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Phrase · 😂 Humour & banter

Relaxa, ninguém vai te cancelar por causa de uma piada.

Relax, nobody’s going to cancel you over a joke.

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Why every word is where it is

Relaxa1verbrelaxrelaxar · imperative · 2nd sing.,ninguémpronounnobodyvaiverbis going toir · present · 3rd sing.te2object pronounyou2nd sing. · direct objectcancelar3verbcancelinfinitiveporprepositionovercausanouncausefem. · sing.deprepositionofumadetermineraum · fem. · sing. · indefinitepiadanounjokefem. · sing..
  • ninguém → vai: subject–verb
  • vai → cancelar: ir + infinitive
  • te → cancelar: proclisis to infinitive

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

  1. 1
    Relaxa: spoken imperative for você, with no reflexive pronoun. Imperative & polite requests →
  2. 2
    te with você is normal Brazilian speech, placed before the infinitive. Object pronouns as spoken →
  3. 3
    cancelar alguém = "cancel someone" online: internet slang. Advanced word formation, neologisms & slang morphology →