Breakdown of O fecho vai rebentar porque a mala está demasiado pesada!
estar
to be (temporary / location)
a mala
the suitcase
ir
to go
pesado
heavy
porque
because
o fecho
the zipper
rebentar
to burst
demasiado
too / too much (excessively)
Questions & Answers about O fecho vai rebentar porque a mala está demasiado pesada!
Why is it demasiado pesada and not demasiada pesada to match the feminine noun mala?
In this sentence, demasiado acts as an adverb modifying the adjective pesada (meaning "too heavy"). Adverbs never change their endings. You only make demasiado agree with gender and number when it acts as a quantifier describing a noun (meaning "too much" or "too many"), such as in demasiada roupa (too much clothing).
Why does the sentence use está instead of é to say the suitcase is heavy?
Is vai rebentar the only way to say "is going to burst"?
You could also use the future tense rebentará (will burst). However, using the present tense of ir (to go) plus an infinitive verb — in this case, vai rebentar — is the most natural and common way to express an immediate or certain future event in conversational Portuguese.
I know fecho means "lock" or "closure". How do we know it means "zipper" here?
Context! While fecho can refer to various fasteners or locks, on clothes and bags it is the everyday word for "zipper". It is actually short for fecho éclair, which is the full traditional term for a zipper in Portugal.
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