Phrase · 🗺️ Regional speech

O forró de ontem foi arretado demais!

Last night’s forró was absolutely brilliant!

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Why every word is where it is

Odeterminerthemasc. · sing. · definiteforró2nounforró dancemasc. · sing.deprepositionfromontemadverbyesterdayfoiverbwasser · past · 3rd sing.arretado1adjectivebrilliantmasc. · sing.demais3adverbreally!

forró → foi: subject–verb
arretado → forró: predicative
arretado → demais: intensifier

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

1
arretado = "brilliant" in the Northeast; it can also mean "angry", so context decides. Regional & social variation in grammar →
2
forró = Northeastern music and the dance party where it's played.
3
demais after an adjective = "so, really": praise, not "too much".

Variations

O forró de ontem foi incrível!