acontecer nas melhores famílias

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Portuguese

Etymology

Literally, to happen in the best families.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.kõ.teˈse(ʁ) naz meˈʎɔ.ɾis faˈmi.li.ɐs/ , (faster pronunciation) /a.kõ.teˈse(ʁ) naz meˈʎɔ.ɾis faˈmi.ljɐs/
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /a.kõ.teˈse(ɾ) naz meˈʎɔ.ɾis faˈmi.li.ɐs/ , (faster pronunciation) /a.kõ.teˈse(ɾ) naz meˈʎɔ.ɾis faˈmi.ljɐs/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.kõ.teˈse(ʁ) naʒ meˈʎɔ.ɾiʃ faˈmi.li.ɐʃ/ , (faster pronunciation) /a.kõ.teˈse(ʁ) naʒ meˈʎɔ.ɾiʃ faˈmi.ljɐʃ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.kõ.teˈse(ɻ) naz meˈʎɔ.ɾes faˈmi.li.as/ , (faster pronunciation) /a.kõ.teˈse(ɻ) naz meˈʎɔ.ɾes faˈmi.ljas/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.kõ.tɨˈseɾ nɐʒ mɨˈʎɔ.ɾɨʃ fɐˈmi.ljɐʃ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.kõ.tɨˈse.ɾi nɐʒ mɨˈʎɔ.ɾɨʃ fɐˈmi.ljɐʃ/

Verb

acontecer nas melhores famílias (first-person singular present aconteço nas melhores famílias, first-person singular preterite aconteci nas melhores famílias, past participle acontecido nas melhores famílias)

  1. (impersonal) used to comfort a person who is excessively disappointed with his mistake
    • 1999, Fernando Tavares Sabino, “O tabuleiro de damas”, in Record, page 116:
      Pedi-lhe desculpas, dizendo que não me levasse a mal — acontecia nas melhores famílias
      I apologised to him, asking him not to take me the wrong way — It happened in the best families.
  2. (impersonal) describes something people from all walks of life may have to go through
    • 2003, Moacyr V. de Godoy Moreira, República da bicicletas: crônicas & outros escritos, Ateliê Editorial, page 82:
      (foi um dia de bancos e filas, coisa que acontece nas melhores famílias).
      (it was a day of banks and queues, something that happens in best families).