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Phrase · 😏 Irony & understatement

Muito obrigado pela ajuda, viu?

Thanks a lot for the help, really. (said to someone who didn't help)

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Why every word is where it is

Muitoadverbvery, a lotobrigado1adjectivethanks (obliged)masc. · sing.pelaprepositionby, for thepor + a · fem. · sing. · definiteajudanounhelpfem. · sing.,viu2verbyou see?ver · past · 3rd sing.?
  • obrigado → ajuda: obrigado por + noun
  • viu → Muito: tag «viu?» stresses the irony

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

  1. 1
    «obrigado» agrees with the speaker (obrigada if a woman speaks).
  2. 2
    The tag «viu?» adds emphasis; here it underlines the irony.