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Eu volto para casa sexta-feira agora

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eu
     1. pron. I (first-person singular personal pronoun)
     2. pron. (Brazil, nonstandard, highly, proscribed) first-person singular prepositional pronoun; me
     3. n-m. (chiefly philosophy) ego; self (individual person as the object of his own reflective consciousness)
     4. interj. Used to draw attention to oneself after having their name called.
volto
     1. v. verb form of voltar; "I go back, I return".
     voltar
          1. v. to return; to come back
          2. v. to return (to reach a previous state)
          3. v. to turn (to adjust something in a direction)
          4. v. to shell out; to pay
          5. v. (indtr, a, para, .takes a reflexive pronoun) to turn to (to start to rely on)
          6. v. (indtr, contra, .takes a reflexive pronoun) to turn on; to turn against (to rebel against or oppose something formerly supported)
para
     1. prep. for (directed at, intended to belong to or to be appropriate for)
     2. prep. indicates application of an adjective; to
     3. prep. to; so; in order to (indicates purpose)
     4. prep. towards; to; in the direction of (indicates destination)
     5. prep. introduces the location, direction or context that applies to a verb
     6. prep. to (to the value of)
     7. prep. in the opinion of
     8. prep. (with an infinitive) about to; soon to be indicates that something will happen soon
     9. prep. ====Contraction====
     10. prep. Para + definite article contractions are colloquial. Those without r are nonstandard:
     11. prep. para + opro, po
     12. prep. para + ospros, pos
     13. prep. para + apra, pa
     14. prep. para + aspras, pas
     15. prep. Para + indefinite article contractions are also nonstandard, but are not as common:
     16. prep. para + umprum
     17. prep. para + unspruns
     18. prep. para + umapruma
     19. prep. para + umasprumas
     20. prep. There are some para + personal pronoun contractions, which are also nonstandard and uncommon in writing:
     21. prep. para + eupreu
     22. prep. para + vocêprocê
     23. prep. para + eleprele
     24. prep. para + elespreles
     25. prep. para + elaprela
     26. prep. para + elasprelas
     27. v. verb form of parar
     parar
          1. v. to stop (to no longer move)
          2. v. to stop (to no longer progress or do something)
          3. v. to stop (to cause something to no longer move)
          4. v. to stop (to cause something to no longer progress or happen)
          5. v. (indtr, aux=infinitive) to stop; to cease (to no longer do an action)
          6. v. to stop at (to pay a short visit to)
          7. v. to end up (to be in a place or situation, after something having happened)
casa
     1. n-f. house
     2. n-f.          structure serving as an abode of human beings
     3. n-f.          building or institution serving as something other than residence, such as a shop
     4. n-f.          noble family
     5. n-f. home (one’s own dwelling place)
     6. n-f. (board games) a cell which may be occupied by a piece (such as a square in a chessboard)
     7. n-f. a digit position
     8. n-f. (slang) a destined place for shows or festive meetings
     9. v. verb form of casar
     casar
          1. v. (indtr, com) to marry
          2. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to get married
          3. v. to wed someone to (unite two others in wedlock)
          4. v. to join, unite
sexta
     1. num. feminine singular of sexto
     2. n-f. ellipsis of sexta-feira, t=Friday
     3. adv. ellipsis of sexta-feira, t=on Friday
feira
     1. n-f. market
     2. n-f. fair
     3. n-f. (figurative) confusion
     4. n-f. designation for a weekday in Portuguese: e.g. segunda-feira for Monday, terça-feira for Tuesday, etc.
agora
     1. adv. now; right now (at the present time)
     2. adv. now; any more (differently from the past)
     3. adv. just now (very recently)
     4. adv. this (in the current or next date)
     5. conj. on the other hand; whereas; while (introduces an example that is the opposite of the previous example)
     6. conj. (familiar, introducing various clauses) sometimes … sometimes




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