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Phrase · 🧩 Everyday idioms

Vamos fazer uma vaquinha pro presente dela?

Shall we chip in for her present?

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Why every word is where it is

Vamos1verblet’sir · present · 1st pl.fazer1verbmakeinfinitiveumadetermineraum · fem. · sing. · indefinitevaquinha2nounwhip-roundfem. · sing.pro3prepositionfor thepara · masc. · sing. · definitepresentenounpresentmasc. · sing.delaprepositionherde · 3rd sing.?
  • Vamos → fazer: periphrasis
  • fazer → vaquinha: fixed phrase
  • vaquinha → pro: preposition
  • presente → dela: modifier

Word for word: “(Let’s) go make a little-cow for-the present of-her?”

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

  1. 1
    Vamos + infinitive = let’s… As a question, it is a suggestion. No a: vamos fazer. ir + infinitive: the spoken future →
  2. 2
    fazer uma vaquinha = to chip in, collect money as a group (lit. a little cow). Diminutives (-inho/-zinho) →
  3. 3
    pro = pra + o (para o), in speech. por vs para (first pass) →

Variations

  • Bora fazer uma vaquinha?
  • Cada um dá um pouco e a gente compra.
  • A gente fez uma vaquinha pro churrasco.