acertar em cheio

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Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Literally, to hit right in.

Pronunciation[edit]

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /a.seʁˈta(ɾ) ẽj̃ ˈʃej.u/ [a.sehˈta(ɾ) ẽj̃ ˈʃeɪ̯.u], (natural pronunciation) /a.seʁˈta(ɾ) ĩ ˈʃej.u/ [a.sehˈta(ɾ) ĩ ˈʃeɪ̯.u]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /a.seɾˈta(ɾ) ẽj̃ ˈʃej.u/ [a.seɾˈta(ɾ) ẽj̃ ˈʃeɪ̯.u], (natural pronunciation) /a.seɾˈta(ɾ) ĩ ˈʃej.u/ [a.seɾˈta(ɾ) ĩ ˈʃeɪ̯.u]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /a.seʁˈta(ɾ) ẽj̃ ˈʃej.u/ [a.seχˈta(ɾ) ẽj̃ ˈʃeɪ̯.u], (natural pronunciation) /a.seʁˈta(ɾ) ĩ ˈʃej.u/ [a.seχˈta(ɾ) ĩ ˈʃeɪ̯.u]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /a.seɻˈta(ɾ) ẽj̃ ˈʃej.o/ [a.seɻˈta(ɾ) ẽj̃ ˈʃeɪ̯.o], (natural pronunciation) /a.seɻˈta(ɾ) ĩ ˈʃej.o/ [a.seɻˈta(ɾ) ĩ ˈʃeɪ̯.o]

Verb[edit]

acertar em cheio (first-person singular present acerto em cheio, first-person singular preterite acertei em cheio, past participle acertado em cheio)

  1. (idiomatic) hit the nail on the head (identify something exactly)

Conjugation[edit]