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Phrase · 🌵 Regional expressions: North & Northeast

Para de mangar de mim!

Stop making fun of me!

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Why every word is where it is

Para2verbstopparar · imperative · 2nd sing.deprepositionof, frommangar1verbmockinfinitivedeprepositionof, frommimpronounmeeu · 1st sing.!
  • Para → mangar: parar de + infinitive
  • mangar → mim: mangar de alguém

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

  1. 1
    «mangar de» = to make fun of; Northeast and the interior.
  2. 2
    «parar de» + infinitive = stop doing; no reflexive pronoun on «mangar».