How to Say ‘If you were a vegetable, you'd be a 'cute-cumber'.’ in Portuguese
Se você fosse um legume, seria um 'beleza-loura'.
Phrase Breakdown
Se você fosse um legume,
Seria um 'beleza-loura'.
Word-by-Word Breakdown
Se
[seh]
If
Introducing a conditional clause.
Se eu pudesse voar, iria te ver sempre.
If I could fly, I would see you always.
você
[voh-SEH]
you
Referring to the person being spoken to.
Você ilumina os meus dias.
You brighten my days.
fosse
[FOH-seh]
were
Second person singular past of 'to be'.
Se você fosse um herói, salvaria o mundo.
If you were a hero, you would save the world.
um
[oon]
a
Used before singular nouns that are countable.
Ela é um exemplo para todos.
She is an example for everyone.
legume
[leh-GOOM-eh]
vegetable
An edible plant or part of a plant.
Se você fosse um legume, seria uma delícia!
If you were a vegetable, you would be delicious!
seria
[seh-REE-ah]
would be
Used to denote potential or imagined situations.
Seria fantástico se o céu fosse sempre azul.
It would be fantastic if the sky was always blue.
um
[oon]
a
Used before singular nouns that are countable.
Ela é um exemplo para todos.
She is an example for everyone.
beleza-loura
[beh-LEH-zah LOO-rah]
"blonde beauty"
A play on words, sounds like 'batata', a type of vegetable.
Se você fosse um legume, seria um 'beleza-loura'.
If you were a vegetable, you would be a 'blonde beauty'.
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