Phrase · 💬 Catching up & small talk

Quanto tempo! Você sumiu!

Long time no see! Where have you been?

B1greeting someone after a long timeinformalAudio · coming soon

Why every word is where it is

Quanto1determinerhow muchmasc. · sing.tempo1nountimemasc. · sing.!vocêpronounyou3rd sing. · subjectsumiu2verbvanishedsumir · past · 3rd sing.!

Word for word: “How-much time! You vanished!”

The notes match the numbers above.

1
Quanto tempo! = long time no see: the classic greeting when you meet someone after a while.
2
sumir = to disappear. Você sumiu! is a friendly complaint: "you haven’t been around". Pretérito perfeito: regular verbs →