Phrase · 📖 Telling a story
Não deu outra: choveu o dia inteiro.
Sure enough, it rained all day.
B1saying something happened as expectedinformallearned as a wholeAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
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- inteiro → dia: agreement
- o → dia: agreement
Word for word: “(It) didn’t give other: (it) rained the day whole.”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Não deu outra = sure enough, just as expected. A fixed phrase, always in this form.
- 2o dia inteiro = all day long. Also o dia todo.
Variations
- Dito e feito: choveu o dia inteiro.
- Como eu imaginava, choveu o dia todo.
- Não deu outra!