botar defeito
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Literally, “to put defects”.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
botar defeito (first-person singular present boto defeito, first-person singular preterite botei defeito, past participle botado defeito)
- (Brazil, idiomatic) to criticise something that is fine; to be excessively perfectionist
Conjugation edit
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.