Phrase · 📜 Proverbs & sayings
Quem não tem cão caça com gato.
You make do with what you've got.
C2proverb: making dolearned as a wholeAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
Quem1pronounwhoeversing.nãoadverbnot, notemverbhaster · present · 3rd sing.cão2noundogmasc. · sing.caçaverbhuntscaçar · present · 3rd sing.comprepositionwithgatonouncatmasc. · sing..
- Quem → tem: quem não tem: the condition
- Quem → caça: same subject: caça
- caça → gato: caça com gato
Word for word: “Who doesn't have a dog hunts with a cat.”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1«Quem…» proverbs set a general rule in the present.
- 2«cão» is the formal word for dog; everyday speech says «cachorro».