Phrase · 🎶 Cultural references & allusions
Saí de casa aos dezoito: independência ou morte!
I left home at eighteen: independence or death!
C2joking about a bold moveinformalAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
Saí2verbI leftsair · past · 1st sing.deprepositionof, fromcasanounhomefem. · sing.aosprepositionto thea + os · masc. · pl. · definitedezoitodeterminereighteen:independência1nounindependencefem. · sing.ouconjunctionormorte1noundeathfem. · sing.!
- aos → dezoito: aos + age
- independência → morte: independência ou morte
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Dom Pedro's cry by the Ipiranga stream, 7 September 1822; used jokingly for any bold break.
- 2«sair de casa» = to leave home, with no reflexive (Spanish «irse de casa»).