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minha velha, traga meu jantar: sopa, uva, nozes e pão

Portuguese, phrase/ˈmĩ.ɲɐ ˈvɛ.ʎɐ ˈtɾa.ɡɐ mew ʒɐ̃ˈta(ʁ) ˈso.pɐ ˈu.vɐ ˈnɔ.ziz i ˈpɐ̃w̃/

minha velha, traga meu jantar: sopa, uva, nozes e pão is spelled M-I-N-H-A-V-E-L-H-A-T-R-A-G-A-M-E-U-J-A-N-T-A-R-S-O-P-A-U-V-A-N-O-Z-E-S-E-P-Ã-O (40 letters). Minha velha, traga meu jantar: sopa, uva, nozes e pão is a Portuguese phrase meaning “my very educated mother just served us nine pumpkins; used to remember the order and names of the (then) nine planets of the solar system…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does minha velha, traga meu jantar: sopa, uva, nozes e pão mean in English?

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    my very educated mother just served us nine pumpkins; used to remember the order and names of the (then) nine planets of the solar system: Mercúrio, Vênus, Terra, Marte, Júpiter, Saturno, Urano, Netuno, Plutão

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How do you pronounce minha velha, traga meu jantar: sopa, uva, nozes e pão?

  • Brazil /ˈmĩ.ɲɐ ˈvɛ.ʎɐ ˈtɾa.ɡɐ mew ʒɐ̃ˈta(ʁ) ˈso.pɐ ˈu.vɐ ˈnɔ.ziz i ˈpɐ̃w̃/
  • Brazil [ˈmĩ.j̃ɐ ˈvɛ.ʎɐ ˈtɾa.ɡɐ meʊ̯ ʒɐ̃ˈta(h) ˈso.pɐ ˈu.vɐ ˈnɔ.ziz i ˈpɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

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