Word
Há um casarão enorme naquela rua.
Meaning
There is a huge mansion on that street.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
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Breakdown of Há um casarão enorme naquela rua.
um
a / an / some (all forms)
haver
to be (there is / there are)
em
in / on / at
a rua
the street
Questions & Answers about Há um casarão enorme naquela rua.
Wait, casa is feminine. Why is it um casarão (masculine)?
When you add the augmentative suffix -ão to a feminine noun, the new "supersized" version often changes to masculine. So, the feminine a casa (the house) becomes the masculine o casarão (the big house / mansion). You will see this happen with other words too, such as a porta (the door) becoming o portão (the gate).
Where does the 'r' in casarão come from? Shouldn't it just be casão?
If casarão already means a big house, why add the adjective enorme (huge)?
It might seem redundant, but doubling up on size descriptions is a very common and natural way to add emphasis in Portuguese. Using the augmentative -ão alongside an adjective like enorme or grande just stresses how incredibly massive the house really is.
Why do we use naquela (in that) to say "on that street"?