Phrase · 🧩 Everyday idioms
Um dia ele chutou o balde e largou tudo.
One day he’d had enough and quit everything.
B1telling how someone gave upinformallearned as a wholeAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
Umdetermineronemasc. · sing. · indefinitedianoundaymasc. · sing.elepronounhe3rd sing. · subjectchutou1verbkickedchutar · past · 3rd sing.odeterminerthemasc. · sing. · definitebalde1nounbucketmasc. · sing.econjunctionandlargou2verbdroppedlargar · past · 3rd sing.tudopronouneverything.
- ele → chutou: subject
- chutou → balde: fixed phrase
- largou → tudo: object
Word for word: “One day he kicked the bucket and dropped everything.”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1chutar o balde = to give up on everything, lose patience. It does not mean "to die" as in English!
- 2largar = to quit, drop (a job, a course, a habit).
Variations
- Cansei, vou chutar o balde!
- Ela chutou o balde e foi morar na praia.
- Ele largou tudo e mudou de vida.