Phrase · 🌸 Euphemism and tact
Crecí en un barrio humilde de Valparaíso.
I grew up in a modest neighbourhood in Valparaíso.
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Why every word is where it is
Crecí2verbI grew upcrecer · past · 1st sing.enprepositioninundeterminerauno · masc. · sing. · indefinitebarrionounneighbourhoodmasc. · sing.humilde1adjectivemodest (lit. humble)sing.deprepositionin (lit. of)ValparaísonounValparaíso.
- humilde → barrio: humilde describes barrio
- Crecí → en: crecer en + place
- barrio → Valparaíso: barrio de + city
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1humilde = humble, i.e. poor: the respectful way to say a family or a neighbourhood had little money. Advanced emphatic and exclamative structures →
- 2Preterite crecí for a whole, completed period of life; crecer = to grow (up). Preterite vs imperfect in narration →
Variations
- Me crie en un barrio humilde de Valparaíso.
- Crecí en un barrio de clase trabajadora de Valparaíso.
- Vengo de una familia humilde de Valparaíso.