Zero à esquerda
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Portuguese
Noun phrase, m
zero à esquerda, litterally zero at the left: 020 equals to 20. A leading zero before the 2 has no effect.
- A person of little worth of usefulness: a good-for-nothing.
- Ela se casou com João? Aquele zero à esquerda! — Did she marry John? That good-for-nothing!