mundos e fundos
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈmũ.duz i ˈfũ.dus/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈmũ.duz i ˈfũ.duʃ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈmũ.doz e ˈfũ.dos/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈmũ.duz i ˈfũ.duʃ/
Noun
mundos e fundos m pl (plural only)
- the impossible
- mover mundos e fundos ― to move heaven and earth, to do one's utmost
- prometer mundos e fundos ― to promise the moon, to promise the earth
Further reading
- “mundos e fundos”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
- “querer mundos e fundos”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
- “prometer mundos e fundos”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
- The expression "mundos e fundos", in Ciberdúvidas da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese)