cair aos pedaços
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kaˈi(ɾ) aws peˈda.sus/ [kaˈi(ɾ) aʊ̯s peˈda.sus]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /kaˈi(ɾ) awʃ peˈda.suʃ/ [kaˈi(ɾ) aʊ̯ʃ peˈda.suʃ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kaˈi(ɾ) aws peˈda.sos/ [kaˈi(ɾ) aʊ̯s peˈda.sos]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐˈiɾ awʃ pɨˈda.suʃ/ [kɐˈiɾ awʃ pɨˈða.suʃ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐˈi.ɾi awʃ pɨˈda.suʃ/ [kɐˈi.ɾi awʃ pɨˈða.suʃ]
Verb
cair aos pedaços (first-person singular present caio aos pedaços, first-person singular preterite caí aos pedaços, past participle caído aos pedaços)
- (intransitive, idiomatic) to fall apart (to be in a dilapidated state)
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cair, aos, pedaços.