Phrase · 😏 Irony & understatement
Parabéns pela pontualidade.
Congratulations on your punctuality. (said to someone late)
C2ironic reproachinformallearned as a wholeAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
Parabéns1nouncongratulationspl.pelaprepositionfor thepor + a · fem. · sing. · definitepontualidadenounpunctualityfem. · sing..
- Parabéns → pontualidade: parabéns por + noun
- Parabéns → .: ironic formula
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Praise for the opposite of what happened = irony. «parabéns» is always plural. Figurative language & rhetorical devices →