What You May Be
The following is a quote by the children's author and cartoonist, Dr. Seuss:
To the world you may be one person but para uma pessoa tu podes ser o mundo.to one person, you may be the world.
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Para o mundo* tu podes* ser uma pessoa*, mas para uma pessoa tu podes ser o mundo.To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.
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✴️ Mundo (world)
The word “mundo” (world) is used in some Portuguese idioms:
- “Andar nas bocas do mundo” (To be on the mouths of the world/to be on everybody’s lips). It means to be talked about a lot.
- “Meio mundo” (half the world). We can say “Meio mundo está com gripe” (Half the world has/is with the flu). It means that many people have the flu.
✴️ Podes (may/can)
In Portuguese, the verb “poder” expresses possibility/impossibility or permission/prohibition and can have several translations, depending on the context.
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