Phrase · 😏 Irony & understatement
Que maravilha, mais uma reunião que podia ser um e-mail!
Wonderful, another meeting that could have been an email!
C2ironic complaintinformalAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
Que1determinerwhatmaravilha1nounwonderfem. · sing.,maisadverbanother (more)umadetermineraum · fem. · sing. · indefinitereuniãonounmeetingfem. · sing.quepronounthat, whichpodia2verbcould (have)poder · imperfect · 3rd sing.serverbbeeninfinitiveumdetermineramasc. · sing. · indefinitee-mailnounemailmasc. · sing.!
- Que → maravilha: ironic praise
- que → reunião: que = a reunião
- podia → ser: podia ser = could have been
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Irony: praise words before an annoying fact. Figurative language & rhetorical devices →
- 2Spoken imperfect with conditional value: podia ser = poderia ter sido.