Phrase · 🧩 Idiomatic speech
Não adianta chorar o leite derramado.
There's no use crying over spilled milk.
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Why every word is where it is
Não1adverbnotadianta1verbit helpsadiantar · present · 3rd sing.chorar2verbcrying overinfinitiveo2determinerthemasc. · sing. · definiteleite2nounmilkmasc. · sing.derramado2verbspilledderramar · participle · masc. · sing..
- adianta → chorar: infinitive subject
- chorar → derramado: idiom
- leite → derramado: participle agreement
Word for word: “It's no use crying the spilled milk.”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Não adianta + infinitive = "there's no use…".
- 2chorar o leite derramado = "cry over spilled milk"; o leite is masculine.