cair aos pedaços

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈi(ɾ) aws peˈda.sus/ [kaˈi(ɾ) aʊ̯s peˈda.sus]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈi(ɾ) aws peˈda.sus/ [kaˈi(ɾ) aʊ̯s peˈda.sus]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kaˈi(ɾ) awʃ peˈda.suʃ/ [kaˈi(ɾ) aʊ̯ʃ peˈda.suʃ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈi(ɾ) aws peˈda.sos/ [kaˈi(ɾ) aʊ̯s peˈda.sos]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈiɾ awʃ pɨˈda.suʃ/ [kɐˈiɾ awʃ pɨˈða.suʃ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈiɾ awʃ pɨˈda.suʃ/ [kɐˈiɾ awʃ pɨˈða.suʃ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈi.ɾi awʃ pɨˈda.suʃ/ [kɐˈi.ɾi awʃ pɨˈða.suʃ]

Verb

cair aos pedaços (first-person singular present caio aos pedaços, first-person singular preterite caí aos pedaços, past participle caído aos pedaços)

1. (intransitive, idiomatic) to fall apart (to be in a dilapidated state)
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cair,‎ aos,‎ pedaços.