Learn Portuguese (Portugal): Quem trouxe este boato estranhíssimo para a festa? - Who brought this very strange rumor to the party?

Quem trouxe este boato estranhíssimo para a festa?

Who brought this very strange rumor to the party?

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How is the word estranhíssimo formed here?

It comes from the adjective estranho (strange). To make it an absolute superlative (meaning very or extremely strange), you drop the final -o and add the suffix -íssimo. Because it describes the masculine singular noun boato (rumor), it keeps the masculine singular ending -o.

Which verb is trouxe and why is it in this form?

Trouxe is the simple past tense (Pretérito Perfeito) of the highly irregular verb trazer (to bring). Because the question word Quem (Who) acts as a third-person singular subject, the verb takes the third-person singular form.

Why does estranhíssimo come after boato?

In Portuguese, descriptive adjectives usually come after the noun they modify. Even though estranhíssimo translates to two words in English (very strange), it is still a single adjective describing boato (rumor), so it follows the standard noun-adjective order: boato estranhíssimo.

Why do we use para a instead of à to mean to the party?

Both a and para can mean to, but para is often used to emphasize the physical destination of an action. With the verb trazer (to bring), it is very common to use para to show exactly where the object, or in this case the rumor, is being taken.