Phrase · 🎶 Cultural references & allusions

Só a antropofagia nos une.

Only cannibalism unites us.

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Why every word is where it is

Sóadverbonly, justadeterminertheo · fem. · sing. · definiteantropofagia1nouncannibalism (cultural)fem. · sing.nos2object pronounusnós · 1st pl. · direct objectuneverbunitesunir · present · 3rd sing..

antropofagia → une: antropofagia → une
Só → antropofagia: só = only (focus)

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

1
First line of Oswald de Andrade's «Manifesto Antropófago» (1928): devour foreign culture and make it Brazilian (also «Tupi or not tupi»).
2
After a subject noun, proclisis is the Brazilian norm: a antropofagia nos une.