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How to Say ‘With all these suitcases it's tricky.’ in Portuguese

Com estas malas todas fica complicado.

kohng ESH-tush MAH-lush TOH-dush fee-kah kom-plee-KAH-doo

[kohng ESH-tush MAH-lush TOH-dush fee-kah kom-plee-KAH-doo]

🇵🇹 In Portugal: Saying fica complicado is a soft, indirect way to push back. It's more polite than flatly refusing the driver's suggestion.

Phrase Breakdown

Com estas malas todas

kohng ESH-tush MAH-lush TOH-dush

With all these suitcases

Say it in one flowing group. Every final 's' sounds like 'sh': 'malash todash'.

Example

Com estas malas todas, preciso de ajuda.

With all these suitcases, I need help.

Words in this phrase

Com

[kohng]

with

Preposition used to connect an idea to a quality, person, or thing.

Example

Com experiência internacional, o candidato destaca-se mais.

With international experience, the candidate stands out more.

estas

[ESH-tush]

these

Feminine plural demonstrative for things near the speaker.

Example

Estas chaves são minhas.

These keys are mine.

malas

[MAH-lush]

suitcases

Plural of mala, a bag or suitcase for travel.

Example

As malas estão pesadas.

The suitcases are heavy.

todas

[TOH-dush]

all

Feminine plural of todo; after a noun it stresses 'all of them'.

Example

Comi as bolachas todas.

I ate all the biscuits.

fica complicado.

fee-kah kom-plee-KAH-doo

it gets complicated.

'Fica' means 'it becomes'. In 'complicado' the stress falls on 'CA', and the final 'o' sounds like a soft 'u'.

Example

Assim fica complicado.

This way it gets complicated.

Words in this phrase

fica

[fee-kah]

becomes

To begin to be; to come to be something.

Example

A água fica fria no inverno.

The water becomes cold in winter.

complicado

[kom-plee-KAH-doo]

complicated

Difficult or awkward to manage.

Example

O caminho é complicado.

The route is complicated.

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