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Meu filho caçula aprende mais rápido que o irmão.

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meu
     1. det. first-person possessive pronoun
     2. det.          pertaining or belonging to me; my
     3. det.          that serves or interests me; my
     4. det.          introduced by me; my
     5. det.          merited by me; my
     6. det.          related to me; my
     7. pron. form of f=minha
     8. pron. mine (belonging to me, pertaining to me, serving me, relating to me, etc.; corresponding to any of the above definitions)
     9. interj. (Portugal, Brazil, slang) hey; oi (used vocatively to draw someone’s attention)
     10. interj. (Brazil, slang) whoa (used to express surprise)
     11. interj. (Portugal) Dude
filho
     1. n-m. son (male offspring)
     2. n-m. child (offspring of any sex)
     3. n-m. (informal) son (term of address for a younger male)
     4. n-m. (somewhat, poetic) son; child (any descendant)
     5. n-m. child (any person or thing heavily influenced by something else)
     6. n-m. (graph theory) child (a node, of a tree, that has a parent node)
caçula
     1. n. the youngest sibling; lastborn
     2. adj. (of a sibling) the youngest
aprende
     1. v. verb form of aprender
     aprender
          1. v. to learn, to acquire knowledge
          2. v. to be able to learn
mais
     1. adv. used to form the comparative of adjectives and adverbs; more; -er
     2. adv. preceded by the definitive article, used to form the superlative of adjectives and adverbs; most; -est
     3. adv. more (to a greater degree or extent)
     4. adv. (with indefinite or interrogative pronoun) else
     5. adv. (in negative sentences) any more, any longer
     6. conj. (arithmetic) plus (sum of the previous one and the following one)
     7. conj. (Brazil, colloquial) and; with; together with
     8. n-m. plus sign (name of the character +)
     9. conj. (Brazil) misspelling of mas
rápido
     1. adj. fast (occurring or happening within a short time)
     2. adv. (informal) with speed; rapidly; quickly
que
     1. conj. that (connecting noun clause)
     2. conj. that (introducing the result of the main clause)
     3. conj. than (used in comparisons, to introduce the basis of comparison)
     4. conj. (only in subordinate clauses) seeing as; since; for; because (introduces explanatory clause)
     5. conj. (only in subordinate clauses) and (indicating the consequences of an action, often threateningly)
     6. conj. short for porque ("because")
     7. det. (interrogative) what (used to ask for a specification)
     8. det. what a (preceding nouns) (indicates surprise, delight, or other strong feelings)
     9. adv. how (preceding adjectives) (indicates surprise, delight, or other strong feelings)
     10. pron. (relative) which; that; who (of those mentioned)
     11. pron. (relative, colloquial) whose
     12. pron. (indefinite) what thing
o
     1. art. the masculine singular definite article
     2. pron. him, it (as a direct object; as an indirect object, see lhe; after prepositions, see ele)
irmão
     1. n-m. brother (male sibling)
     2. n-m. sibling (person having the same parents as another)
     3. n-m. brother (member of a brotherhood)
     4. n-m. brother; bro (close friend)




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