Phrase · 🧩 Everyday idioms

Vamos colocar os pingos nos is.

Let's dot the i's and cross the t's.

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Why every word is where it is

Vamos1verblet'sir · present · 1st pl.colocarverbputinfinitiveosdeterminertheo · masc. · pl. · definitepingos2noundots, dropspingo · masc. · pl.nosprepositionin theem + os · masc. · pl. · definiteisnouni'si · masc. · pl..

Vamos → colocar: vamos + infinitive (no «a»)
pingos → is: os pingos nos is

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

1
«vamos» + infinitive = let's (no «a»).
2
«pingo» = drop, dot.