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Onde há fumaça, há fogo.

There's no smoke without fire.

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Why every word is where it is

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  • há → fumaça: existential haver
  • há → fogo: existential haver

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

  1. 1
    Existential «haver», impersonal.
  2. 2
    Brazil says «fumaça»; «fumo» means tobacco.