Não Me Consumas / ConsuMe Not
In the European-Portuguese dialect, when interaction with a person or group of persons reaches the point of saturation, there is a phrase regularly used to express the moment of exhaustion with the social encounter. Não me consumas equates to the exasperated desire - verging on begging - to not be c...
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Summary: | In the European-Portuguese dialect, when interaction with a person or group of persons reaches the point of saturation, there is a phrase regularly used to express the moment of exhaustion with the social encounter. Não me consumas equates to the exasperated desire - verging on begging - to not be consumed by the other person. |
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