sair pela culatra

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Literally, “to come out through the breech”. Compare Spanish salir el tiro por la culata.

Verb

sair pela culatra (third-person only, third-person singular present sai pela culatra, third-person singular preterite saiu pela culatra, past participle saído pela culatra)

  1. (idiomatic) to backfire (to fail in a manner detrimental to the person who made the attempt)
    • 1986 May 26, A última chance de Telê, Placar‎, number 835, page 9:
      O tiro dos desafetos saiu pela culatra porque, por ironia, os amigos também gostaram.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2023 November 21, Júlia Barbosa, “"Eu sou o Vampiro Alfa": O desafio que Johnny Depp fez a Robert Pattinson saiu pela culatra”, in Terra‎, Entre Telas:

Conjugation

    Conjugation of sair pela culatra (irregular; third-person only) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(tu) 		Third-person
(ele / ela / você) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal sair pela culatra
Personal — — sair pela culatra — — saírem pela culatra
Gerund
saindo pela culatra
Past participle
Masculine saído pela culatra saídos pela culatra
Feminine saída pela culatra saídas pela culatra
Indicative
Present — — sai pela culatra — — saem pela culatra
Imperfect — — saía pela culatra — — saíam pela culatra
Preterite — — saiu pela culatra — — saíram pela culatra
Pluperfect — — saíra pela culatra — — saíram pela culatra
Future — — sairá pela culatra — — sairão pela culatra
Conditional — — sairia pela culatra — — sairiam pela culatra
Subjunctive
Present — — saia pela culatra — — saiam pela culatra
Imperfect — — saísse pela culatra — — saíssem pela culatra
Future — — sair pela culatra — — saírem pela culatra
Imperative
Affirmative — — — — —
Negative (não) — — — — —
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