Phrase · 🗺️ Regional speech

Véi, o Eixão fecha pra lazer no domingo, bora?

Mate, the Eixão closes to cars for leisure on Sunday, shall we go?

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Why every word is where it is

Véi1nounmatemasc. · sing.,odeterminerthemasc. · sing. · definiteEixão2nounEixão (motorway)fechaverbclosesfechar · present · 3rd sing.praprepositionforparalazernounleisuremasc. · sing.noprepositiononem+o · masc. · sing. · definitedomingonounSundaymasc. · sing.,borainterjectionshall we?

Eixão → fecha: subject–verb
fecha → pra: purpose

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

1
véi (from velho) = "mate": typical of Brasília and Goiás, said to friends of any age. Regional & social variation in grammar →
2
Eixão = Brasília's central motorway, closed to cars on Sundays and holidays for leisure.

Variations

Cara, o Eixão fecha para lazer no domingo, vamos?