Phrase · 📜 Proverbs & sayings
Pau que nasce torto morre torto.
A leopard can't change its spots.
C2proverb: people don't changelearned as a wholeAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
Paunounstick, treemasc. · sing.quepronounthat, whichnasceverbis bornnascer · present · 3rd sing.torto1adjectivecrookedmasc. · sing.morreverbdiesmorrer · present · 3rd sing.torto1adjectivecrookedmasc. · sing..
- Pau → morre: pau → morre
- torto → torto: torto… torto: repetition
Word for word: “Wood that is born crooked dies crooked.”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Predicative adjectives after «nascer» and «morrer» agree with the subject: pau… torto.