteMarginal2nounMarginal (motorway)hojeadverbtoday?

que → esse: exclamation
esse → é: subject–verb

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

1
Meu on its own = "mate, man": a São Paulo form of address. Regional & social variation in grammar →
2
a Marginal = the Tietê or Pinheiros motorway in São Paulo, famous for traffic jams.

Variations

Nossa, que trânsito é esse na Marginal hoje?