Real Brazilian Portuguese & Culture
Brazilian Halloween Instead of pumpkins and brooms, there will be pipes and red pants in Brazil this Halloween, (well, at least in the city of São Luiz do Paraitinga). That’s because on October 31st, this Brazilian city will celebrate the day of Saci, “O dia do Saci.” (Remember that article I wrote about frightening Brazilian [...]
Scary Brazilian Lullabys Most Brazilian lullabies and children’s songs are scary as hell. Some of them are not exactly child-appropriate. Or human-appropriate. Check out this hit parade: The big classic “Atirei o Pau no Gato”, that says: I hit a cat with a stick, but he didn’t die. Mrs. Chica was surprised by the cat’s cry. [...]
HOW TO LEARN PORTUGUESE The best way to learn Brazilian Portuguese (or any language) is to expand your vocabulary by gradually memorizing lists of related words. This technique will help orient your mind to making connections between words in a certain category or taxonomy, which will facilitate your retrieval of the newly learned words later [...]
