Phrase · 🎬 Storytelling with markers
Pra encurtar a história, a gente acabou dormindo no aeroporto.
To cut a long story short, we ended up sleeping at the airport.
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Why every word is where it is
Pra1prepositiontoparaencurtar1verbshorteninfinitivea1determinertheo · fem. · sing. · definitehistória1nounstoryfem. · sing.,adeterminer(the)o · fem. · sing. · definitegentenounwefem. · sing.acabou2verbended upacabar · past · 3rd sing.dormindo2verbsleepingdormir · gerundnoprepositionat theem+o · masc. · sing. · definiteaeroportonounairportmasc. · sing..
- Pra → história: story marker
- gente → acabou: subject–verb
- acabou → dormindo: acabar + gerund
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Pra encurtar a história = "to cut a long story short"; pra is spoken para. Discourse markers in conversation →
- 2acabar + gerund = "end up doing". Aspectual periphrases II →