Phrase · 😏 Irony & understatement

Que beleza, choveu bem no feriado.

Lovely — it rained right on the holiday.

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Why every word is where it is

Quedeterminerwhatbeleza1nounbeautyfem. · sing.,choveuverbit rainedchover · past · 3rd sing.bem2adverbright (exactly)noprepositionin theem + o · masc. · sing. · definiteferiadonounpublic holidaymasc. · sing..

Que → beleza: ironic praise
bem → feriado: bem no feriado = right on the holiday

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

1
«Que beleza» is sincere or ironic depending on the fact that follows. Figurative language & rhetorical devices →
2
«bem» = exactly, right (bem no dia = just on that day).