Phrase · 🕵️ Saying what happened (and who did it)
Teve um acidente feio na estrada.
There was a nasty accident on the road.
B2reporting an incidentinformalpt-BR-spAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
Teve1verbthere was (spoken)ter · past · 3rd sing.umdetermineramasc. · sing. · indefiniteacidentenounaccidentmasc. · sing.feioadjectivenasty, uglymasc. · sing.naprepositionin the, on theem + aestradanounroadfem. · sing..
- Teve → acidente: existential ter
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Spoken existential teve (= houve); feio = nasty, bad. Register switching: spoken ↔ written BR →
Variations
- Houve um acidente feio na estrada.