Phrase · 🧩 Idiomatic speech
O plano dele saiu pela culatra.
His plan backfired.
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Why every word is where it is
Odeterminerthemasc. · sing. · definiteplanonounplanmasc. · sing.deleprepositionhisde+ele · 3rd sing.saiu1verbcame outsair · past · 3rd sing.pela1prepositionthrough thepor+a · fem. · sing. · definiteculatra1nounbreechfem. · sing..
- saiu → culatra: idiom
- plano → saiu: subject–verb
- plano → dele: possessor
Word for word: “His plan came out through the breech.”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1sair pela culatra = "backfire" (literally, out of the gun's breech).