Phrase · 😏 Irony & understatement
Não é bem o que eu chamaria de sucesso.
It's not exactly what I'd call a success.
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Why every word is where it is
Nãoadverbnot, noéverbit isser · present · 3rd sing.bem1adverbexactlyopronounwhatmasc. · sing.quepronounthat, whicheupronounI1st sing. · subjectchamaria2verbwould callchamar · conditional · 1st sing.deprepositionof, fromsucesso2nounsuccessmasc. · sing..
- Não → bem: não… bem = not exactly
- chamaria → sucesso: chamar de + noun
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1«não… bem» softens the denial: not exactly. Figurative language & rhetorical devices →
- 2«chamar algo de» + noun = to call something… «sucesso» = success (Spanish «suceso» is an event: false friend).