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Phrase · 😏 Irony & understatement

Ótimo, só faltava essa!

Great, that's all I needed!

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Why every word is where it is

Ótimo1adjectivegreatmasc. · sing.,sóadverbonly, justfaltava2verbwas missingfaltar · imperfect · 3rd sing.essa2pronounthat (one)esse · fem. · sing.!
  • Ótimo → faltava: ironic praise + complaint
  • faltava → essa: subject after faltar

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

  1. 1
    «Ótimo» used ironically before bad news. Figurative language & rhetorical devices →
  2. 2
    Feminine «essa» refers to an implied «coisa» or «situação».