Phrase · 📜 Proverbs & sayings
Quem conta um conto aumenta um ponto.
Stories grow in the telling.
C2proverb: exaggeration in retellinglearned as a wholeAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
Quempronounwho, whoeversing.contaverbtellscontar · present · 3rd sing.umdetermineramasc. · sing. · indefiniteconto1nountalemasc. · sing.aumenta1verbaddsaumentar · present · 3rd sing.umdetermineramasc. · sing. · indefinitepontonounstitch, pointmasc. · sing..
- Quem → conta: quem → conta
- conta → conto: conta um conto (word play)
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Sound play: conta / conto / ponto. «aumentar» = to add to.