O babador ficou sujo de papinha, então vou lavar agora.

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Breakdown of O babador ficou sujo de papinha, então vou lavar agora.

• agora: now
• ir: to go (future auxiliary)
• então: so

Questions & Answers about O babador ficou sujo de papinha, então vou lavar agora.

Why is it ficou sujo instead of está sujo?

Ficou sujo means became/got dirty, so it focuses on the change of state.

• O babador ficou sujo = the bib got dirty
• O babador está sujo = the bib is dirty

In this sentence, ficou is used because the idea is that the bib was clean before and then became dirty from the baby food.

What exactly does ficou mean here?

Here, ficou is the past tense of ficar, and it means something like ended up, became, or got.

So:

• ficar sujo = to get dirty
• ficou sujo = got dirty

This is a very common structure in Portuguese:

• ficou cansado = got tired
• ficou triste = became sad
• ficou pronto = became ready / was finished

Why is it sujo de papinha and not sujo com papinha?