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cair a ficha
🇧🇷 Portuguese slang from Brazil
What does “cair a ficha” mean?
to finally realise, for it to sink in
Example
“Só agora caiu a ficha que eu passei no vestibular!”
It's only now sinking in that I passed the entrance exam!
Good to know
"Ficha" = an old phone token, like Hebrew's falling token.
Who you can say it to
Fine with anyone
😮 Reactions
The textbook way to say it: perceber
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