Phrase · 🌵 Regional expressions: North & Northeast
Não se avexe não, que ainda dá tempo.
Don't rush, there's still time.
C2reassuringinformalpt-BR-regAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
Nãoadverbnot, nosepronounyourselfavexe1verbhurry, fretavexar · subjunctive · present · 3rd sing.não2adverbnot, no,queconjunctionsince, becauseaindaadverbstill, yetdáverbthere is (enough)dar · present · 3rd sing.temponountimemasc. · sing..
- Não → não: double negation não… não
- dá → tempo: dar tempo = there's enough time
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1«avexar-se» = to hurry, to fret; «Não se avexe não» is a well-known Northeastern song.
- 2Double negation (não… não) is typical of the Northeast and of speech in general. Regional & social variation in grammar →