Phrase · 🗺️ Regional speech

Oxente, menino, deixa de besteira, visse?

Come on, kid, cut the nonsense, OK?

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Why every word is where it is

Oxente1interjectionwhat?!,meninonounkidmasc. · sing.,deixa2verbstopdeixar · imperative · 2nd sing.de2preposition(of)besteira2nounnonsensefem. · sing.,visse1verbOK?ver · past · 2nd sing.?

deixa → besteira: deixar de
Oxente → visse: northeastern frame

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

1
Oxente (surprise) and the tag visse? ("OK?") are typical of the Northeast, above all Pernambuco. Regional & social variation in grammar →
2
deixar de + noun = "stop": deixa de besteira = "cut the nonsense".

Variations

Ô menino, para com isso, tá?