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Phrase · 🧉 Regional expressions: South, Southeast & Centre-West

Vamos tomar um chimarrão de tardezinha?

Shall we have a chimarrão late this afternoon?

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Why every word is where it is

Vamosverblet'sir · present · 1st pl.tomarverbdrinkinfinitiveumdetermineramasc. · sing. · indefinitechimarrão1nounchimarrão (hot mate)masc. · sing.deprepositionin (time)tardezinha2nounlate afternoonfem. · sing.?
  • Vamos → tomar: vamos + infinitive = let's
  • de → tardezinha: de + time of day

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

  1. 1
    «chimarrão» = hot mate drunk from a gourd and passed round in a circle; a ritual of the South.
  2. 2
    «de tardezinha» = late in the afternoon; a time diminutive like Spanish «tardecita».