Phrase · 🎶 Cultural references & allusions
O sertanejo é, antes de tudo, um forte.
The man of the backlands is, above all, a strong man.
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Why every word is where it is
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- antes → tudo: antes de tudo = above all
- sertanejo → forte: sertanejo = um forte (adjective as noun)
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- 1Euclides da Cunha, «Os Sertões» (1902), on the people of Canudos; adapted to praise any resilient group.
- 2«antes de tudo» = above all, first and foremost.