Phrase · 🧩 Everyday idioms
Não vou ficar de braços cruzados.
I'm not going to sit back and do nothing.
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Why every word is where it is
Nãoadverbnot, novouverb(I'm) going toir · present · 1st sing.ficar1verbstayinfinitivedeprepositionof, frombraçosnounarmsbraço · masc. · pl.cruzadosadjectivecrossedcruzar · masc. · pl..
- vou → ficar: ir + infinitive
- braços → cruzados: braços cruzados
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1«ficar» (to stay) is not reflexive: no «me» as in Spanish «quedarme».